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See also:ASGILL, See also:JOHN (1659–1738) , See also:English writer, was See also:born at See also:Hanley See also:Castle, in See also:Worcestershire, in 1659. He was bred to the See also:law, and gained considerable reputation in his profession, in-creased by two pamphlets—the first (1696) advocating the See also:establishment of some currency other than the usual See also:gold and See also:silver, the second (1698) on a registry for titles of lands. In 1699, when a See also:commission was appointed to See also:settle disputed claims in See also:Ireland, he set out for that See also:country, attracted by the hopes of practice. Before leaving See also:London he put in the hands of the printer a See also:tract, entitled An See also:Argument proving that, according to the See also:Covenant of Eternal See also:Life revealed in the Scripture, See also:Man may be. translated from hence into that Eternal Life without passing through See also:Death (1700). See also:Coleridge has highly praised the " genuine Saxon English," the " See also:irony " and " See also:humour " of this extra-See also:ordinary pamphlet, which interpreted the relation between See also:God and man by the technical rules of law, and insisted that, See also:Christ having wiped out See also:Adam's See also:sin, the See also:penalty of death must consequently be illegal for those who claim exemption. How far it was meant seriously was doubted at the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time, and may be doubted now. But its fame preceded the author to Ireland, and was of material service in securing his professional success, so that he amassed See also:money, See also:purchased an See also:estate, and married a daughter of the second See also:Lord Kenmare. He was returned both to the Irish and English parliaments, but was expelled from both on See also:account of his " blasphemous " pamphlet. He was also involved in money difficulties, and litigation about his Irish estate, and these circumstances may have had somethidg to do with his trouble in See also:parliament. In 1707 he was arrested for See also:debt, and the See also:remainder of his life was spent in the See also:Fleet See also:prison, or within the rules of the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's See also:bench. He died in 1738. Asgill also wrote in 1714–1715 some See also:pamphlets defending the Hanoverian See also:succession against the claims of the Pretender.
ASH' (Ger. Esche), a See also:common name (Fr. fr@ne) given to certain trees. The common ash (Fraxinus excelsior) belongs to the natural See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order Oleaceae, the See also:olive See also:family, an order of trees and shrubs which includes See also:lilac, See also:privet and See also:jasmine. The See also:Hebrew word Oren, translated " ash " in See also:Isaiah xliv. 14, cannot refer to an ash See also:- TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
- TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )
tree, as that is not a native of See also:Palestine, but probably refers to the See also:Aleppo See also:pine (Pinus halepensis). The ash is a native of See also:Great See also:Britain and the greater See also:part of See also:Europe, and also extends to See also:Asia. The tree is distinguished for its height and See also:contour, as well as for its graceful foliage. It attains a height of from 50 to 8o ft., and See also:flowers in See also:March and See also:April, before the leaves are See also:developed. The reddish flowers grow in clusters, but are not showy.. They are naked, that is without sepals or petals, and generally imperfect, wanting either stamens or See also:pistil. The large leaves, which are See also:late in appearing, are pinnately See also:compound, bearing four to seven pairs of gracefully tapering toothed leaflets on a slender stalk. The dry winged fruits, the so-called keys, are a characteristic feature and often remain See also:hanging in bunches See also:long after the leaves have fallen in autumn. The leaves fall See also:early, but the greyish twigs and See also:black buds render the tree conspicuous in See also:winter and especially in early See also:spring.
The ash is in Britain next in value to the See also:oak as a See also:timber-tree. It requires a See also:good deep See also:loam with gravelly subsoil, and a situation naturally sheltered, such as the steep See also:banks of glens, See also:rivers or lakes; in See also:cold and wet See also:clay it does not succeed. As the value of the timber depends chiefly on its toughness and See also:elasticity, it is best grown in masses where the See also:soil is good; the See also:trunk is thus
1 The See also:homonym, ash or (pl.) ashes, the See also:residue (of a See also:body, &c.) after burning, is a common See also:Teutonic word, Ger. Asche, connected with the See also:root found in See also:Lat. ardere, to See also:burn.
See also:ASHANTI
See also:drawn up See also:free from large See also:side-branches. The tree is easily propagated from seeds; it throws up strong root shoots. The ash requires much See also:light, but grows rapidly, and its terminal shoots See also:pierce easily through thickets of See also:beech, with which it is often associated. Unmixed ash plantations are seldom satisfactory, because the foliage does not sufficiently See also:cover the ground; but when mixed with beech it grows well, and attains great height and girth. Owing to the dense See also:mass of roots which it sends out horizontally a little beneath the See also:surface of the ground, the ash does much harm to vegetation beneath its shade, and is therefore See also:obnoxious as a hedgerow tree. See also:Coppice shoots yield excellent See also:hop-poles, See also:crates, hoops, See also:whip-handles, &c. The timber is much used for agricultural implements, and by See also:coach-builders and wheelwrights.
A variety of the common See also:species, known as See also:var. heterophylla, has See also:simple leaves. It occurs See also:wild in See also:woods in Europe and See also:England. Another variety of ash (pendula) is met with in which the branches are pendulous and weeping. Sometimes this variety is grafted on the tall See also:stem of the common ash, so as to produce a pleasing effect. It is said that the weeping variety was first observed at Gamlingay, in See also:Cambridgeshire. A variety (crispa) occurs with curled leaves, and another with warty stems and branches, called verrucosa. F. Ornus is the See also:manna ash (see MANNA), a handsome tree with greenish-See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white flowers and native in See also:south Europe. In See also:southern Europe there is a small-leaved ash, called Fraxinus parvifolia. F. floribunda, a large tree with terminal panicles of white flowers, is a native of the Himalayas. In See also:America there are several species—such as Fraxinus americana, the white ash; F. pubescens, the red ash; and F. sambucifolia, the black ash.
The " See also:mountain ash " belongs to a totally different family from the common ash. It is called Pyrus Aucuparia, and belongs to the natural order See also:Rosaceae, and the tribe Pomeae, which includes also apples, See also:pears, &c. Its common name is probably due to its resemblance to the true ash, in its smooth See also:grey bark, graceful ascending branches, and especially the See also:form of the See also:leaf, which is also pinnately compound but smaller than in the true ash. Its common name in See also:Scotland is the rowan tree; it is well known by its clusters of white blossoms and succulent See also:scarlet See also:fruit. The name of See also:poison ash is given to Rhus venenata, the See also:North See also:American poison See also:elder or See also:sumach, belonging to the Anacardiaceae (Cashew family). The See also:bitter ash of the See also:West Indies is Simaruba excelsa, which belongs to the natural order Simarubaceae. The Cape ash is Ekebergia capensis, belonging to the natural order Meliaceae, a large tree, a native of the Cape of Good See also:Hope. The prickly ash, Xanthoxylon Clava-Herculis (nat. ord. Xanthoxyleae), a native of the south-eastern See also:United States, is a small tree, the trunk of which is studded with corky tubercles, while the branches are armed with stout, See also:sharp, See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown prickles.
A'SHA [MAIMUN See also:IBN QAIS], Arabian poet, was born before See also:Mahomet, and lived long enough to accept the See also:mission of the See also:prophet. He was born in Manfuha, a See also:village of al-Yemama in the centre of See also:Arabia, and became a wandering See also:singer, passing through all Arabia from See also:Hadramut in the south to al-See also:Hira in the north, and naturally frequenting the See also:annual See also:fair at Okaz (See also:Ukaz). His love poems are devoted to the praise of Huraira, a black See also:female slave. Even before the time of Mahomet he is said to have believed in the resurrection and last See also:judgment, and to have been a monotheist. These beliefs may have been due to his intercourse with the See also:bishop of Nejran (Najran) and the `Ibadites (Christians) of al-Hira. His poems were praised for their descriptions of the wild See also:ass, for the praise of See also:wine, for their skill in praise and See also:satire, and for the varieties of See also:metre employed. His best-known poem is that in praise of Mahomet.
His poems have been collected from various See also:sources in L. Cheikho's See also:Les Pates arabes chretiens (Jesuit See also:press, See also:Beirut, 1890), pp. 357-399. His eulogy of Mahomet has been edited by H. See also:Thorbecke, Al A'a's Lobgedicht auf Muhammad (See also:Leipzig, 1875). (G. W.
End of Article: ASGILL, JOHN (1659–1738)
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