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SHERRY , originally the name of See also:wine coming from Xeres (Jerez de la Frontera), near See also:Cadiz, See also:Spain, and now the See also:general name of the strong 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 wines, the See also:lower grades excepted, which are made in the See also:south of Spain (see WINE). The See also:early See also:form of the word in See also:English was " sherris " (abbreviated from " sherris-wine " or " sherris-See also:sack "), which was taken to be a plural, and " sherry " was formed as a singular by See also:mistake.
'S HERTOGENBOSCH ('sBosch, or den See also:Bosch, See also:French Bois-le-Duc), the See also:capital of the See also:province of See also:North See also:Brabant, See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland, at the confluence of the See also:rivers Dommel and Aa, which unite to form the Dieze, and a junction station 291 M. S.S.E. of See also:Utrecht and 27 M. W.S.W. of See also:Nijmwegen by See also:rail. It is connected by See also:steam See also:tramway with See also:Helmond (21 M. S.E.) and by the Zuid-Willem's See also:canal with See also:Maastricht (6o m. S. by E.). Pop. (I goo) 32,345. 's Hertogenbosch is a well-built See also:city and contains several churches. The See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:cathedral of St See also:John, the Janskerk, with its interior in a See also:state of preservation rare in Holland, is one of the finest architecturally in the See also:country. Occupying the site of a much earlier See also:building, of which there are remains, the See also:present See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church with its See also:fine See also:choir was built in the See also:middle of the 15th See also:century. The 15th-century See also:font, the See also:pulpit (1570), the See also:organ (1617), and the early See also:Gothic See also:Lady
See also:chapel containing a much venerated 13th-century See also:image of the Virgin, which was annually carried in procession through the See also:town, are all noticeable. The choir-See also:screen was sold to the South See also:Kensington Museum in See also:London for £qoo, this sum being devoted to the See also:work of See also:modern restoration. The town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall contains an interesting See also:series of decorative panels by a modern artist, A. Derkinderen, describing the See also:founding of the city. It also includes a museum of See also:local antiquities. In the Provincial museum are interesting Roman, See also:German and Frankish antiquities. The See also:principal other buildings are the See also:court See also:house, See also:government buildings (formerly a Jesuit monastery), episcopal See also:palace, See also:grammar school (once attended by See also:Erasmus), a See also:prison, hospitals, See also:arsenal and See also:barracks. 's Hertogenbosch is the See also:market of the fertile Meiery See also:district, and carries on a considerable See also:trade, chiefly by See also:water, with See also:Dordrecht and See also:Rotterdam, Nijmwegen, Amhem, Maastricht and See also:Liege. The See also:chief See also:industries include distilleries, breweries, See also:glass See also:works, See also:cigar factories and the See also:ancient See also:linen and See also:cutlery manufactures.
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