Bible Encyclopedias

Agoust, Capt. de
a "cast-iron" captain of the swiss guards, who on may 4,1788, by order of the court of versailles, marched the parliament of paris out of the palais de justice and carried off the key. see carlyle's "french revolution," bk. i. chap. viii.

Anselm, St.
Archbishop of Canterbury, a native of Aosta, in Piedmont, monk and abbot; visited England frequently, gained the favour of King Rufus, who appointed

Antigone, the Modern
the duchess of angoulême, daughter of louis xv. see the parting scene in carlyle's "french revolution."

Arabs, the
"a noble-gifted people, swift-handed, deep-hearted, something most agile, active, yet most meditative, enthusiastic in their character; a people of wild,

Ar`gonauts
The Greek heroes, sailors in the Argo , who, under the command of Jason, sailed for Colchis in quest of the golden fleece, which was guarded by a dragon

Av`alon
in the celtic mythology an island of faërie in the region where the sun sinks to rest at eventide, and the final home of the heroes of chivalry when their day's work was ended on earth.

A`jax
Name of two Greek heroes in the Trojan war, and the synonym of a fiery and impetuous warrior: he son of Telamon of Sparta, one of the bravest of the

A`li
The cousin of Mahomet, and one of his first followers at the age of sixteen, "a noble-minded creature, full of affection and fiery daring. Something

Bastille
The Building), a State prison in Paris, built originally as a fortress of defence to the city, by order of Charles V., between 1369 and 1382, but used

Ba`laam
a midianitish soothsayer; for the account of him see num. xxii.-xxiv., and carlyle's , essay on the "corn-law rhymes" for its application to modern state councillors of the same time-serving type, and their probable fate.

Belleisle, Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, Count of
Marshal of France; distinguished in the war of the Spanish Succession; an ambitious man, mainly to blame for the Austrian Succession war; had grand schemes

Botzaris
one of the heroes of the war of greek independence (1789-1823).

Bouillé, Marquis de
A French general, born in Auvergne, distinguished in the Seven Years' War, in the West Indies and during the Revolution; "last refuge of royalty in all

Bragi
the norse god of poetry and eloquence, son of odin and frigga; represented as an old man with a long flowing beard and unwrinkled brow, with a mild expression of face; received in valhalla the heroes who fell in battle.

Burns, Robert
Celebrated Scottish poet, born at Alloway, near Ayr, in 1759, son of an honest, intelligent peasant, who tried farming in a small way, but did not prosper;

Bury St. Edmunds
or market-town in suffolk, 26 m. nw. of ipswich, named from edmund, king of east anglia, martyred by the danes in 870, in whose honour it was built; famous for its abbey, of the interior life of which in the 12th century there is a matchlessly graphic account in carlyle's "past and present."

Cagliostro, Count Alessandro Di
Assumed name of an arch-impostor, his real name being Giuseppe Balsamo, born in Palermo, of poor parents; early acquired a smattering of chemistry and

Carlyle, Thomas
Born in the village of Ecclefechan, Annandale, Dumfriesshire; son of James Carlyle, a stone-mason, and afterwards a small farmer, a man of great force,

Cen`taurs
A savage race living between Pelion and Ossa, in Thessaly, and conceived of at length by Pindar as half men and half horses, treated as embodying the