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McClintock & Strong Cyclopaedia — Volume 7
John McClintock & James Strong · 1,372,028 words · 1337 reading sections
Section 1321
Y. Modern History and Characteristics. — About the year 151G, and ten years before the death of Huayna Capac, the first white inan had landed on the western shores of South America ; but it was not till the year 1532 that Pizarro, at the head of a small band of Spanish adventurers, actuallj' invaded Peru. On his death-…
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rendered himself unpopular, and was seized and thrown into prison. He had come from Spain accompanied by an " audience" of four, who now undertook the government. Gonzalo Pizarro (the last in Peru of the family of that name), who had been elected cap- tain-general, now marched threatening!}' upon Lima. He was too power…
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The general relujion of Peru is that of the conquerors of the country, the Spaniards- — the Roman Catholic, which is besides especiallj' favored and protected by the constitution. Roman Catholic missionaries la- bored among the earlj' settlers from Spain as well as among the natives, especially among the Antos, but to-…
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PERUNATELE 993 PERUZZINI to his own could have operated ; and, with the excep- tion, perhaps, of Francia, who in some respects is esteemed his equal, he is now acknowledged as the ablest of the masters of that section of the early Ital- ian school in which religious feeling is expressed with great tenderness, in pic…
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Peruzzini, Cav. Giovanni, an Italian painter of Pesaro or Ancona, was born in 1G29. Canon Laz- zarini asserts that both Domenico and Giovanni Pe- ruzzini were natives of Pesaro, and that they trans- ferred their services to Ancona, their adopted country. Giovanni studied under Siraone Cantarini ; acquired dis- tinction…
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(which, however, is not reprinted in the new edition of Buxtorfs Lexicon by Fischer, Leipsic, 1869-1874). In 1590 an enlarged edition, including references to the Zuhar, Baal Akeda, or Isaac Arama's philosophical work, entitled pn^"^ ^^P?> ^"'^l Ikkarim of Joseph Albo, was published at Vienna. Between sixty and seventy…
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Pesiie, Jkan, a French engraver, was born at Rouen in 1G23. It is not known under whom he studied, but he went to Paris, where he acquired distinction by the excellence of his works. His execution is not dexterous nor picturesque, but his outline is correct, and he ren- dered with remarkable fidelity the precise charac…
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With the denial of theism, pessimism is possible, but not necessary. .Spinoza seems to be an optimist when he asserts liiat finite evil and good are only relative conceptions; that what seems to be evil is the neces- sary manifestation or outworking of the universal sub- stance. Logically considered, his argument is no…
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Pessos, a small black stone which held the place of a statue in the temiile of Ci/bele, the great goddess of the Phrygians. It was probably an aerolite, having been represented as falling from heaven. See Gardner, Faiths of the World, ii, 651. Pestalozzi, Joii.vnn Heinrich, the father of mod- ern educational ideas, or…
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and more celebrated than the one at Burgdorf, and had a still greater number of pupils and of visitors. Unfor- tunately dissensions arose among tlie teachers, in which Pestalozzi himself became implicated, and thus the lat- ter years of his life were imbittered. The number of pupils rapidly diminished, the establishmen…
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dee word "jHP53, angel or messenger. The prophets usuallj' connect together sword, pestilence, and famine, being three of the most grievous infilctions of the Al- mighty upon a guilty people (2 Sam. xxiv, 19). In the N. T. the term rendered '• pestilence" is Aot/xoc; (Matt. xxiv, 7; Luke xxi, 11; "pestilent fellow," Ac…
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Nootkas 1?1 Noph 171 Nophah 171 Norberg 172 Norbert 172 Norden 172 Nordheimer 172 Nordin 173 Nordlingeu 173 Nordmaun 173 Nores 173 Norham, Council at 173 Noris 173 Noritioll 174 Nork 174 Norman Architect- ure 174 Normans 175 Nornffi 177 Norojentzi 177 Norrie 177 Norris, Edward ... 177 Norris, Edwi…
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Nucci, Allegretto. . 21S'Obe 270'odo, Clement 299 Olahus 330 On (man) 369 Nucci, Alvauzino.. 218 Obed, 1 270 Odo of Clngny 299|01amu8 330 Ou (city) 370 Nudipedalia 218 Obed, 2 270 Odo de Conteville. 300 Olaus 330 Ouam, 1 372 Nudipedes 218 Obed, 3 270 Odo of Deuil 300 Old 330Onam,2 372 NuUateueuscs 2180bed,4 270 Odo…
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422! Oscar 1 464 423]Oschophoria 464 423 Oscultatoriuni 465|Owenj John (1) 423 Osea 465[Oweu, John (2). . . Osgood, David — 405JOwen, John J a Osgood, Tbaddeus. 405J son Oshea 465 Owen, Lewis , Oshima 465 Owen, Richard I Ox, Christian Sym- 466 holism of. ..Page 466|Ox, Wild :. 467jOxenl)ridge 467 Oxendine …
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eiSiPardon Cls'Pardon Bell C15; Pardons 615!Pardus 615 Pare (the Nails)... 615|Pareau 616|Pareia 616!Parent 624 Parent, F. N 625 Pareutiuo 625[Paria 625 Paris, Councils of. C-'S Paris Manuscript.. 625 Paris Prot. Miss. C26i Soc 620 Paris, Praneois (1). 626 Paris, Franfois de 6261 (2) 626! Paris, Matthe…
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SO S6 SO 86 SO ST 88 88 7S3 823 823 826 826 826 826 827 827 830 830 831 S31 831 831 833 833 834 S34 834 834 834 8.-i5 835 835 835 835 836 836 836 837 LIST OF ARTICLES IN VOL. VIL Pauliuus of Milan IPeck, James.. Page 862 Pelvicula A mn la- Page 83T Peck, John SC'2 rum Page 882 Pauliuus of Nola.. 837 Peck, Jo…
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mo Pelleprat Pellerwoinen 879 Pellew 87 Pellicau 879 879 879 879 Pearsall 858 Pearse, Edward. . . 858 Pearse, James 858 Pearson, Edward. . 85S Pearson, Bliphalet 8.58 Pearson, John 8.58 Pearson, William. 859 Pearson, William Wesley 859 Peasants' War 859 Pease, Calvin 800 Pease, Ebenezer. . . 800 Peck, F…
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