See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM JENNINGS See also:

• WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN (186o– )

BRYAN (186o– )  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American a weekly See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

journal, The Commoner, which attained a wide political See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader, son of See also:

• SILAS (fl. A.D. 50)

Silas Lillard See also:

• BRYAN, WILLIAM JENNINGS (186o– )

Bryan, a native of Culpeper circulation . In igo4 although not actively a See also:

• CANDIDATE

candidate for the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

• VIRGINIA
• VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA
• VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Virginia, who was a lawyer and from 186o to 1897 a Democratic nomination (which eventually went to See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

Judge See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state See also:

• CIRCUIT (Lat. circuitus, from circum, round, and ire, to go)

circuit judge, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• SALEM

Salem, See also:

• MARION
• MARION, FRANCIS (1732-1795)
• MARION, HENRI FRANCOIS (1846-1896)

Marion county, See also:

• ILLINOIS

Illinois, See also:

• PARKER, JOHN HENRY (1806-1884)
• PARKER, JOSEPH (183o-1902)
• PARKER, MARTIN (c. 1600-c. 1656)
• PARKER, MATTHEW (1504-1575)
• PARKER, SAMUEL (164o-1688)
• PARKER, SIR GILBERT (1862— )
• PARKER, SIR HYDE, BART
• PARKER, THEODORE (1810-186o)

Parker), he was to the very last considered a possible nominee; on the 19th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 186o . He graduated from Illinois See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College and he strenuously opposed in the See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention the repudiation as valedictorian in 1881, and from the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union College of See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

Law, by the conservative See also:

• ELEMENT (Lat. elementum)

element of the stand taken in the two See also:

• CHICAGO
• CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF

Chicago, in 1883; during his course he studied in the law See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office previous See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns . The decisive defeat of Parker by See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

President of Lyman See also:

• TRUMBULL, JAMES HAMMOND (1821-1897)
• TRUMBULL, JOHN (1750-1831)
• TRUMBULL, JOHN (1756-1843)
• TRUMBULL, JONATHAN (1710-1785)
• TRUMBULL, LYMAN (1813-1896)

Trumbull . He practised law at See also:

• JACKSONVILLE

Jacksonville from See also:

• ROOSEVELT, THEODORE (1858— )

Roosevelt did much to bring back the Democrats to Mr Bryan's 1883 to 1887, when he removed to See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln, See also:

• NEBRASKA

Nebraska . There banner . In 1905-1906 he made a trip See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the See also:

• WORLD

world, and he soon became conspicuous both as a lawyer and as a politician, in See also:

• LONDON

London was cordially received as a See also:

• GREAT

great American orator. attracting particular See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention by his speeches during the He was again nominated for the See also:

• PRESIDENCY

presidency by the Demo-presidential See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign of 1888 on behalf of the candidates of cratic party in 1908 . The See also:

• FREE

free-See also:

• SILVER

silver theory was now dead, the Democratic party . From 1891 to 1895 he represented the and while the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main question was that of the attitude to be First Congressional See also:

• DISTRICT

District of Nebraska, normally Republican, taken towards the See also:

• TRUSTS

Trusts. it was much confused by See also:

• PERSONAL

personal in the See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of Representatives, and received the issues, Mr Roosevelt himself intervening strongly in favour of unusual See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of being placed on the important See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

Committee the Republican nominee, Mr See also:

• TAFT, LORADO (186o— )
• TAFT, WILLIAM HOWARD (1857— )

Taft . After a heated contest Mr on Ways and Means during his first See also:

• TERM

term . He was a hard and Bryan again suffered a decisive defeat, President Taft securing conscientious worker and became widely known for his ability 321 electoral votes to Mr Bryan's 162 . in debate .

Two of his speeches in particular attracted attention, BRYANSK, a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, in the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of See also:

• OREL
• OREL, OR ORLOV

Orel, one against the policy of See also:

• PROTECTION

protection (16th of March 1892), and 83 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail W.N.W. of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of that name, in 530 15' N. and the other against the See also:

• REPEAL (O.F. rapel, modern rappel, from rapeler, rappeler, revoke, re and appeler, appeal)

repeal of the silver See also:

• PURCHASE

purchase clause of the 340 10' E. on the See also:

• RIVER

river Desna . It is mentioned in 1146, being See also:

• SHERMAN
• SHERMAN, JOHN (x823-1900)
• SHERMAN, ROGER (1721–1793)

Sherman See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act (16th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1893) . In the latter he advocated then also known as Debryansk . It afterwards formed a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate the unlimited coinage of silver, irrespective of See also:

• INTERNATIONAL, THE

international principality, which came to an end in 1356 with the See also:

• DEATH

death of agreement, at a ratio of 16 to 1, a policy with which his name the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince . After the Mongol invasion of 1241, Bryansk See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell was afterwards most prominently associated .. In a campaign into the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of the See also:

• LITHUANIANS

Lithuanians; and finally became incorlargely restricted to the question of free-silver coinage he was porated with the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

• EMPIRE

empire in the beginning of the 17th defeated for re-See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election in 1894, and subsequently was also See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . Bryansk was taken by the followers of the first false defeated as the Democratic candidate for the See also:

• UNITED

United States See also:

• DEMETRIUS

Demetrius, but it successfully resisted the attacks of the second See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

Senate . As editor of the See also:

• OMAHA

Omaha World-See also:

• HERALD (O. Fr. heraut, herault; the origin is uncertain, but O.H.G. heren, to call, or hariwald, leader of an army, have been proposed; the Gr. equivalent is Kddpvi : Lat. praeco, caduceator, fetialis)

Herald he then cham- impostor of that name . Under the empress See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne a See also:

• DOCK

dock was pioned the cause of See also:

• BIMETALLISM

bimetallism in the See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press as vigorously as he constructed for the See also:

• BUILDING

building of See also:

• SHIPS

ships, but it was closed in 1739. had in See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress and on the See also:

• PLATFORM (Fr. plateforme, i.e. ground plan)

platform, his articles being widely In 1783 an See also:

• ARSENAL

arsenal was established for the See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding of See also:

• CANNON (a word common to Romance languages, from the Lat. canna, a reed, tube, with the addition of the augmentative termination -on, -one)

cannon . quoted and discussed . The See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral was built in 1526, and restored in the end of the The Democratic party was even more radically divided on 17th century . There are two high See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools; and the See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial the question of monetary policy than the Republican; and establishments include See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron, rope, See also:

• BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick and See also:

• TALLOW (M.E. talugh, talg, cf. Du. talk, L. Ger. talg ; the connexion with O.E. taelg, dye, or Goth, tulgus, firm, is doubtful)

tallow-boiling President See also:

• CLEVELAND
• CLEVELAND (or CLEIVELAND), JOHN (1613—1658)
• CLEVELAND, BARBARA VILLIERS, DUCHESS OF (1641-1709)
• CLEVELAND, STEPHEN GROVER (1837-1908)

Cleveland, by securing the repeal of the silver purchase See also:

• WORKS

works, saw-See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills and See also:

• FLOUR

flour-mills, See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco-factories and a brewery. clause in the Sherman Act by Republican votes, had alienated Some distance See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of the town are the Maltsov iron-works, with a great See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority of his party .

In the Democratic national See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass factories and rope-walks, employing 20,000 men . A convention at Chicago in 1896, during a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long and heated debate considerable See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade is carried on, especially in See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood, See also:

• TAR

tar, See also:

• HEMP (in O. Eng. henep, cf. Dutch hennep, Ger. Hanf , cognate with Gr. Kavval3er, Lat. cannabis)

hemp, with regard to the party platform, Bryan, in advocating the See also:

• PITCH
• PITCH, MUSICAL

pitch, hemp-See also:

• SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed-oil and See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle . In 1867 the See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population num-" See also:

• PLANK

plank " declaring for the free coinage of silver, of which he was bered 13,881, and in 1897 23,520 . the author, delivered a celebrated speech containing the passage, See also:

• BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN (1794-1878)

BRYANT, See also:

• JACOB
• JACOB, JOHN (1812-1858)

JACOB (1715-1804), See also:

• ENGLISH

English antiquarian and You shall not press down upon the brow of labour this See also:

• CROWN

crown writer on mythological subjects, was born at See also:

• PLYMOUTH
• PLYMOUTH, EARLS OF

Plymouth . His of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a See also:

• CROSS

cross of See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold." See also:

• FATHER

father had a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in the customs there, but was afterwards This speech made him the idol of the ; ` silver " majority of the stationed at See also:

• CHATHAM
• CHATHAM, WILLIAM PITT

Chatham . The son was first sent to a school. near See also:

• ROCHESTER
• ROCHESTER, JOHN WILMOT, 2ND EARL
• ROCHESTER, LAWRENCE HYDE, EARL OF (1641-1711)

Rochester, whence he was removed to See also:

• ETON

Eton . In 1736 he was elected to a scholarship at 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 College, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, where he took his degrees of B.A . (1740) and M.A . (1744), subsequently being elected a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow . He returned to Eton as private See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor to the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• MARLBOROUGH
• MARLBOROUGH, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• MARLBOROUGH, JOHN CHURCHILL, 1ST DUKE OF (1650-1722)

Marlborough, then See also:

• MARQUESS (1760-1842)
• MARQUESS, or MARQUIS (Fr. marquis, Ital. marchese; from med. Lat. marchio, marchisus, i.e. comes marchiae, " count of the March ")

marquess of See also:

• BLANDFORD, or BLANDFORD FORUM

Blandford; and in 1756 he accompanied the duke, then See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of See also:

• ORDNANCE (a syncopated form of " ordinance " or " ordonnance," so spelt in this sense since the 17th century)

ordnance and See also:

• COMMANDER

commander-See also:

• ILL

ill-See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the forces in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, to the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent as private secretary . He was rewarded by a lucrative See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment in the ordnance See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department, which allowed him ample leisure to indulge his See also:

• LITERARY

literary tastes . He twice refused the mastership of the See also:

• CHARTERHOUSE

Charterhouse .

Bryant died on the 14th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1804 at Cippenham near See also:

• WINDSOR
• WINDSOR (properly NEw WINDSOR)

Windsor . He See also:

• LEFT

left his library to King's College, having, however, previously made some valuable presents from it to the king and the duke of Marlborough . He bequeathed £2000 to the Society for the See also:

• PROPAGATION

Propagation of the See also:

• GOSPEL (O. Eng. godspel, i.e. good news, a translation of Lat. bona annuntiatio, or evangelium, Gr. evayyeXwv; cf. Goth. iu spillon, " to announce good news," Ulfilas' translation of the Greek, from iu, that which is good, and spellon to announce)

Gospel, and £See also:

• I000

i000 for the use of the superannuated collegers of Eton . His See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal works are: Observations and Inquiries See also:

• RELATING

relating to various Parts of See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

Ancient See also:

• HISTORY

History (1767); A New See also:

• SYSTEM

System, or an See also:

• ANALYSIS (Gr. avci and Meta, to break up into parts)

Analysis, of Ancient See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

Mythology, wherein an See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt is made to divest Tradition of See also:

• FABLE (Fr. fable, Lat. fabula)

Fable, and to reduce Truth to its See also:

• ORIGINAL

original Purity (1774-1776), which is fantastic and now wholly valueless; Vindication of the Apamean See also:

• MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

Medal (1775), which obtained the support of the great numismatist See also:

• ECKHEL, JOSEPH HILARIUS (1737-1798)

Eckhel; An Address to Dr See also:

• PRIESTLEY, JOSEPH (1733-1804)

Priestley upon his See also:

• DOCTRINE

Doctrine of Philosophical See also:

• NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

Necessity (178o) ; Vindiciae Flavianae, a Vindication of the Testimony of See also:

• JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS (c. 37-C. 95?)

Josephus concerning Jesus See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ (178o) ; Observations on the Poems of See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• ROWLEY, WILLIAM (c. 1585-c. 1642)

Rowley, in which the Authenticity of those Poems is ascertained (1781); See also:

• TREATISE

Treatise upon the Authenticity of the Scriptures, and the Truth of the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

Religion (1792) ; Observations upon the Plagues inflicted upon the Egyptians (1794); Observations on a Treatise, entitled Description of the See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

Plain of See also:

• TROY
• TROY, JEAN FRANCOIS DE (1679–1752)

Troy, by Mr de See also:

• CHEVALIER, ALBERT (1861– )
• CHEVALIER, MICHEL (1806-1879)
• CHEVALIER, ULYSSE (1841– )

Chevalier (1795); A Dissertation concerning the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of Troy, and the Expedition of the Grecians, as described by See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer, with the view of showing that no such expedition was ever undertaken, and that no such city as See also:

• PHRYGIA

Phrygia existed (1796); The Sentiments of See also:

• PHILO
• PHILO, HERENNIUS

Philo Judaeus concerning the Abyos or Word of See also:

• GOD

God (1797) .