See also:

• MERCY (adapted from Fr. merci, Lat. merces, reward)
• MERCY (or MERCI), FRANZ, FREIHERR VON

MERCY (adapted from Fr. merci, See also:

• LAT

Lat. merces, See also:

• REWARD

reward)  , compassion, See also:

• PARDON (through the Fr. from Late Lat. perdonare, to remit a debt or other obligation on a penalty)

pardon, pity or forgiveness . The Latin word was used in the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian ages for the See also:

• REWARD

reward that is given in See also:

• HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

heaven to those who have shown kindness without See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

hope of return . The See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French word, except in such phrases as Dieu merci, sans merci, is principally used in the sense of " thanks," and is seen in the old See also:

• ENGLISH

English expression " gramercy," i.e. See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant merci, See also:

• GREAT

great, many thanks, which See also:

• JOHNSON, ANDREW
• JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
• JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
• JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
• JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
• JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
• JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
• JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
• JOHNSON, THOMAS

Johnson took for " grant me See also:

• MERCY (adapted from Fr. merci, Lat. merces, reward)
• MERCY (or MERCI), FRANZ, FREIHERR VON

mercy." In the See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval 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 there were seven " See also:

• CORPORAL

corporal " and seven " spiritual See also:

• WORKS

works of mercy " (See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera misericordiae); these were (a) the giving of See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food to the hungry and drink to the thirsty, the clothing of the naked, the visitation of the sick and of prisoners, the receiving of strangers, and the See also:

• BURIAL

burial of the dead; (b) the See also:

• CONVERSION (Lat. conversio, from convertere, to turn or ,change)

conversion of sinners, teaching of the ignorant, giving of counsel to the doubtful, forgiveness of injuries, See also:

• PATIENCE

patience under wrong, See also:

• PRAYER (from Lat. precari, entreat; Ital. pregaria, Fr. priere)
• PRAYER, BOOK OF COMMON

prayer for the living and for the dead . The 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 'Of the Sisters of Mercy is a religious sisterhood of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Church . It is found chiefly in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, but there are branches in the See also:

• UNITED

United States of See also:

• AMERICA

America, in See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South America and in See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia and New See also:

• ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

Zealand . It was founded in 1827 in See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin by See also:

• MISS

Miss See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

Catherine McAuley (1787-1841) . The See also:

• OBJECT

object was to per-See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the corporal and spiritual works of mercy . MERCY-ARGENTEAU, FLORIMOND See also:

• CLAUDE, JEAN (1619-1687)

CLAUDE, See also:

• COMTE, AUGUSTE [ISIDORE AUGUSTE MARIE FRANCOIS XAVIER] (1798-1857)

COMTE DE (1727-1794), See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian diplomatist, son of See also:

• ANTOINE, ANDRE (1858- )

Antoine, comte de Mercy-Argenteau, entered the See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic service of See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria, going to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris in the See also:

• TRAIN (M. Eng. trayn or trayne, derived through Fr. from Late Lat. trahinare, to drag, draw, Lat. trahere, cf. trail, trace, ultimately from the same source)

train of See also:

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

Prince Kaunitz . He became Austrian See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister at See also:

• TURIN

Turin, at St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg, and in 1766 at See also:

• HARRINGTON
• HARRINGTON, EARLS OF
• HARRINGTON, or HARINGTON, JAMES (16'1-'677)

Harrington . Meichisedek was 35 when in 1796 he was initiated as Paris, where his first See also:

• WORK

work was to strengthen the See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance between a freemason at See also:

• PORTSMOUTH
• PORTSMOUTH, EARLS OF
• PORTSMOUTH, LOUISE DE

Portsmouth; and he appears to have been known See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France and Austria, which was cemented in 1770 by the See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage locally as " the See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count," because of a romantic See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story as to an of the dauphin, afterwards See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XVI., with See also:

• MARIE

Marie Antoinette, See also:

• ADVENTURE (from Lat. res adventura, a thing about to happen)

adventure he once had at See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

Bath; he was See also:

• CHURCHWARDEN

churchwarden in 18o1 and daughter of the empress Maria See also:

• THERESA, ST (1515-1582)

Theresa . When four years later 1804; and some of the church See also:

• PLATE

plate still bears his name . Louis and Marie Antoinette ascended the See also:

• THRONE

throne, Mercy-Argen- See also:

• MEREDITH, GEORGE (1828-1908)

Meredith's See also:

• MOTHER

mother died when he was three years old, and teau became one of the most powerful personages at the French he was made a See also:

• WARD
• WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
• WARD, ARTEMUS
• WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
• WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
• WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
• WARD, JAMES (1843– )
• WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
• WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
• WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
• WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
• WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)

ward in See also:

• CHANCERY

chancery .

He was sent to school at See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court . He was in Paris during the turbulent years which Neuwied on the See also:

• RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine, and remained in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany till he was heralded the Revolution, and his powerful aid was given first to sixteen . During these impressionable years he imbibed a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good Lomenie de Brienne, and then to See also:

• NECKER, JACQUES (1732—1804)

Necker . In 1792 he became See also:

• DEAL

deal of the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German spirit; and German See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence, especially See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor-See also:

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

general of the Belgian provinces, which had just been through the See also:

• MEDIA

media of See also:

• POETRY

poetry and See also:

• MUSIC

music, can often be traced in reduced to obedience by Austria, and here his ability and experi- the See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast of his thought and sentiment, as well as in some of the ence made him a very successful ruler . Although at first in intricacies of his See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style . Returning to England he was favour of moderate courses, Mercy-Argenteau supported the at first articled to a See also:

• SOLICITOR

solicitor in See also:

• LONDON

London, but he had little inclinaaction of Austria in making See also:

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

war upon his former ally after the tion for the 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, and soon abandoned it for the more congenial outbreak of the Revolution, and in See also:

• JULY

July 1794 he was appointed See also:

• SPHERE (Gr. vclsa?pa, a ball or globe)

sphere of letters, of which he had become an eager student . At Austrian See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador to Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, but he died a few days the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of twenty-one he began to contribute poetry to the maga- after his arrival in London. zines, and he eked out a livelihood for some years by journalism, See T . Juste, Le Comte de Mercy-Argenteau (See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels 1863) ; A. for the Daily See also:

• NEWS

News and other London papers, and for the See also:

• IPSWICH

Ipswich von See also:

• ARNETH, ALFRED, RITTER

Arneth and A . Geoff See also:

• ROY, WILLIAM (1726-1790)

roy, Correspondances secretes de Marie See also:

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

Journal, for which he wrote leaders; a certain number of his Therese avec le cmte de Mercy (Paris 1874) ; and A. von Arneth and more characteristic fugitive writings are collected in the memo- J . Flammermont, 1889-1891) . Correspondance secrete de Mercy avec See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph rial edition of his works (1910) . In London he became one of et Kaunitz (Paris 1889889-1891) .

Mercy-Argenteau's Correspondances See also:

• CES

ces secretes de Marie Therese has been condensed and translated into the leading See also:

• SPIRITS

spirits in the See also:

• GROUP

group of See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young philosophical and English by Lilian Smythe under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of A See also:

• GUARDIAN

Guardian of Marie positivistic Radicals, among whom were See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John (afterwards See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord) Antoinette (2 vols., London 1902) . See also:

• MORLEY
• MORLEY [oP BLACKBURN], JOHN MORLEY
• MORLEY, BARONS AND EARLS OF
• MORLEY, GEORGE (1597-1684)
• MORLEY, HENRY (1822-1894)
• MORLEY, SAMUEL (18o9–1886)

Morley, See also:

• FREDERIC, HAROLD (1856-1898)

Frederic See also:

• HARRISON
• HARRISON, BENJAMIN
• HARRISON, FREDERIC (1831— )
• HARRISON, JOHN (1693—1776)
• HARRISON, THOMAS (16o6-166o)
• HARRISON, THOMAS ALEXANDER (1853– )
• HARRISON, WILLIAM (1534–1593)
• HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY (1773–1841)

Harrison, See also:

• COTTER, COTTAR, or COTTIER

Cotter See also:

• MORISON, JAMES AUGUSTUS COTTER (1832-1888)

Morison and See also:

• ADMIRAL

Admiral Maxse .