Encyclopædia Americana Volume 6 ; A popular dictionary of arts, sciences, literature, history, politics and biography, a new edition including a ... the basis of the seventh edition of the Germa - Francis Lieber, 7th Edition, Paperback

• Release Date   5/19/2012
• ISBN-13   9781236198495 | 978-1-236-19849-5
• ISBN   1236198492 | 1-236-19849-2
• Format   Paperback
• Author(s)   Francis Lieber
• This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1845 Excerpt: ...whither his parents, who were Quakers, had emigrated from Connecticut in consequence of the persecution which then-sect suffered in New England. Their son, after receiving a good education, engaged in mercantile pursuits. and, when about thirty years of age, he removed to Edenton, in North Carolina, where he acquired a fortune. He had not long resided in North Carolina, before he was chosen a member of the colonial legislature. In 1774, he was chosen one of the three persons who composed the delegation from North Carolina to the general congress that was to meet in Philadelphia. Here he was soon distinguished for his attention to business, and, July 4, 1778, signed the declaration of independence. From this rime, Mr. Hewes retained hw seat, with the exception of something more than a year, until his death, in 1779. It is related of him, that when the Quakers held a general convention, in 1775, of the members of their sect residing in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and put forth a "testimony," denouncing the congress and all its proceedings, he broke off all communion with them. Hexachord (from the Greek). a chord in the ancient music, equivalent to that which the moderns call a.-,/.'/). Guido divided his scale by hexachords, of which it contained seveu. three by B quadro, two by B natural, and two by B molle. It was on this account that he disposed his gamut in three columns. In these columns were placed the three kinds of hexachords according to their order. lli.nichord is also the name for a lyre with six strings. Hexameter (from the Greek llAprrpos), a verse of six feet. The sixth foot is always a spondee (two long syllables), or a trochee (a long and a short). The five first may be all dactyles (two short syllables and one long), or all spondees...