near Mortagne in Normandy, France. It owes its celebrity to the rigid asceticism practised by its inmates in obedience to the rules of the order. The abbey was suppressed in 1790 by the National Assembly, but the monks were afterwards allowed to return. Endowments, faculties, enough we have: it is her [Nature's] wise will too that no faculty imparted to us shall rust from disuse; the miraculous faculty of Speech, once given, becomes not more a gift than a necessity; the Tongue, with or without much meaning, will keep in motion, and only in some La Trappe, by unspeakable self-restraint, forbear wagging. Carlyle. Trastevere. [Lat. Regio Transtiberina, the region on the other side of the Tiber.] The largest of the Rioni, or quarters, into which modern Ronie is divided. It extends along the foot of Mount Janiculum, and is inhabited by a peculiar and in many respects a distinct race, said to be the direct descendants of the ancient Romans. "In Trastevere there are no remains of antiquity, but abundance of monuments of superstitions, -churches full of the shrines of saints, and convents full of imprisoned sinners, plenty of houses, but few inhabitants. These inhabitants, however, boast of being descended from the ancient Romans, and look on the upstart race on the other side of the river with sove. reign contempt." Eaton. Traunstein Profile. A remarkable freak of nature on the hill called the Traunstein, near Lambach in Austria. "The rough back of the mountain forms the exact profile of the human countenance, as if regularly hewn out of the rock. What is still more singular, it is said to be a correct portrait of the unfortunate Louis XVI. The landlord said it was immediately recognized by all Frenchmen." Bayard Taylor. Travellers' Club. A celebrated club in London, founded in 1815. According to one of the rules no person can be considered eligible to the Travellers' Club" who shall not have travelled out of the British Islands to a distance of at least 500 miles from London in Not to know Brown was, at the West End, simply to be unknown. Brookes was proud of him, and without him the Travellers would not have been such a Travellers as it is. Anthony Trollope. To call a hill aristocratic seems affected or absurd; but the difference between these hills and the others is the difference between Newgate Prison and the Travellers' Club," for instance: both are buildings; but the one stern, dark, and coarse; the other rich, elegant, and festive. Thackeray. Tre Fontane. [The Three Fountains.] A locality anciently called Aqua Salvias, about two miles from Rome, outside the Ostian Gate, where, according to the Church tradition, St. Paul was beheaded by the sword. "In all the melancholy vicinity of Rome, there is not a more melancholy'spot than the Tre Fontane. A splendid monastery, rich with the offerings of all Christendom, once existed there. The ravages of the malaria have rendered it a desert; yet there is a sort of dead beauty about the place, something hallowed, as well as sad, which seizes on the fancy." Mrs. Jameson. Treaty Elm. The famous tree in the environs of Philadelphia, Penn., under which William Penn negotiated the treaty with the Indian chiefs, of which it has been said that it is "the only one ever made without an oath, and the only one never broken." The tree is no longer standing, but a monument marks its place. Treaty Stone. An object of curiosity in Limerick (the “city of the violated treaty "), Ireland. It is the stone upon which the celebrated treaty-document of the 3d of October, 1691, was signed, whereby Limerick and other fortresses in the hands of the Irish were surrendered, with the pro- | viso that the garrisons should be allowed to march out with the honors of war, and conveyed to France, or elsewhere, at the cost of the British Government, and granting certain privileges and immunities to Roman Catholics. "That both the letter and the Ah, never braver bark and crew, Trent, The. A vessel, under com- Trent, The. A British mail-steamer, noted as being the vessel from which the Confederate emissaries, Mason and Slidell, were forcibly taken, Nov. 8, 1861, by Capt. Wilkes of the U.S. frigate San Jacinto. Tribune, The. A name given to an apartment in the Uffizi Palace in Florence, Italy, appropriated to works of art, and containing some of the most celebrated specimens of sculpture and painting, such as the Venus de' Medici, the Dancing Faun, the Fornarina, and others. See UFFIZI. They then led us into a large square room, in the middle of which stood a Cabinet of an octangular form, so adorned and furnish'd with chrystals, sculptures, and so forth, as exceeds any description. This cabinet is called the Tribuna, and in it is a pearle as big as a hazel nut, John Evelyn, 1644. "With feelings of high-wrought expectation, we entered the presencechamber; a crimson, octagonal hall of the gallery called the Tribune, where, bright in eternal youth and matchless beauty, stands the statue that enchants the world."" Eaton. "The Tribune, that noble room Trient, Gorges du. See GORGES Trifels. A castle and ruined med- Trimurti. See ELEPHANTA, CAVE TEMPLES OF. Trinita de' Monti. A church in Rome, well known from its conspicuous position above the Piazza di Spagna. It contains the celebrated painting of the Descent from the Cross by Volterra. 1644, 22, Feb. I went to Trinità del Monte, a monastery of French, a noble Church, built by Lewis XI. and Charles VIII.; the Chapells well painted, espe cially that by Zuccari, Volterra, and the cloyster with the miracles of their St. Francis di Paulo and the heads of the French kings . . This convent, so eminently situated on Mons Pincius, has the intire prospect of Campus Martius, and has a faire garden. John Evelyn. "This church, formerly belong. ing to the Franciscan monks, suffered severely from the destructive propensities of the French soldiers who were quartered in the adjoining convent during the French occupation of Rome in the first revolution. Many of the pic. tures were destroyed or irreparably injured, and the building itself was abandoned and closed from 1798 to 1816, when it was restored by Louis XVIII., after the designs of a French architect. The old pictures which had disappeared were replaced by new ones, painted by students of the French Academy in Rome; a compensation which will remind the classical reader of the old Hillard. joke of Lucius Mummius." "From the height of Trinità de' Monti, the bell-towers and the distant edifices appear like the effaced sketches of a painter, or like the inequalities of a seacoast dimly discerned from the deck of an anchored vessel. Rome is asleep in the midst of these ruins." Chateaubriand, Trans. "Ascending the Spanish Stairs, we behold the church Trinità dei Monti: a crowd of strangers flock here every Sunday morning to hear the singing and music of the holy sisters. It seems to be the weeping of angels dissolved in harmony." Hans Christian Andersen. A convent like the Trinità del Monte with the air of a closed fortress, a foun tain like that of Trevi, a palace massive and monumental like those of the Corso and of the great square of Venice, denote beings and tastes not of the ordinary stamp. Taine, Trans. Trinità, Ponte SS. See PONTE SS. TRINITÀ. Trinité, La. This church in Paris is a fine example of the modern Renaissance style. It is in the Rue St. Lazare. Trinity, The. A large altar-piece representing the Trinity between the Virgin and the Baptist, by Jean Bellegambe, the Flemish painter. It was originally placed (1511-1519) on the high altar of the abbey church of Auchin, but is now in the sacristy of Notre Dame at Douai, France. Trinity, The. A wood-cut by Albert Dürer (1471-1528), the Ger man painter and engraver. "A well-known and grand composition." Trinity, The. A picture by Roger van der Weyden (d. 1464), the Flemish painter, and one of his later works. It is now in the Städel Institute at Frankfort-onthe-Main, Germany. Trinity, Adoration of the. See ADORATION OF THE TRINITY. Trinity Church. A noted ecclesiastical edifice in New York, of Gothic architecture, with a steeple 284 feet in height. It is reputed to be the wealthiest church in America (the society is said to be worth over $10,000,000); its revenues accruing from a large tract of land on Manhattan island, given to it by Queen Anne in 1705. Trinity Church is situated on Broadway, a short distance above the Battery. Its lofty spire, 284 feet high, is a popular place of ascent for the sake of the magnificent view over the city and surroundings. The first church on the present site was built in 1696. In the graveyard are buried a number of noted men, among others Alexander Hamilton. Trinity Church. A fine modern church in Boston, Mass. Trinity College. A foundation of the University of Cambridge, England. Established in 1546. Also well-known institutions at Dublin, Ireland, founded in 1591, and at Hartford, Conn., founded in 1823. Trinity House. A public building on the north side of Tower Hill, in London, erected in 1793 for the ancient guild or fraternity of mariners, established for the encouragement of the science of navi gation, etc. The office of Master of the Corporation has been at various times held by princes and statesmen. The Corporation has in charge the light-houses, licensing of pilots, etc. Its arms are a cross between four ships under sail. It was founded by charter of Henry VIII., the document TRI 535 opening with the statement that Triomphe, Arc de. See ARC DE Triumph of Death. A celebrated Triumph of Galatea. See GALA TEA. Triumph of Religion in the Arts. See INFLUENCE OF CHRISTIANITY man Triumph of Riches. A large pic- A Albert Bertel Thorwaldsen (1770- site the Champ de Mars, Paris, is Three Brothers of Provence.] A -Oboys-that were-actual papas and Holmes. Here we are, however, at the Trois Frères; and there goes my unconscious model deliberately up stairs. We'll follow him, and double his orders; and, if we dine N. P. Willis. not well, there is no eating in France. One does not dine at the Trois Frères TROPHONIUS. See PLACE DU A singular cavern in the region Trou de Han. [The Hole of Han.] of the Ardennes, in Belgium. See Troy House. A seat of the Duke of Beaufort, near Monmouth, England. True Cross. Triumph of the Church. See CROSS, THE TRUE. BULL. Trustees of the Staalhof. A well-known picture by Rembrandt van Ryn (1606-1669). In the Gallery at Amsterdam, Holland. Tuckerman's Ravine. A tremendous gulf in the White Mountains, New Hampshire. It is in the southerly side of Mount Washington, and receives its name from Edward Tuckerman, an enthusiastic explorer of the White Hills. It contains nearly every year a beautiful "Snow Arch," or cave of snow, which does not disappear until the last of August. Tufts College. This institution at Medford, Mass., under the care of the Universalist Church, was founded in 1852. Tuileries, The. A royal palace of France, now destroyed. It was commenced in 1564, as a residence for Catherine de' Medicis, and was completed by Henry IV. After the restoration it was habitually the residence of the royal family. It was situated on the banks of the river Seine; and on the spot where it stood were formerly tile-fields, whence the name is derived, the word Tuilerie signifying a tile-kiln. These fields were converted into gardens in 1665, containing about 67 acres, beautifully laid out, ornamented with flowers, trees, and statuary, open to the public, and much resorted to by the people. This palace was sacked by the Revolutionary mob of 1792, and was again attacked and taken in the insurrection of 1830, and in that of 1848. It was partially burned by the leaders of the Commune, prior to the entrance into the city of the German army in May, 1871, and has never been rebuilt. Truly, this same world may be seen in Mossgil and Tarbolton, if we look well, as clearly as it ever came to light in Crockford's, or the Tuileries itself. Curlyle. In the Château of the Tuileries, for instance, I perceive the same jumble of contrarieties that marks the French character; the same whimsical mixture of the great and the little, the splendid and the paltry, the sublime and the grotesque. Irving. A spittin' tobacker ez proud ez you please On Victory's bes' carpets, or loafin' at ease In the Tool'ries front-parlor, discussin' affairs With our heels on the backs o' Napoleon's new chairs. Lowell, Biglow Papers. An' turnin' quite faint in the midst of his fooleries, Sneaks down stairs to bolt the front-door o' the Tooleries. Lowell, Biglow Papers. The Henriade, as we see it completed, is a polished, square-built Tuileries; Hamlet is a mysterious, star-paved Valhalla, and dwelling of the gods. Carlyle. -Ah, the old Tuileries By the apparition of a new fair face Mrs. Browning. To me, the Prado is an inexhaustible source of amusement. In the first place, it is in itself the finest public walk I have ever seen within the walls of any city, not excepting either the Tuileries or the Chiaja. George Ticknor. I finished this day with a walk in the great garden of the Thuilleries, which is rarely contrived for privacy, shade, or company, by groves, plantations of tall tr es, especially that in the middle being of elmes, another of mulberys. . . . From a terrace in this place we saw so many Coaches as one would hardly think could be maintained in the whole Citty, going, late as it was in the year, towards the Course, which is a place adjoyning, of near an English mile long, planted with 4 rows of trees. John Evelyn, Diary, 1644, Feb. 4. Tullamore Park. The seat of the Earl of Roden, near Newcastle, in the county of Down, Ireland. Tullian Prison. See MAMERTINE PRISONS. Tullius. See AGGER OF SERVIUS TULLIUS. Tulp, Nicholas, and his pupils. See ANATOMICAL LECTURE. This huge reservoir is in a cellar of the Castle of Heidelberg, which, "next to the Alhambra of Granada,' says Longfellow, "is the most magnificent ruin of the Middle Ages." The original tun was begun in the year 1589, and finished in 1591; it held 528 hogsheads of wine. The present tun was made in 1751. It is of copper, bound Tun of Heidelberg. |