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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Kelly, Edward" to "Kite" by Various

1795. He then took part in the Italian campaigns of 1796 and 1797, and

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was made commandant of Lombardy. He afterwards received the command of the cavalry in Bonaparte's "army of England," of which, during the absence of Desaix, he was temporarily commander-in-chief (1798). He died on the 15th of December 1799. See J. G. Alger, _Englishmen in the French Revolution_ (1889); Eugène Fieffé, _Histoire des troupes étrangères au service de France_ (1854); Etienne Charavay, _Correspondance de Carnot_, tome iii. KILMALLOCK, a market town of county Limerick, Ireland, in the east parliamentary division, 124¼ m. S.W. of Dublin by the Great Southern & Western main line. Pop. (1901), 1206. It commands a natural route (now followed by the railway) through the hills to the south and south-west, and is a site of great historical interest. It received a charter in the reign of Edward III., at which time it was walled and fortified, and entered by four gates, two of which remain. It was a military post of importance in Elizabeth's reign, but its fortifications were for the most part demolished by order of Cromwell. Two castellated mansions are still to be seen. The church of St Peter and St Paul belonged to a former abbey, and has a tower at the north-west corner which is a converted round tower. The Dominican Abbey, of the 13th century, has Early English remains of great beauty and a tomb to Edmund, the last of the White Knights, a branch of the family of Desmond intimately connected with Kilmallock, who received their title from Edward III. at the battle of Halidon Hill. The foundation of Kilmallock, however, is attributed to the Geraldines, who had several towns in this vicinity. Eight miles from the town is Lough Gur, near which are numerous stone circles and other remains. Kilmallock returned two members to the Irish parliament. KILMARNOCK, a municipal and police burgh of Ayrshire, Scotland, on Kilmarnock Water, a tributary of the Irvine, 24 m. S.W. of Glasgow by the Glasgow & South-Western railway. Pop. (1901), 35,091. Among the chief buildings are the town hall, court-house, corn-exchange (with the Albert Tower, 110 ft. high), observatory, academy, corporation art gallery, institute (containing a free library and a museum), Kay schools, School of Science and Art, Athenaeum, theatre, infirmary, Agricultural Hall, and Philosophical Institution. The grounds of Kilmarnock House, presented to the town in 1893, were laid out as a public park. In Kay Park (48¾ acres), purchased from the duke of Portland for £9000, stands the Burns Memorial, consisting of two storeys and a tower, and containing a museum in which have been placed many important MSS. of the poet and the McKie library of Burns's books. The marble statue of the poet, by W. G. Stevenson, stands on a terrace on the southern face. A Reformers' monument was unveiled in Kay Park in
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1. Chapter 1 2. prologue as a sermon preached in acts. Although Samuel Johnson described 3. 1867. He subsequently edited the _Pesti Napló_, which became virtually 4. 1454. He was buried at Canterbury, in the choir. Kempe was a politician 5. 1586. Kendal was plundered by the Scots in 1210, and was visited by the 6. 1576. His son John (c. 1567-1615), who became the 5th earl, was lord 7. 832. The Pictish Chronicle, however, gives Tuesday, the 13th of February 8. 687. There is some evidence for a successful invasion by the East Saxon 9. 1819. The Bank of the Commonwealth was chartered in 1820 as a state 10. 1822. A court decision denying the legal tender quality of the notes 11. 1900. (E. He.) 12. introduction into Germany of the Gregorian calendar; but the attempt was 13. 17. Later, Kerak was the seat of the archbishop of Petra. The Latin 14. 1793. He had, however, entered the ranks of the Girondins, and had voted 15. 1811. He studied theology at Göttingen, Berlin, Heidelberg and Munich, 16. 1879. More than once the sultan offered him anew the grand vizierate, 17. 950. Their home was in the spurs of the Caucasus and along the shores of 18. 1790. The fortifications have fallen into decay. The name Kherson was 19. 1832. The first mention of the cloth trade for which Kidderminster was 20. 1813. As a boy he was delicate, precocious and morbid in temperament. He 21. 1576. The town is of high antiquarian interest. There is a Protestant 22. 1790. After being bombarded by the Anglo-French fleet in July 1854, it 23. 1622. Sir Robert was a member of all the parliaments between 1603 and 24. 1612. Pepys says that as a boy he satisfied his love of the stage by 25. 1423. It is situated near the confluence of the rivers and glens of the 26. 1795. He then took part in the Italian campaigns of 1796 and 1797, and 27. 1885. Kilmarnock rose into importance in the 17th century by its 28. 4440. The chief buildings include the public library, the Masonic hall 29. 1899. He died in London on the 8th of April 1902, being succeeded in the 30. 1885. On the outbreak of war between the British and the Boers in 1899 31. 1591. With his younger brother John he proceeded from Westminster School 32. 1609. Henry King entered the church, and after receiving various 33. 1838. Another descendant, PETER JOHN LOCKE KING (1811-1885), who was 34. 1550. It is situated on the Firth of Forth, 2¼ m. E. by N. of 35. introduction to Solomon. But Lucian's recension of the Septuagint (ed. 36. introduction (iii.), a contains generalizing statements of Solomon's 37. introduction. Further confusion appears in the Septuagint, which inserts 38. 1867. Lord Kingsdown never married, and his title became extinct. 39. introduction to Mr R. E. Dennett's _Notes on the Folk Lore of the Fjort_ 40. 1894. (A. E. S.) 41. 1887. The twenty-one years spent by Kirk in Zanzibar covered the most

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