1000000031

s e

borne romcwhat likc a hatl oon

(

iniP.cT,

hut is

hlO:tdl'T

than

¡t,

f\nd is

cOlltinued

l'tIt

lC.I

thl.!

cdgcs

o( lhe

lidd: \\

h( rCílS

lhe bau cen is

cut

otr at CJ<..h cnd.

S~e

P lalc C X L Vi

l.li

r,. 16.

Se :\RP.-\NTO. an

dl.nd

in Ihe

~ l"dilerrane.n.

Iwenly

mi!cs

ftl'lth-~'cn

Rhad!.!! :

long. 27°, N . laL 36°.

Se.\RLIS. in ichlJ.yolngy. Se< L A"' US.

SeA

VE ;~C

ERS. IWO ullie..rs , ,,"uallyehofcn in every pa–

¡Ih in Landan an.:l

ilS fu b:J1

lhe: chllrch-warJt'ns ,

confb,bl(s, and otiler inhabitams, to hire

perrons

c:t1led

r:-tkers, with

C;\rts,

to clc<l.n lhe

Hrc1tts,

ano

ca rry a\)',¡y

Ihe di" . nd lillh, \\'ilh lhe alhcs and dull from every

houre .

SCENE,

in its primary

rcore.

denotcd a

thcl tre,

or rhe

pl ..

where dramiltic pieces ano

other

public fhcws

wac

e !\ibiteJ: for

il Jot'S

not ap.pear that lhe;,:

anClent

poets

W(TC

.\t

all acqn;J.inted \Virh

lhe

modern

\V~y

el1~nging

the

fcenes in

the:

dilfcrem

p:H tS

of tll'; play, in order tOridife

Ihe idea of lhe perfons rCl'rcfenlCd by lbe aa ors being in

dilr: rcnl pl.ees.

Tbe oricin.l fcene for .é\ing of

pl.ys

\Vas as romple as

the rcprefentations themfcln's: it eoníincd only of

plain

plol

ground propcr for lhe oeeafion, whieh

WAS

fome

degree fl,aded by the neighl>ouring trees, whofe branches

wcrc

macle

to mcet tOgcther,

and

thcir ,'aeaneies fupplicd

with boards, nicks, and the Ilke ; and to complete

fhe

lhelter, theCe \Vere fomctimcs covered with Ikins, and

fomctimes w¡lh only the LJnnches of ot hcr trces newly

CUt

down, ano

full

of leaves_ Aftcrwards more artificial

fcenes or fcenical repref-.!nll tions \Vere imroduced, and

painlings "red in(load of lhe objeas themf. !I'es. Seeoes

wcre lhen of three forts; {r.\gie, comie, and fatyrie.

The tragíe Cecne rcprefcnted fbHely magni6cent cc\ifiC:t's,

with deeorations ofl?illars,

H" IUCS,

and other things Cuit·

able to the palaces

kings: lhe comic exhibitcli prívate

honres with balconilS and windo\\'s, in imitation of

COI1l'

mon buildings: and tne Catyrlc was

the

reprcrent:u ion of

gro\'es, mOllnlains, dens, and other appearances; ano

thefe decorallons

either

turned on pi"OIS, or Old along

groovcs, as {hofe in our thea:res.

Scene

is atío

a pan or di\·iíion

of a

dramatic

poem.

T nus plzys are divided into aéts ,

and

ath are again fu b–

dividld into fcenes ; in wluch f<nCe

lhe

Ccene io¡

propt rly

the per fons prelent at, or coneerned in, the :lltion on the

(lagl!

rueh

lime: whene\'cr, thererorc,

ncw aélor

appl!íHS, or an old one difappet/.rs,

Ihe

aéllon is changed

into orher hands; and the rdore a ncw fcene thtn como

menees.

SCEl {C

C AM ES.

:ullong theancients, wereentertainments

exhibited on the (cena or the,are, including pla)'s,

d:m·

cing. and

othl!r Iheatric:t1

perform:lnccs.

SCENOG R .'\. I'HY. in perfpea i,·e. Ihe Teprefenl alion of.

Lody

p~rfpeét:ive

pl.tne; or, a

cI~fcri ption

thereoCi"

all

its

dllntnfions, fuch as

;¡ppears

the eye. See

VE. RS PCCTI V F. .

!':.PTÚt• • kind of royal O. Ir. or b.llloon, borne by

klngs on fok mn occafions, as an enr ..s n of cOOlOlctnd and

:\l1t holitv

SC I'. I'TI (I S ~I ,

Ihe c10élrincs ;;nl\ opininns of the

rccpli~s,

wh" fc

d!lt.n~u.nli nn len~t

Wi\S.

th.H ;;11 thillgS He uncer–

taln :tnu iIlCOmprdH:'lfi l,le, _nd

Ih..

t the ",intl is nt'\ler tO

a.Rl

to any

I hi nJ~.

IJUt to rcmain

10 f'l

rpllUal

dunht ;UlJ

luCl,cr.(¡;.

-r hi;

do~trinc

WdS

.tHO

c,dl d

p) TI !lOoilill,

s e

fr r"nJ the

MOle

of its author. See

P\"l~. R II O-';JA N S.

s e H/\ FFHO USE. lhe ca pilal or Ihe e. nlon of Seh.'¡l'houfc.

one of (he

010 :1

ntlrthcrn e:lntons of

Switz

~rh.nd

long.

8°

40"

N .

IaL

4:!' .

SCH!\LHOLT. Ihe eapil. 101[ed and.

fll'Jjc~

10 D enmar:, :

long. 19°. N. lat. 6.1030'.

SeH t1~r.\e HI A,

a eily of Pedi• • in Ihe provincc of Chir–

\'an,

íitu:u cJ on

the

\Ven

fidc of the

C....

pi;m

Cea, In

long.

,o',

lat.

4 ,°.

SCHELD , a r¡ver whieh rifes in the

confin~s

Picu¿ \',

and runs north'eJ{l by Camr.ray. Valenclcnncs. T OUl na;',

ü utlenarde,

&c.

and recci\'ing lhe L is.t

G hcnt,

runo;

caH

D endermond , anJ then nonh tO

Am',...,

fll:

belú\'/

whieh city

divid~s

imo t\Vo branches; une callcd

rhe

\Vdler·Sclu:ld. whieh fepames Flandc" frcm 7.d,nrl .

.nd difeharges ilfeli inlo Ihe fe. near FIlIO,ing; and lh.

olher ealleu Ihe O Ocr-fcheld. whieh runs by Bergen-op–

zoom, and afterw:uds bdwt>cn the inands

B~ve1aDd

anj

Sehowen, and

little IJclow falls inlo

lhe

rea.

SCH E LLlNC. an iOanu of Holl. nd . aT Ihe <J1trance of

lhe Zuyder re. . belween Flie rnand anu A >.,e1and:

lon~ .

20'.

N .

lat.

53° 34'.

S CHE ~lt

Il'Z. eapilal of lhe mine 1.\Vos in Upper

H UQ–

l::try, fi:<.ty miles nonh_ea(l of Prefburg.

SCH ENECTIDA. a fO(lrefs of Ne\V- York. in .'\merica .

(jtualed on Hudfon's Ri\'er, in the plO\"lllCe

Alb n)',

a hundred miles north of New York city.

SCHE)'L AND. abo"1 fon y iO.nds . whleh eonOilule part

of the country of Orkney, or the Oreades, in Scotlancl,

valuable on account of the herring-fifhcry on their lhores :

lituated between

ean aud

2°

wd llongitudc, anu be–

tween

6 1....

and

62°

of north latituc\c.

SCHIRt\S, or

H E

RAS

a city of Pedia,

the pro\-ince

of Fars. 180 miles foulh of l fpahan ; rcckoncd dI" f<–

cond C\t y in th.u kingdom.

SCHI SM,

a fcparation, or breaking off from commnnion

with any church; on account of fome difacreemcnt

matters of faith or (.J¡[cipline.

SC HOE tU S . in botany. a genus of lhe triandria mono –

gynia claCs . The glu:nx. are palcaceaus, and

h,}\ :.:

but

one

\'ah'e;

it has no corolla, and bU( one roune!

f~ed.

T he (pceies u e

13,

five

them natives oi Hritain.

SC HO LAST[C, romelhing belonging 10 lhe fchool,. Se.

SCHOO L.

SCHOLl:\ST,

grOlmmarían, who writes fcholia, that

¡s,

norcs,

gl(,{f~s,

&c.

epon an...¡ent authors,

\\'ho

ha\'c writ–

ten

111

the Icarned languages. See lhe: neX1 aniele.

SCHOL lUIVl,

nOle, annotation, or remark, occ:"fionally

mad~

on fome pa(fage, propoíition, or rhe hice. Tius

tCI

is much

ur~d

gc:ometry,

and

other polftS of

ma–

th:matics, where, aCter dcmonll rating a propc,(jtion, it

cu!lornaly to roint

out

how

ie might be

done ((,me

othe:r

way, or tO give (ome aclvict!, or

prec~utlon,

in order

prt>\'\'nt mill"kes, or add

fome

particular ure, or ar plka–

tlon thereof,

SCHOOL,

public place, whcrein the

Ian~l1as('~ ,

nr :trIS

ami fcienC'es are Ia\lght. T h\ls we f..y, gr"'lIlm.u.f ...!.ool,

writinr.-feh()l,I,

cre.

SC' IIW:\ L Il:\ S H . a lown of C erm, ny. in The

ci,d~

\he

Uppt!r RllI nc

~nd

11\

the: ternwry

tht; \ \'Cltt l:lW,

:lnd

coullty of i\t/.{f"u

( ¡ght miles

nurtlt of

1...n\7 ..

S(' I1W:\LBE,\ . in hotony.

~<nu'

of Ihe ,lId

"n.nu

• • n–

Clurp~rm;a

ellfs.

T b I:Jli.-

clloi! lls uf

fuur

f1.'e::r.I'Jl'~'

Ihe