MEL 



47 



V ' xrr. 



piU; and, even 

 last days, hefi 

 with an aasiduky >eaoat 



the increased infirmitie* of bu 

 i ef* hi* da** 



* 



norhismulti- 

 fenld seduce him 



hfe greateet perplexion. awl be waa oocanonaUy 

 y hi* viaitor* holding book in OM haml end 

 hi* dukT* eradle with the other. He was fond 



le could 



of the society of dasdroa in 



at aU 



;and waa a* 

 Van tfae entire purity of 

 to expose himeeir to the ani- 

 He waa a pattern of sympathy 



away to the fir* imin who might be 



a* other wieai initont A nice and well practised ear for mu*ic, i 

 wanU often give denbtlam perceive the timmtrtrnmt o/ Ik* mtloJy 



* mdiirr<lt.>.k Maksn*jn>an*n)djMLan*] .an h.,r,i;\ la:'.. ,.:. i 



. 



irtide in a large oat 



r. u- - 



for them all, he actually gn 



ly priwVam in has c 







"~~~f i 



in the miireia*!. aa well a* to i 

 ve oflers nf 



rfcwmi 



inht*< 







.*. 



out. Nor w a* he. by any means, a i 

 ut, while w hewn* apt i 

 eotoe under the 



(to use the word, of Me 





fc t " K j . a | t ,__ , 



tempt on the threat* of power, the <Vi 



treiladby^tfae 4feta>e of raaaao, and pMy by the 

 power 4W fcrv^nt y*t vncwtaHHlvv pMtr, WMQI WM in*? 

 Uighlaal ornament of hi* exalted character, and the 

 leadmg motive f hi* vahuu^ exertions. The most am. 



wa published by hi* aon-in-law Caspar Fearer, at 

 berg, fa 1601, in fear vul.ajm fcliav See Mo- 

 .... u , i. voL rv. ; Metchior Adav. 

 /oasforwei; SecketMiorf xnutMasi ; 



Beyle's OifirW l)i*rii*ar / Caanerarii f V/a Mf**arf4s 

 W. tle/ean-faa / Milner** CAarc* //,,. 



far*, vol. iv. and v. (a) 



?rc WcvMOOTH. 



MELUHAM. a vflkgeof England, in the enmty of 

 WikJa, eonaiata) chiefly rf one Jong street, of which the 



M B L 



> built of a soft free-stone. It contain* a parish 

 churx-h, and three meeting- houae* for Quakers, Inde- 

 pendents, and Baptists. It carries on the manufacture* 

 of broad cloths. Number of houses 7S5. Population 

 4030. 



MELLITIC Acin. See CHEMISTRY, VoL VI. p. 58. 

 MELODY, in Music, such a pleasing taecettio* of 

 mnvioal sounds, a* was by the earlieet writer* on f 

 called HAHMOSV, (aee that article.) a term which now 

 i* exdusit ely applied to denote the pleating effect* of 

 a proper sfilcttrnn of sound* hratd lofHher at the aunt 

 tin*. In correct performance* by a choir of good voice*, 

 a band uf Purser Sa*freMf, making Per&et 

 HAK'MOM v, (*ee these article*,) euch a* violina, violoo. 

 enUaa, Ac or a Liatonian or ECNAHMOKIC Off an, are 

 capable of producing when skillully played, a coti 

 able number of the leap* or strp* of the melody in 



i are nece**arily tempered, or made a small 

 'ler, than that exact quantity 



which each uf uch step*, or intervals must have when 

 in harmony; that i*. when the limiting 

 i of such intervals are heard together at the tune 



will 

 of 



"first 



__ them during an enharmonic 

 to onsider them ea deiecu, and wuh for 

 their being avoided. Every attempt, however, to do 

 eo, by lamming the tomperamenU from the melody to 

 the harmony, is accompanied by *o much interruption 

 and Jiiminiiit from lit awl/, by which such temper, 

 ed harmonie* are accompanied, a* to produce com ic- 

 tian that the harmony ought in all instance* to be kept 

 peramt ; an*) the temperament*, by which unavoidably 

 ail movie in parts i* atEudul. must be thrown entirely 

 into the lean* of the melody, where no beat* or beatings 

 wiH be found to acoinnpany their uae. See thk aubject 

 Jmrabji lanmaid in the Fai/oeaatsVa/ Utgmane, vol. 

 Mvu.p.314. ( ( ) 



M I 1.0$. See Mi w. p. SO 4 of thi* volume. 



B. town and pmrieh in the county of ROT- 



I. tr..niM..rt!it tli :.l.iH -. - 



I in bMadtU from five to seven miles. The 

 i i* about 2446. 



soil of thi* parish is various. Toward* the south, 

 it i* for the meat part a strong clay, excellently adapt- 

 ed for wheat. The bank* of the Tweed, which wind* 

 through the pariah, eoneiet of a fine light dry soil, fit 

 . of grain. On the north aide of the river, 

 the soil i* of three kind*: let, A light earth, mixed 

 with eand. upon a gravelly bottom ; Sd, A strong clay 

 pan till, full of spring*, and very wet ; and .1.1, 

 MOM. The iianhnm part of taw panah i* hilly, and 

 a*nhm uattant sheep paMura, lpter*pr*ed with a few 

 cultivation. The valued rent of the 



He, wae 



t!, u' > 



pariah i* at l<.9*5. 4*. 6d. Soot*. 



The town of Meleose, which give* it* name to thi* 

 pariah. wa for mot |y a burgh of regality. It u plea> 

 santly snoated at the bottom of the Etldon bill*, on the 

 north MOC. and on the edge of a fertile valley, upward* 

 of a mile in length, intarairtad by the Tweed, which 

 run* through k in a serpentine direction, and surround- 

 ed by hills of a eoneklerable height. In thi* v.lU-y, 

 biiiJu Maaroea. are the village* of Danicltoun, Dar- 

 nick, Bridge end. Gattoniide, Newatead, Eildon, New. 

 town, and Bliimlii 



Melroat was long celebrated for it* mannmctare of 

 linens ; but for several yean peat this trade ha* bean 

 very much upon the decline. The hiinaai of blaach 



