M I C 197 



But what he says is given under an ir of 



M I C 



MiehaelU. rating it. 



^^"Y"^^ great mystery, and he declines publishing the process, 

 though expressing himself willing, privately and with 

 permission of the Prince, to impart it to any " curious 

 and worthy person." The author was at the same 

 time furnished with the plate of a head engraved by 

 the Prince, which is inserted in hi work, Sculptura, or 

 the Hutury and Art of C/talcography. Chap. vi. Baron 

 Heineken, however, refuses ni in this credit; and in- 

 deed both he and a later author, Huber, bestow it on 

 I.ouis de Siegen, or de Sichem, a lieutenant-colonel in 

 the service of the Landgrave of Hesse Caste), who pro- 

 duced rnezzotinto print of the Princes* Amelia in fo- 

 lio, in 1643. Prince Rupert having learned the me- 

 thod from him, imparted it to Wallerant Vaillant, a 

 Flemish p.- inter and engraver. on a promise of seer. cv. 

 But it was soon cli-clo-cd l>y the indiscretion of one of 

 the workmen employed in preparing the copper. The 

 engraving '> >"-' n is some years anterior to the date 

 of I'.v el) n' publication. >e< Hrint-ken, Idee Genfrale 

 fun C'lUecliun dct Kttamjift, p. 208. Note. Huber, 

 Holier Gcurrair ilet (iravmrt, p. 59 (c.) 



MM MM IKvm, a celebrated German 



theologian and biblical critic, was born at Halle, in 

 Low. .on the -.'7th of February, 1717. He 



recc veii t > rudiment* of hi* education at the school of 

 the Orphan Houe, and wa* ch-efly in.lebted for hi* in- 

 atruct "ii in di.'sical literature to his father, Christian 

 Benedict Michaelis, professor of theology and the ori- 

 ental languages in the university of Halle. He took 

 bis degree of marter in the philoMiphical faculty at the 

 university above mentioned, in the year 17'J!. In 

 17 41, hematic an cxcuriion through I Inllaml *nd Eng- 

 land, and formed an acquaintance with thc rmineiit 

 orientalist , Schultens anil Lowth. During his resi- 

 dence in England, the Bodleian library at Oiford pre- 

 sented a rich field for hit indefatigable researches Af- 

 ter an absence of fifteen month, he returned to Halle, 

 where he delivered lecture* on t! il books of 



the Old Tertament. In l~5. he repaired to Gottin- 

 en, under the patronage of M. de Munchhaimen, where 

 he continued hi lecture-, and was firt appointed an 

 extraordinary, and, in 1720, an ordinary i 

 the philosophical faculty in that university. Here he 

 had an opportunity of cultivating his talents, anil ex- 

 tending hi* knowledge by assiduous study, and by 

 constant intercourse with Haller, Genner, Mo*hcim, 

 and ether eminent scholar*. He alo obtained the si- 

 tuation of secretary to the Roy.il >ix-iety of fir>ttingen, 

 of winch he became director in t ?'il ; and he was soon 

 afterwards created an aulic counsellor by the court of 

 Hanover. As his reputation increased, he was admit- 

 ted, as an | . i to va- 



rious learne;! 



The talents < : > less usefully em- 



ployed in the .n of van :rd work*, 



than in the zealous performance of his duties as H 

 lie teacher in the univei .:;. Hi* critical researches 

 into the scriptures of the Old and New Testament 

 merit particular '.'.hen we consider the small 



aid he n.ui 1 derive from the lubours of his predecessor*, 

 his illustrations of the Old Testament may If viewed 

 M an almost entire! work : and hi-, introduc- 



tion to the scripture* of tl:e New Testament, although 

 leas valuiV., . per! ii>- in a [.n!...!.ij;;cal point 

 st II *te- 



.1 



gen 



he 



a, ;ni iiuiitpen- 

 very indent of 



Mickle. 



was un- 



clertakrn at the pugpi -non of Le-sing, is chiefly valu- 

 able on account of the note?. HU C'omjxndiiim Theo- 



logite Dognialiree, which excited little sensation in Ger- Michtelis 

 many, was confiscated in Sweden ; but Count Hopken, 

 some year* afterwards, endeavoured to repair the injury 

 thus done to the learned author, by prevailing upon 

 the king of .Sweden to confer upon him the order of 

 the Polar Star. The extensive knowledge which he 

 had acquired in biblical philology, as well as in every 

 department of lorning connected with the study of the 

 Scriptures, enahl d him to form very accurate notions 

 on the subject of the original and peculiar civil institu- 

 tions of the Hebrews, which he published to the world 

 in hi.s treatise on the Mosaic law ; a work which affords 

 equd instruction and entertainment to the statesman, 

 the historian, and the antiquary. 



During a period of forty-five yefcrs, Michaelis con- 

 tinued to discharge his duties as a professor in the 

 university of Gbitingen with distinguished success and 

 increasing reputation, by delivering lecture- on various 

 parts of the sacred writings, and communicating in- 

 struction in th'e Hebrew, Arabic, and Syriac languages. 

 Toward- the c!o*e of hi* life additional honours were 

 conferred upon him. He was elevated, in l".sti, to the 

 rank of a privy counsellor of justice by the court ot 

 Hanover; and. in I7NS, he was unanimously elected 

 a fellow of the Hoyal >ociety of London. His labori- 

 ous and us tui life was terminated on the 22d of Au- 

 gust, l~;il. in the 75th year n! hi* age. 



\\ e have already alludtd to several of the works of 

 Michaelis ; and our readers will find a list of his vari- 

 ous writings, which bear honourable testimony to his 

 great learning and industry, in the Cirnllrman'* Maga- 

 zine for March 1792- A translation hit Knglish of 

 i..- liijuertatio* <m the Influencr <,f O; iiii.m I,H J.tin- 

 faafc wa* piihlithed iu this country in 1772 ; and his 

 'action to the \riv Tf 'lament was translat d by 

 l>r Marsh, now Bishop ot LlandafT, and published 

 with Notes, &c. in 4 vol.-. fcvo. London, Ib02. 



M ( ll.l. \\ LAKE, a large lake in the United 

 States of America, i* situated neween 42 and !(>" of 

 North Latitude. It in of an oval form, about 31)0 miles 

 lonj( from north to south, ahou* 945 in circuit, and has 

 an area of nearly 10.368,000 acres. It runs into Lnke 

 Huron, and it is said to be unfathomable. The banks 

 of the lake are thinly cov red with pine, cedar, and 

 hrub oak. It abounds with excellent fish, and t routs 

 i re sometimes found which weiph from 60 to <JO Ibs. 

 It i- navigable tor vessels of 400 tons. I^ake Michigan 

 is separated by a barren tongue of land from Lake Su- 

 |ierior. See Slorne's (ieograp/iif. p. 63, and Warden's 

 Acfauni ot ike U*iied filalei, vol. i. p. 71. 



MICKLL. \\ II.I.IAM .It i.:t-.i, celebrated as the tran- 

 slator of the Lusiail of Camcxrnii. was born in 1734, at 

 Langholm in Scotland, and was the son of the minister 

 of the parish. After receiving a good education at the 

 Hiuh School of Edinburgh, he went to London in !7(i.M, 

 and carried with him his poem " On Provicli i 

 which gained him the friendship of Lord Lyttelton. 

 He was thi-n employed as corrector of the Clarendon 

 at Oxford, and in 176'7, he published his poem 

 railed " The Concubine ! " 



Hi- great work, the translation of the Lusiad, was 

 printed in 1775 end contained an account of the 1'or- 

 tugucc conquests in India, a life of Camoens, and a 

 .ition on the Lusind In 1779, he was appointed 

 secretary to ( iovernur Jo'msntt, when he received the 

 command of the Romney . and he was left at Lisbon as go- 

 vemir.cut agent for jirizcs. In that rspital he was re- 

 ceived with imr li attention as the translator of their great 

 poet, and was admitted a member of the Royal Aca- 

 demy of Lisbon. Here he wrote his poem of " Alma- 



