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they continue flowering moil part of the year, but the 

 fecond year they are not fo vigorous as in the firft. 



It is cultivated for the fine fragrant fmell which it af- 

 fords, when pots of it are fet about the houfc. 



The feed becomes ripe in the beginning of the autumn, 

 when it fhould be carefully collected in a dry feafon, and 

 put by in a dry place for future ufe, after having been pro- 

 perly cleaned. 



RESEISER, Ri:skisire, in Law, a taking of lands 

 into the king's hands, where a general delivery, or ouiler 

 le main, was formerly mifuled, contrary to order of law. 



RESELE, in Geography, a town of Sweden, in Anger- 

 mannland ; 55 miles N.N.E. of Hernofand. 



RESEMBLANCE. See Similitude. 



RESENIUS, John Paul, in Biography, a Danifh 

 bifhop and writer, . was born at Refen in 1561. He 

 ftudied at various fchools, and in 1583 became fubdireftor 

 of that at Viborg. Some time after lie travelled into 

 foreign countries, took a degree at Wittcmberg, and re- 

 turned to Denmark in 1 59 1. He was afterwards ap- 

 pointed profeflbr of logic and theology in the univerfity 

 of Copenhagen, and received orders to accompany Chrif- 

 tian IV., who propofed a viiit to England to fee his re- 

 lation, king James. In confequence of another royal man- 

 date, he undertook to tranflate the whole of the fcriptures 

 into Danifh. He completed the New Teftament firft, 

 which he publiflied in two vols. i2mo. in 1605, and the 

 Old Teftament followed in 1607. This verfion of the 

 bible gave rife, in 1609, to a controverfy between Refenius 

 and Ivarus Stubocus, profeflbr of Hebrew at Copenhagen, 

 the refult of which was, that Stubceus was difplaced from 

 his_, office. In 1614 he was involved in another difpute 

 with Olaf Coccius, the clergyman of Nicolas' church, 

 Copenhagen, which ended in the difgrace and banifliment 

 of his opponent. Refenius was raifed to the epifcopal 

 chair. He died in 1638, and bequeathed upwards of 

 5000 dollars to charitable purpofes. He was author of 

 many works, chiefly on fubjedts connected with theology. 

 Gen. Biog. 



RESENIUS, Peter, counfellor of ftate in Denmark, was 

 born at Copenhagen in 1625, and in 1646 he went to 

 Leyden, where lie applied himfelf to the ftudy of juris- 

 prudence and the belles lettres during the fpacc of four 

 years, and then made a tour to France, Spain, and Italy. 

 He took the degree of L.L.D. at Padua, and then re- 

 turned to Copenhagen, where he married in 1655, and two 

 years after was appointed profeflbr of moral philofophy. 

 In 1680 he was ennobled, and in 1684 was nominated a 

 counfellor of ftate. This learned man died in 1688, and 

 bequeathed a large fum of money, and a very valuable 

 library, to the univerfity of Copenhagen. He was author 

 of a great number of works, the titles of which are enu- 

 merated in the General Biography. 



RESENTMENT is a lefler degree of wrath, which is 

 violent and permanent anger, and is excited by fmaller of- 

 fences, or by offences committed againft lefs irritable minds : 

 it is a deep reflective difpleafure againft the condutt of the 

 offender. Indignation is a reientment againft acondutt that 

 appears peculiarly unworthy : — fome atrocious violation of 

 the principles of gratitude, or fomething which appears pecu- 

 liarly dclpic.il>]'- and bafe. Rcfciitment is chiefly excited by 

 fome perfonal • 111ft the laws of locial intercourfe, 



of friendlhip, or of gratitude, and may terminate in indif- 

 ference, and, in wi :il< minds, in maliee ; but it is ulually 

 I by i ' id acknowledgments. 



RESERVATION, Reservation in Law, an action 

 or claule by which fomething is rclervcd, i. e. is retained, 

 kept, or fecured to one's felt. 



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Thus, when a man lets his land, he referves a rent to he 

 paid to himfelf for his maintenance, &c. 



William the Conqueror, getting all the lands of Eng- 

 land, except thofe belonging to the church and religious 

 houfes, into his hands by right of conqueft, bellowed a 

 great part of them among his followers, referving fome re- 

 tribution of rents and fervices to him and his heirs ; which 

 refervation is now, as it was before the Conqueft, called the 

 tenure of the lands. 



Sometimes refervation fignifies as much as an exception ; 

 as, when a man lets a houfe, and referves to himfelf one 

 room, that room is excepted out of the demife. 



Reservation, Mental, is a propofition, which, ftri&ly 

 taken, and according to the natural import of the terms, 

 is falfe ; but if qualified with fomething referved or con- 

 cealed in the mind, becomes true. 



Mental refcrvations are the great refuge of religious hypo- 

 crites, who ufe them to accommodate their confeiences 

 with their interefts. The Jefuits are zealous advocates for 

 mental refervations ; yet are they flri&ly all real lyes, as 

 including an intention to deceive. 



RESERVATORY. See Reservoir. 

 RESERVE, in Law, the fame with refervation ; which 

 fee. 



Benefices are fometimes refigned with referve of a pen- 

 fion. By the canon law, no perfon may referve to him- 

 felf a penfion out of a benefice, unlefs he hath ferved it 

 ten years. 



In the Romilh church the ordinary priefts have only a 

 power to abfolve, in referve of certain cafes, hence called 

 referved cafes, as being referved to the biftiop. 



The court referves the cognizance of fuch an affair to 

 itfelf. The lawyers fay, that no prince ever granted fuch a 

 power by his letters or patents, but that he referves to 

 himfelf a greater. 



Reserve, body of, corps de referve, in War. See Bodv 

 of Referve. 



Reserve Guard denotes the fame as a picquet guard, ex- 

 cept that the one mounts at troop-beating, and the other 

 at retreat-beating. See Guard. 

 RESERVED Cases. See Cases. 

 RESERVOIR, a large pond or pen of water, arti- 

 ficially made, in order to retain and collect it for the ufe of 

 canals, rivers, mills, &c. See Bason and Canal. 



The refervoir in a building is a large bafon, ulually of 

 wood, lined with lead, where water is kept to fupply the 

 occafions of the houfe. At Cannons, the late noble feat of 

 the duke of Chandois, there was a very large refervoir at 

 the top of the houfe, to which the water was raifed by a 

 curious engine, contrived for the purpofe. This refervoir 

 of fuch capacity, as that, befides fupplying all parts of the 

 houfc by means of pipes and cocks, it likewife turned a mill. 

 The refervoir is fometimes alfo a large bafon of lining 

 mafonry, clayed or paved at the bottom, where the water is 

 referved to feed jets d'eau, or fpouting fountains. 



Such is that large one on the top of Marley, called Iron 

 d'enfer, hell mouth, whofe furface, Daviler tills us, conl 

 titty acres, and its depth fuch as to contain a hundred thou- 

 fand cubic fathom of water. 



Refervoirs arc of great ufe In collecting and \ rel 

 the urine or other liquid matters difcharged from the Iheds 

 or (tables where cattle or other animals are kept, for the 

 DUT] >le of manure, and Ihould of COUrfc he formed on all 

 farm-yards. See I'A it M -Yard. 



Such a refervoir is conceived to be efTential, even where 

 there are no lands proper for being ovi 1 flowe I bj 1 he con- 

 tents of U, particularly where care is taken to lupply it 0C- 

 cafionally with a bottom of fome good rich earthy matter, 



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