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atfntion bv the mere tone of his voice, and who nqmrcs 

 on?/ a cj„A.aj, or outline, to colour at his plc-afure, is m lefs 

 want of artificial and captivating compoiition, than an ordi- 

 nary- finger, who is neither pofTi-ffed ot voice nor tafte fuffi- 

 cient to intcrcft the audience. And Terradelks feems to 

 have written all his fongs for performers of abilities ; for his 

 airs are never made eafy and trivial in order to fpare the 

 linger. Joinelli's pen always flowed with this fpirit ; for 

 he never rcjeiftcd a pafTage that prefented itfelf, becaufe it 

 would he difficult and troublefome in the execution ; but 

 this freedom of ftyle, twenty years a^o, might be more 

 fifely praftifed than at prefeiit : for it is well known, that 

 a company of fingers is now reckoned good, in Italy, if the 

 two iirft performers are excellent ; and an opera is fure to 

 pleafe if two or three airs and a duet dcferve attention ; the 

 audience neither expefting nor attending to any thing elfe. 

 And the managers, who find this cuftom very convenient, 

 take care not to interrupt play or converfation by the ufe- 

 lefs and impertinent talents of the under-fingers ; fo that 

 performers of the fecond or third clafs are generally below 

 raediocnty. 



He died at Rome in 1751, of grief and mortification, for 

 the failure of an opera which he had compofed with more 

 care and hopes of fuccefs than ufual. 



TERRiE -^g^r, Amittere, Aratrum, Aratura, Denartatus, 

 Legem, Lex, Librata, Obolata, Quadraniata, Quadrugata, 

 Trinoda, and Uncia. See the feveral articles. 



Terr.s Filiustfon of the earth, a ftudent in the univeriity 

 of Oxford, formerly appointed in public acts to make jeft- 

 ing and fatirical fpeeches againft the members of them, a-nd 

 to tax them with any growing corruption, &c. 



Terr.i Oleum. See Oil of the Earth. 



TERR^JEBIN. See Terenjaeik. 



TERRACE, or Terragium, anciently Cgnified a fer- 

 vice, in which a tenant or vaflal was bound to his lord, to 

 plough and reap the ground for him. 



Others Tvill have it to have been money paid for digging 

 or breaking the ground in fairs and markets. 



" Quieti fint de thelonio, pavagio, paflagio, laftagio, tal- 

 lagio, carvagio, prifagio, et terragio." 



TERRAIGNOL, in the Manege, a horfe that cleaves 

 to the ground, that cannot be made light upon the hand, 

 that cannot be put upon his haunches, that raifes his fore- 

 quarters with dif&culty, that is charged with fhoulders, and, 

 in genera!, one whofe motions are all fliort, and too near the 

 ground. 



TERRAIN, is the manege ground, upon which the 

 horfe makes his pifte, or tread. 



TERRANTONA, in Geography, a town of Spain, in 

 Aragon ; 8 miles S.E. of Ainfa. 



TERRANUOVA,atown of Naples, in Calabria Citra ; 

 9 miles N. of BiCgnano. 



TERRAON, or ToRRAov, O, a town of Portugal, in 

 Alentejo ; 24 miles N.W. of Beja. 



TERRAPOUR, a town of Hindooftan, in Baglana ; 

 32 miles N. of Baffeen. 



TERRAQUEOUS, compounded of terra and aqua, 

 earth and •water, an epithet given to our globe or earth, con- 

 fidered as confifting of land and water, which together 

 conditute one mafs. 



Some philofophers, particularly Dr. Burnet, charge the 

 frame and faftiion of the terraqueous globe as rude, unartful, 

 and difordtrly, and conclude it highly abfurd to fuppofe it 

 came thus cut of the hands of the Creator ; and, therefore, 

 have recourfe to the deluge for making it thus. 



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iTi this apparent diforjer : Dr. Derham particularly obferves, 

 that the diltribution of land and water is admirable ; tlie one 

 being laid over the other fo ikilfully through all the world, 

 that there is a juft equipoife or balance of the whole glob?. 

 Thus the Northern ocean balances the Southern, and t!v 

 American continent is a counterpoife to the Eiu-opean, 

 African, and Afiatic. 



And what forae may object, that the waters occupy too 

 great a part of the globe, which they imagine would be of 

 more ufe if it were dry land, he obviates, by fhewing that 

 this would deprive the world of a due quantity of vapours 

 and rain ; for if the cavities which contain the fea and other 

 waters were deeper, though the quantity of water were the 

 fame, and only the furface lefs and narrower, the evapor- 

 ations would be fo much the lefs, inafmuch as they are made 

 from the furface, and confequently are in proportion to it. 



TE R RA R. See Terrier. 



TERRAS. See Terrace and Pavement. 



Terras, Marble. See Marble. 



TERRASSE, La, in Geography, a town of France, 

 in the department of the Ifere ; 13 miles N.N.E. of 

 Grenoble. 



TERRASSON, John, Abbe, in Biography, a man of 

 letters, was born at Lyons in 1670, and fent by his father, 

 who was a very religious man, to the houfe of tlie Oratory 

 in Paris ; but the fon, quitting this congregation, and difap- 

 pointing his father's viewa, incurred his refentmcnt, fo that 

 he was left with a very moderate pittance. However, the 

 abb6 Bignon procured him zdmiffion into the Academy of 

 Sciences in 1707 : he foon became a member; and in 1721, 

 profeflbr of Greek and Latin in the Royal College. Under 

 the famous fyilem of Law, he acquired temporary opulence, 

 but was foon again reduced to penurious circumftances. 

 He then retired from the world, ftudying and exercifing 

 that philofophy which raifed him above it. He died at 

 Paris in 1750, at the age of 80 years. His works are, 

 " A Critical Differtation on Homer's Iliad ;" " Refie&ions 

 in favour of Law's Syftem ;" " Sethos," a moral romance ; 

 "A Tranflation of Diodorus Siculus," 7 vols. l2mo. with 

 preface, notes, and fragments. It was one of Terraflbn's 

 fayings, "What is the moft credulous of all things ? Igno- 

 rance. What is the moft incredulous ? Ignorance." 



Andre^w Terrajfcn, the elder brother of the former, a 

 prieft of the Oratory, was a celebrated preacher, and died at 

 Paris in 1723. His "Sermons," in 4 vols. i2mo. were 

 published in 1726, and reprinted in 1736. 



Gajpard Terrajfon, another brother, and prieft of the Ora- 

 tory, was more celebrated as a preacher than the former, and 

 officiated at Paris during five years. Haring incurred perfe- 

 cution, he quitted the pulpit and the congregation of the 

 Oratory. He died at Paris in 1 752. His " Sermons," in 

 4 vols. i2mo. appeared in 1749. His anonymous work, 

 entitled " Lettres fur la Juftice Chretienne," was cenfured 

 by the Sorbonne. 



Another perfon of the fame family, -j/z. Matthew Terrajfon, 

 was born at Lyons in 1 669, ftudied the law, and pleaded caufes 

 with great reputation. He was for fom.e time an affociate in 

 the " Journal des Sjavans," and alfo cenfor royal. He 

 died, mi/ch efteemed, at Paris, in 1734. A "CoUeftionof 

 his Pleadings, &c." was pubhftied in 4*0. 



The fon of the preceding, Anthony Terraffon, was bom at 

 Paris in 1 705, brought up to the bar, and excelled in jurif- 

 prudence. By order of chancellor d'Agueffeau, he com- 

 pofed a " Hiftory of Roman Jurifprudence," with a collec- 

 tion of Ancient Contracts, &c. in fol. 1750. In 1760 he 

 was promoted to the chancellorfhip of Dorabes, and died in 

 1 782. He was the author of " Melanges d'Hiftoire, de 



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