DEF 
in catarrh, with which the word is fynonymons. It was ortzi- 
ther 
med, as pean a by a defluxion a humours from the 
nofe, throat, and lungs refpedtively, lib. iv. cap. 
4. de Me eee Almoit every inflamed part was confidered 
as the feat of a defluxion of this kind; the morbid fecretions, 
which were the pe eons and _produétion of the inflam- 
matory aGtion of the veffels of the part, being fuppofed to 
be the caufe of the sioee See Concoction and Ca- 
TARRH, Hence the truth of fome . ae ancient prognottic 
aphorifms; as when it is affirmed, that defluaions on the 
lungs are dangerous, thefe ene ee pee 
mony and pulmonary confumption ; and that de fluxions 
the eyes, that is, ophthalmia in its various ae eee 
weaknefs of my and often blin 
DE-F — in Baa the fon of James Foe, 
as born about the year 1663, and it is 
“g 
ton Green, and exhibited ¢ an early tafte for literature. 
an author, he publifhed, before he had attained the age of 
manhood, a political pamphlet ; and difplayed his regard to 
u 
addrefs he efcaped to the metropolis unnoticed. In the wa 
of trade, he was unfuccefsful, and became in soapy but to 
en 
he 
ifhed «* The true-born Englifhman,” a fatire 
The obje& 
of this work was to to thofe who were perpetually 
abufing king William and his friends as ak oa by fhew- 
ing that the then exifting race of Englifhmen was fo mixed 
and heterogeneous, as to be able to lay aan to no native 
ne of his next pieces was a fatire, en- 
fuppofed to have b e writer of * 
oufe of Commons,”’ aay denominated the «* Legion 
Letter,?? which i y and fpirited cenfure of the con- 
i 
duct oe affembly in reference to the Kentith petiticn. 
In the 1702,-when the high church party was inclined 
to pefeeute the diffenters, De-Foe publifhed “ The fhorteft 
Way e Diffenters, or Propofals for the Eftablifh- 
ment of ‘he ‘Church, »? For this he was tried and convicted, 
and was fentenced to fine, Nee ane aes the pillory. 
No part of the judgment was ee ie far ae 
fae afhamed of his fate, he wrote “A ym o the 
lory.”’ uring his imprifonment he publi hed a periodical 
work, entitled ** The Rev ’ which c ed the 
did not fin 
earl of Oxford, and the queen herfelf afforded affiftance to 
him and his fam Soon after his liberation he publifhed, 
ie fubeription, his ** Jure divino”’ in 12 books, the obje& 
as to expofe the dodirine of the oe right ie 
Linge ee to decry tyraony. the government he w 
DEF 
irony, and in’ many inftances it muft be paar ie that 
he was *Tacecfsful , but on the acceffion of wale of ae 
nover, he made le of the fame weapon wardly 
that his pee eat were taken for libels in dave vour of Bt 
pretender, and he tried and imprifoned on their account. 
About the year 1 he commenced a new ftyle of writing, 
and publifhed « The ‘Family Inftructor,’’ es has 
hizhly regarded for its excellent moral tendenc But ie 
molt diftinguifhed of the works of Danie! De -Foe i is, ss i ke 
Life and Auedare of Robinfon Cruf-e 
eae aa in 1719. This work is too wel Il known to ere 
fh reader to ftand in need of being chare€terifed here. 
7 cn pailed through as many aaa as almoft any book 
in our language of the fame ftanding, and muft long continue 
to be the favourite book in the jnveile ‘; ba: * Religious 
Courtfhip”’ is another 0 teFoe’s works, which 
t 
was written in fo very natural and inte erefting a manner, that 
it was taken by Dr. Mead for real hiftory. Brtides the 
works already mentioned, De-Foe was the author of ny 
others, of which an account is given in the Bioyraphia Bri 
tannica. He died on the 26th nf April, yeaa in the parifh 
of St. Giles’s, Cripp' ezate, leaving behind him a widow an . 
feveral children. a Foe poffcffed much merit-as a citiz 
and as a writer. siete os are much more calnibie 
than his poetical pode 
had great merit 5 his fentiments appear to have been 
y- 
place him in the foremof rank among his pen le 
“Were we,” fays ‘his biographer, ‘to com e-Foe 
with Davenant, it would be found that Davenant has more 
detail from ane pccumentes ; that De-Foe has more faés 
arte 
was not very aie ful of the m means, nor very attentive to 
the confequence ig more correét in his motives, 
Biog. Bri 
and more the in his ends.’? 
DEFOLIA 
Lea 
a withholding ed er 
tenements, by force, from the right owner. (Co. L t. 277 ) 
In this extenfive fenfe it includ-s an abatement, an intru 
fion, a diffeifin, or a difcontinuance, as well as a eine 
{pecies of wrong, whereby he that hath a right to the free- 
hold is kept out of pofleffion. But as sre ere tee 
from thefe, it is only fuch a detainer of the freehold, from 
him that hath the right of property, but never had any 
S snags ene that right, as falls not under any of thofe 
cafe where a lord has feignory, and Jands 
feet to "him “proper defedum Tua. but the feifin of 
s h 
> 
5. 
a 
{pecies of oy Cael 3 andit muft, a bea deforce- 
ment. (F.N. Bit f'a man marries a woman, and, 
during the coverture, is feized of lands, aad slienes, and 
0 
eforce= 
mt to the widow, by withholding lands to which fhe 
i faa ae (F.N. B. 347.) In like manner, if a man 
leate 
