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He that dares to die, 
May Hugh at the-grim face of law, and fcorn 
The cruel wrinkle of a tyrant brow. Derikafa. 
Their fwarthy hofts would darken all our plains, 
Doubling the native horror of the war, 
'And making death more grim. Addifon. 
t/gly ; ill-looking.—Venus was like her mother; for 
her father is but grim. Shakjpcare, 
Strait flood up to him 
-Divine Ulyffes; with lookes exceeding grave and grim. 
Chapman. 
GRIiVl-VISAGED, adj. Of grim appearance.— Grim- 
toijag'd war hath fm'oolli’d his wrinkled'front. Shakcfpedre. 
—Grim-vifag y d comfortlefs defpair. Gray. 
GRlMA'CE, /. [Fr. fromgma.] A diftortion of 
the countenance from habit, affectation, or infolence.— 
The French nation is addicted to grimace. Spectator. 
He had not fpar’d to fliew his piques 
Againft th’ haratiguer’s politics, 
With fmart remarks of leering faces. 
And annotations of grimaces. < Hudibras. 
Air of affectation : 
Vice in a vizard, to avoid griniccc'e, 
Allows all freedom, but to fee the face. Granville. 
GRIMAL'DI (Francifco), an eminent painter of 
landfcape and hiftory,' born at Bologna, in 1606, from 
whence he aifo acquired the name or title of Bo¬ 
lognese. After graduating in the fchool of Hannibal 
Caracci, lie completed his (Indies at Rome ; and his 
improvement was Inch as to attract the attention of pope 
Innocent X. by whom he was employed both in the 
gallery of his palace at Monte Cavallo, and in the Va¬ 
tican. ' Among his numerous admirers and friends were 
the prince Pamfili, the pope’s nephew, and many of the 
principal nobility at Rome; Louis XIV. and cardinal 
MazKrin at Paris, who procured for him a large pen- 
ffon, and employed him in decorating the Louvre ; and, 
after his return to Italy., the popes Alexander VII. and 
Clement IX. Fie was peculiarly happy in his execu¬ 
tion of landfcape ; and was dittinguifhed ,by his frefli 
and bold colouring, light and fine touch, and an ele¬ 
gant mode of compofition. His landfcapes r in the man¬ 
ner of Caracci, are models of the ftyle of that fchool, 
tliQugh the colouring is thought to be fomewhat too 
green. Pie underffood architecture ; and alfo etched, 
with great freedom and fpirit, a great number of land- 
fc&pes, partly from his own defigns, and five after Ti¬ 
tian. His agreeable manners and amiable difpofitiou 
attached universal etfeem. Kis benevolence was iingu- 
larly manifefted towards a Sicilian gentleman and his 
daughter, who had retired to Rome from the troubles 
of their country. They lodged near him, and were 
known'to be fo poor as to want bread. As foon as Gri¬ 
maldi was apprized of their fituation, he repeatedly 
knocked at their door, threw in money, and withdrew 
undifcovered. The Sicilian at length detected him in 
one of his aCts of beneficence, and in token of grati¬ 
tude fell at his feet. " The painter railed and embraced 
him, and they continued mutual friends, through* life. 
This diffinguilhed painter died at Rome in 1680, and 
bequeathed confiderable property to his fix children. 
His.principal works are at Rome, and confiff of large 
landfcdpes, and hiffojrical pieces in frefco. The pic¬ 
tures of his belt time are now very rare, and fell at 
high prices. His fon Alexander was a painter in 
the ftyle and tafte of his father, but much inferior. 
G,RIMAL'KIN, / [ gris , Fr. grey, and malkin, or 
little Moll,] Grey little woman ; the name of an old cat : 
Grimalkin, to domeftic vermin fworft 
An everlafting foe, with watchful eye 
Lies nightly brooding o’.er a clunky gap. Philips. 
GRIMA'NI (Dominico), cardinal, fon of Antony 
Grimani, procurator-of St. Mark, and afterwards doge 
& R 1 
of Venice, born at Venice in 1460. He was early erh- 
ployed by the republic, and in 1493 was raifed to the 
purple by pope Alexander VI. He has merited corn* 
memoration by the piety he difplayed towards his fa. 
ther, who, having been commanderof a fleet, and de. 
feated by the Turks, was imprifoned and treated with 
great rigour. The foil offered to take his place, which 
being reiufed, he waited upon him in prifon, and ren 
dered him every pollible lervice. The cardinal was 
alfo an eminent patron of letters and the fine arts. He 
collected a choice library, 'confiding of eight thoufand 
volumes in all languages, which at his death he be¬ 
queathed to the canons regular of St. Salvadore in Ve- 
nrce. He alfo made a fine collection of ftatues and~ 
other remains of antiquity, which, augmented by his 
nephew John, patriarch of Aquileia, was prefented by 
both to the republic of Venice. He was a patron and 
correfpondent of Erafmus, and tranfiated from Greek 
into Latin fome homilies of Chryfoftom. Hediedinicz? 
GR I MAU'D a town of Tranic, in tho department 
, Var » and chief place.of a canton in the diltriCt 
of Frejus.- four leagues fouth of Frejus. 
',x- G i i ^ IN 1 ,BERG ’ a town of Germany, in themrcle of 
vveftphaha, and county of Mark: twelve miles weft of 
Dortmund. 
GRIM’BERG, or Grimburg, a town of Germany 
in the electorate of Treves: fixteen miles fouth-eaft of 
Treves. 
GRIMBUS'TERHOLM, one of the fmaller Orkney 
1 (lands, near the north coaft of the ifland of Pamona. 
GRIME,/. Dirt deeply infinuated ; fullying black- 
nefs not eafily cleanfed.—Swart like my (hoe, buther 
face nothing fo clean kept ; for why ? (he fweats : a 
mim may go over (hoes in the grime of it. Shakefpeare* 
To GRIME, n. a. To dirt; to fully deeply • 
My face I’ll grime with filth, 
Blanket my loins, elf all my hair in knots. Shakcfpeare, 
GRIM'LY, adv. Horribly ; hideoufl.y ; terribly f 
So Pluto, feiz’d of Proferpine, convey’d 
To hell’s tremendous gloom th’ affrighted maid ; 
There grimly { mil’d, pleas’d with the beauteous prize 
Nor envy’d Jove his funfhine and his (kies. Addifon. 
Sourly ; fullenly : 
The augurs 
Say they know not; they cannot tell; look grimlv. 
And dare not (peak their knowledge. Shakefpeare. 
GRIM'MA, a town of Germany, in the circle of 
Upper Saxony, and circle of Leipzig. It contains three 
churches and a college. Its chief trade is in wood, 
linen, thread, beer, and flannels, made in imitation of 
the Englifh : fifteen miles eaft-fouth-eaft of Leipzig 
and forty-two weft-norfh-weft of Drefden. 
GRIM'MIA, / [fo named in honour of Jo. Fred. 
Car. Grimm, archiater at Gotha.] In botany; a genus 
in the order of modes, comprehending fome Linmean 
fpecies of Bryum. Sckreb. Gen. N° 1642. 
GRIM'MING, a mountain of Germany, fuppofed to be 
the higheft inStiria: (ikteen miles weft of Rottenmann.. 
GRIMN, or Grim'men, a town of Germany, in the 
circle of Upper Saxony, in Anterior Pomerania : four¬ 
teen miles fouth of Stralfund, and thirty-two eaft of 
Roftock. Lat. 34. 5. N. Ion. 30. 45. E. Ferro. 
GRIM'NESS, /. Horror; trightfulnefs of vifage. 
GRIM'NITZ, a town of Germany, in the circle of 
Upper Saxony and Ucker Mark of Brandenbur°-: one 
mile north-weft of Joachimfthal. 
^GR.IM'ELOW, a town of Poland, in the palatinate 
of Podolia .- forty-fix miles north-north-weftofKaminiec. 
GRIM'SI, a river of Germany, in the circle of Up! 
per Saxony, which runs into the Iffth Your miles north 
of Coburg. 
GRIM'SAY, one of the fmaller weltern iflands of 
Scotland, between North Vift and Benbecula. 
GRIMS'BY, or Grea.t Grimsby, in Lir.colnfhire, 
fituated 
