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chofen. Green-Iioufes Ihould, whenever it can be fo con¬ 
trived, catch the eye from the molt public apartments in 
the manfion ; yet Itill the approach to them (hould wind 
through Ihrubberies and clumps, that the idea of them 
might become effaced by a variety of other plealing objefts, 
till they burft at once upon-the eye, and on a nearer ap¬ 
proach produce fo fragrant an odour, and fo extended a 
plantation of trees in alternate flower and fruit, that you 
might fancy yourfelf (udrienly tranfported into an orange- 
groVe in the moft favourite climate of their fpontaneous 
growth. 
With refpect to the confervatory,'the moft defirable, as 
well as moft rational, fituation for it to be placed, is in 
one of the wings of the manfion-houle, where by a fpa- 
cious pair of folding doors it might be thrown open to 
the dining-parlour, and contribute all its odours and beau¬ 
ties at an unexpected moment, to enhance the pleafurable 
enjoyments of the feftive board. 
Where, however, fuch a fituation cannot be contrived, 
or where it is defirable for them to harmonize with forne 
diftant object, their beauty and efteft would be confider- 
ably incealed, by erecting them in a circular form, fimilar 
to the Crefcent at Bath. Thus they might iill up fome 
blank in a broken horizon, and unite with parts on the 
right and left, rich in fcenery and verdure, fo as almoft to 
produce the effefts of a panorama; or they might, in this 
form, Hand with peculiar advantage beneath a majeltic 
amphitheatre of hanging woods, or extenfive plantations, 
fhut out by their means from the cold and chilling bla s 
of the north and noi th-eaft, while their warm fouthern 
afpedt, rendered doubly fo by their circular conftrufrion, 
would be' found, to cherilh and fertilize the moft tender 
exotic plants. To this form of building there appears 
but one objection, which is the extra-expence charged for 
all circular works ; but to a man of fortune, where the 
manfion-houle and grounds are to be laid out on an ex¬ 
tenfive fcale, this confideration cannot be an ohjebt.—For 
modern views of tilde buildings, lee the Horticultural 
Plate VI.—All the Green-houfe and Exotic Plants, with 
Engravings of the moft curious kinds, will be found un¬ 
der their generic names in this Encyclopaedia. 
Horticulture, in painting and fculpture, is clafli- 
caily repreffjilted in the Frontispiece to this volume. 
HOR TICIJL'TURIST, f. One-employed in gardening. 
HOR'TOB AGY, a river cf Hungary, which riles about 
fix miles fouth of Debreczin, arid runs into the Theyffe. 
HOR'TOBAGY, a town of Hungary, on a river of 
the lame name: feventeen miles fouth-Jouth-weft of Nanas. 
HOR'TON, a townlhip of the American States, in 
King’s county, Nova-Scotia. Salmon river runs through 
Horton, and fupplies the inhabitants with excellentfalmon. 
HORTO NA, in ancient geography, a town of Italy, 
on the confines of the ZEqui. 
HORTS'KIRK, a town of Germany, in Auftria : four 
miles fouth-weft of Putzeinftorf. 
HOR'TULAN, adj. [hortulanus, Lat. ] Belonging to a 
garden.—This leventh edition of my kortulan- calendar is 
your’s. Evelyn. 
HOR'TUS, f [from orior, to rife, as being the fource of 
vegeta- ion.] A gatden. The womb is all’o called by this 
name, as being the garden or repofitory of the human feed. 
HORVATZ, a town or Croatia: eighteen miles fouth- 
weft of Varafdin. 
HORVATZ'KA, a town of Croatia: twenty-fix miles 
fouth-weft of Varafdin. 
IiO'RTJS, a fon of Ills, one of the deities of the Egyp¬ 
tians. See Orus. ' " ' 
KOR'WAL, a town of Lithuania, in the palatinate of 
Minfk : twenty-eight miles fouth of Rohacz.ow. 
HOR'ZITZ, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of Ko- 
nigingratz : eleven miles fouth-eaft of Gitfdhin.. 
HORZIZ'KA, a town of Bahemia, in the circle of Ko- 
nigingratz: fix- miles fouth of Trautenau. 
. HO'SACK, or I-Ioo'sack, a townlhip in Renfielaer 
county. New York, fituated .on a river of the fame name; 
and by the cenfus it contains 3035 inhabitants. 
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HO'SAH, a city of Paleftine, belonging to the tribe of 
Alher; fituated upon the boundaries of that province. 
Jojh. xix. 29. 
HOSA'MAH,' [Hebrew.] A man’s name. 
FIOSAN'NA, f [xjyttfln, Heb. i. e. lave, we befeech thee; 
o?oma., Gr.] An exclamation of praife to God.—The pub¬ 
lic entrance which Chrift made into Jerufalem was cele¬ 
brated with the hofannas and acclamations of the people. 
Fidcs. 
Through the vaft of lieav’n 
It founded, and the faithful armies rung 
Hofannah to the Higheft. Milton. 
HOSE, f. plur. hofen ; [hoya, Sax. hofan, Wellh ; ojfan, 
Erie; ojjnnni, plur. chauffe, Fr.] Breeches.—Thefe men 
were bound in their coats, hofen, hats, and other garments, 
and calf into the midft of the fiery, furnace. Dan. iii. 21. 
He crofs examin’d both our hofe, 
And plunder’d all we had to lofe. Hudibras. 
Stockings ; covertng for the legs.—He, being in love, could 
not fee to garter his hofe ; and you, being in love, cannot 
fee to put on your hofe. ShakeJpeare. 
Will flie thy linen wadi, or hofen darn, 
And knit thee gloves ? Dry den. 
HOSE'A, the firft of the minor prophets, as they ftand 
in the Hebrew and Greek Bibles, though probably the 
third in order of time. He was the fon of Beeri, but we 
are not informed to what tribe he belonged. His pre- 
diftions were delivered during the reigns of Uzziah, Jo- 
tham, Ahaz, and Hezfckiah, kings of Judah; and in the 
days of Jeroboam, king of Ifrael. He chiefly addrefies 
Ifrael; but introduces frequent mention of Judah. He 
not only inveighs againft the vices of the people, but ar¬ 
raigns the c’onduft of their kings, princes, and priefts. 
Like moft of the Hebrew prophets, he tempers denunci¬ 
ations of God’s vengeance againft an idolatrous and vi¬ 
cious people, with prdmifes of abundant mercies upon 
their repentance and reformation. He abounds with 
fhrirt and lively companions; and, like the belt Greek and, 
Roman writers, often omits the particle of fimiiltude. 
Thefe comparilbns-he lometimes accumulates, in the lpi- 
rir of that poetry which is moft admired. He is often 
diftinguilhed by great force of exprellion, and is fome- 
times highly animated; he contains many beautiful paf- 
fages,- in the fimilies, the allegories, the pathos, and in 
the figures ; and in many parts he is truly fublime. This 
prophet, according to bilbap Horlley, was born more than 
ieven hundred and fifty years before the Chriftian era; 
and his miniftry continued for the fpace of fixty-eight 
years: and, as at its commencement he was of fuificient 
age to choole a wife and to marry, he mult have lived to 
extreme old age. 
HO'SEIN, the fecond fon of Ali by Fatima, Mahomet’s 
daughter, equalled his elder brother Hafan in beneficence, 
arid inherited the martial lpirit of his father. See the ar¬ 
ticle Arabia, vol ii. p. 14-15. 
HOSHAI'AH, [Hebrew.] A.man’s name. 
HO-SI', a town of China, of the third rank, in the pro¬ 
vince of Yun-nan: fifteen miles fouth of Sin-hing. 
KO'SIER, f. [from hojed] One who fells ftockings.—■ 
As arram a cockney, as any hofier in Cheapfide. Swift. 
HOSHE'A, the laft king of Ifrael, and the fon of Elah. 
He projected the emancipation of Ifrael from the AlTyrian 
jroke; and, having refufed the annual tribute, endeavour¬ 
ed to ftrengthen r.imfelf by an alliance with So, king of 
Egypt. This attempt led to the- final deftructipn of the 
Ilraelitifh monarchy; for Shalmaneier foo.n penetrated 
and broke all his meafures. Advancing w[th his, army, 
the Aftyrian monarch laid wafte the whole land of Ifrael, 
quite to the gates of Samaria, to which he laid clofe liege. 
K.'lhea, howeyer, had fo well fortified that city, that it ' 
held but almoft three years .againft Shalmaneler, but was 
then forced to fubinit. After ns fubjugation,. it was re¬ 
duced to a heap of ruins; and the king, and all riis fub- 
jefts, were carried into captivity, and difperfed through¬ 
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