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The four principal rivers are the Timavo, the Formione 
or Rif'ano, the Quieto, and the Arta. By the peace of 
Lunevdle, the Venetian part of Iftria was ceded to Auf- 
tria. That part of lltria which before belonged to Auf- 
tria had been greatly improved by the emp&ror Charles VI. 
■who visited the country in perfon in the year 1728. He 
eftabliftied a Levant company, made good roads for the 
lake of conveying rnerchandife to Vienna and Carlltadt 
in Croatia; built a lazaretto at St. Veit; and made Triefte 
a free port. Jofeph leconded thefe endeavours ; and, by 
perfeverance. and a continuance of peace, Iftria would 
molt probably have become a commercial country. By 
the peace of Pretburg it was ceded to Italy. 
ISTROP'OLIS, in ancient geography, a city of Thrace, 
near the mouth of the liter, founded by a Milefian co¬ 
lony. 
JS'TRUP, or Oistrup, a town of the bilhopric of Pa- 
derborn : twelve miles eall of Paderhorn. 
ISTUNA.'LA, a town of-South America; in the go¬ 
vernment of Tucuman ; 130 miles eaft of St. Miguel de 
Tucuman. 
IST'WITH, a river of Wales, in the county of Cardi¬ 
gan, which runs into the Irilh Sea near Aberiftwyth. 
ISUBAY', a river of Brafil, which runs into the At¬ 
lantic in lat. 24. 35. S. 
ISUN'GO, a town of the illand of Gilolo, fituated 
about the centre. 
ISVO'R A, a town of Walachia: twelve miles eaft-fouth- 
eaft of Brancovina. 
I'SUS and AN'TIPHUS, fons of Priam ; the latter by 
Hecuba, and the former by a concubine. They were 
feized by Achilles, as they fed their father’s flock on 
Mount Ida ; they were redeemed by Priam, and fought 
againft the Greeks. They were both killed by Agamem¬ 
non. Homer. 
ISWETOS'TA, a town of Sweden, in the province of 
Skonen : eight miles north-eaft of Chriftianftadt. 
IT, pron. [lut, Sax.] The neutral demonftrative. 
Ufed in fpeaking of things. For it our anceftors ufed 
he as the neutral pronoun ; and for its they ufed his. 
Thus in the Latin Accidence, “ A noun adjeftive is that 
which cannot Hand by himfelf\ hut requireth another 
word to be joined with him to fhow his. fignification.”— 
Nothing can give that to another which it hath not itfelf. 
Bramhall againjl Hobbes. —If we find a greater good in the 
prefent conltitution, than would have accrued either from 
the total privation of it, or from other frames and ftruc- 
Sures, we may then reafonably conclude, that the prefent 
conltitution proceeded from an intelligent and good Be¬ 
ing, that formed it that particular way out of choice. 
Bentley. 
The time will come, it will, when you fliall know 
The rage of love. Drydcn. 
it is ufed abfoluteiy for the date of a perfon or affair: 
How is it with our general ?—Even fo 
As with a man by his own alms impoifon’d. 
And with his charity flain. Shakefpeare. 
It is ufed for the thing ; the matter; the affair : 
It's come to pafs. 
That tradable obedience is a Have 
To each incenfed will. Shakefpeare■. 
It is fometimes expreffed by 't : 
He rallied, and again fell to 't ; 
For, catching foe by nearer foot, 
He lifted witn fuch might and ltrength, 
As would have hurl’d him thrice ins length. Hudibras. 
Jt is ufed ludicroufly after neutral verbs, to give an em- 
phafis.—The Lacedemonians* at the llraits of Thermo¬ 
pylae, when their arms failed them, fought it out with 
their nails and teeth. Dryden. 
Whether the charmer finner it, or faint it, 
If folly grovys romantic, l mult paint it- Pojt. 
I T A 
Sometimes applied familiarly, ludicroufly,- or rudely, to 
perfons : 
Let us after him. 
Whofe care is gone before to bid us welcome: 
It is a peerlefs kinfman. Shakefpeare. 
Do, child, go to it grandam, child: 
Give grandam kingdom, and its grandam will 
Give it up him. Shakefpeare. 
It is fometimes ufed of the firft or fecond perfon, fome¬ 
times of more. This mode of fpeech, though ufed by 
good authors, and fupported by the il y a of the French, 
has yet an appearance of barbarifm. Johnfon.—^ City, 'tis I, 
that made thy widows. Shakefpeare.—’Tis thefe that early 
taint the female foul. Pope. 
Who was’t came by ?—• 
'Tis two or three, my lord, that bring yon word 
Macdufl'is fled to England. Shakefpeare. 
ITABl'ER, a town of the illand of Borneo : thirty 
miles north of Negara. 
ITABO'CA, a town of Brafil, in the government of 
Para, on the Tocantin : ninety miles fouth of Canuta. 
ITACAM'BIM, a town of Brafil: lixty miles north of 
Villa Nova del Principe. 
ITACORUS'SA, a town of Brafil, on the Xingis: fix- 
ty miles fouth-weft of Curupa. 
ITAI'BA, f. in botany. See Hymen^a, vol. x. 
p. 637. 
IT'AKA, a town of Japan, in the illand of Niphon : 
thirty-five miles fouth of Ixo. 
IT'ALA, a river of Chili, which runs into the Pacific 
Ocean in lat. 36. 20. S. 
IT'ALA, a town of Sicily, in the valley of Demona : 
thirteen miles weft of Medina. 
IT'ALAH, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in Natolia: 
twenty miles north of Alah-Sehr. Lat. 38. 43. N. Ion. 28. 
29. E. 
ITA'LIA, [Latin.] Italy. 
ITAL'IAN. f. [the adjective poffeflive, by ellipfis, for] 
The Italian language.—Speak Italian, right or wrong, to 
every body ; and, if you do but laugh at yourfelf firft for 
your bad Italian, no body elfe will laugh at you for it* 
Chef erf eld. 
ITAL'IAN, adj. [from the noun.] Written in Ita¬ 
lian ; {killed in Italian.—Tell me what Italian books you 
have read, and whether that language is become familiar 
to you. Take a good Italian mailer to read Italian with 
you. Chef erf eld. 
ITALIA'NA, f. [from Italia .] In commerce, a kind 
of (luff. 
ITAL'IANATED, adj . Formed after the Italians. 
Cole. 
To ITAL'IANIZE, v.n. To play the Italian. Colt. 
i'TAL'IC, adj. The epithet given to a peculiar fort of 
type, firft ufed by Italian printers. 
ITAL'IC, f. [the adjeftive, by ellipfis, for] Italic 
type. Thus we fay, Printed in Italics. 
ITAL'ICA, a town of Italy, called alfo Corfinium.—A 
town of Spain, now Sevilla la Vieja, built by Scipio for 
the accommodation of his wounded foldiers. 
IT'ALUS, an Arcadian prince, who came to Italy, 
where he eftablilhed a kingdom, called after him. It is 
fuppofed he received divine honours after death, asZEneas 
calls upon him among the deities to whom he paid his 
adoration when he entered Italy.—A prince, whofe daugh¬ 
ter Roma married fEneas or Alcanius. Plutarch. 
IT'ALY, one of the fined countries of Europe, lying 
between 7 and 10 degrees of E. Ion. and between 37 and 
46 degrees of N. lat. On the north, north-weft, and 
north-eaft, it is bounded by France, Swifferland, the coun¬ 
try of the Grifons, and Germany; on theeaft, by the Adria¬ 
tic Sea or Gulf of Venice ; and on the fouth and weft, by 
the Mediterranean; its figure bearing fome refemblance to 
that of a boot. Its length from Aolta, at the foot of thq 
Alps- 
