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by way of an Aver to Mr. Tolnnd’s book, entitled “ Chrif- 
ti'anity not myfterious.” 
From this time he employed feven years in completing 
his principal philofophical work, defigned to fupport the 
fyfte'm of Malebranche, which he had lb long and fo zea- 
loufiy efpoufed, againft the principles maintained in 
Locke’s Effay on the Human Underltanding, which were 
daily growing in reputation. In the year 1701, the firft 
volume of this work iffued from the prefs, under the title 
of “ An Effay towards the Theory of.tlve ideal or intelli¬ 
gible World, defigned for two Parts. The firft confider- 
ing it abfolutely in itfelf, and the fecond in Relation to 
human Underftanding; Parti.” 8vo. The fecond and 
larger volume of that work, “ Being the relative Part of 
it, wherein the intelligible World is confidered with Re¬ 
lation to human Underftanding, whereof fome Account 
is attempted and propofed,” made its appearance in 1704- 
Three years afterwards the author publifhed “ A practi¬ 
cal Treatile concerning Humility,” 8vo. and in 1708, 8vo. 
“ A Philofophical Difcourfe concerning the natural Im¬ 
mortality of the Soul, wherein the great Queftion of the 
Soul’s Immortality is endeavoured to be rightly ftated 
and fully cleared,” in oppofition to Mr. Dodwell. The 
laft of his publications which we have to mention are, 
“ A Treatile concerning Chriftian Prudence, or the 
Principles of practical Wildom fitted to the Ule of human 
Life, See." 1710, 8vo. and “Letters, philofophical, moral, 
and divine, to the Reverend Mr. John Norris, with his 
Anfv'ers,” containing fome additional letters to thole 
which palled between him and Mrs. Aftell, noticed 
above. 
Towards the latter end of his life Mr. Norris’s health 
was for fome time in an infirm and declining ftate, and he 
died worn out in 1711, about the age of fifty-four. Of 
his character and principles the preceding narrative af¬ 
fords a fufficient iketch, without the neceftity of our en¬ 
tering into any more minute particulars concerning them. 
We have only to add, that, though incapable of relilhing 
the mylticifm which pervades the greater part of the au¬ 
thor’s works, we have found in his practical pieces much 
valuable and ufeful matter, fometimes placed in a ftriking 
and impreffive point of view. Btog. Brit. Brit. Biog. 
Gen. Biog. 
NOR'RIS TOWN, a town of the ftate of Pennfyl vania, 
on the Schuylkill: thirteen" miles north-weft of Philadel¬ 
phia. Lat. 40. 7.N. Ion. 75. 24. W. 
NORR'KOPING. See Nordkiopjng, p. 139. 
NORR'MARK, a town of Sweden, in the government 
of Abo : feven miles north-north-eaft of Biorneborg. 
NOR'RO, a finall ifland between the coaft of Finland 
and the ifland of Aland. Lat. 60. 34. N. Ion. 20. 50. E. 
NOR'RON, a finall ifland on the weft fide of the Gulf 
of Bothnia. Lat. 61. 38. N. Ion. 17. 3. E. 
NORROY', f. \_nord and roy, Fr.] The title of the 
third of the three kings at arms, or provincial heralds. 
See Heraldry, vol. ix. p. 404.—Prouder by far than all 
the Garters, Norroys , and Clarencieux. Burke. 
NORR'SKAR, a finall ifland on the weft fide of the 
Gulf of Bothnia. Lat. 60. 48. N. Ion. 17. n. E. 
NORS, a river of Sweden, which runs into the Wen- 
ner Lake four miles north-eaft of Gallia. 
NORT, an ifland of Rufiia, in the Gulf of Finland: 
forty-four miles weft of Revel. Lat. 59.15.N. Ion. 26.14. E. 
NORT, a town of France, in the department of - the 
Lower Loire : fifteen miles north of Nantes, and eighteen 
fouth Chateaubriant. 
NORT-SEE GRO'TE, a towm of the duchy of Hol- 
ftein : eight miles eaft of Rendfburg. 
NORTEL'GA, or Nor Tel'ge, a feaport-town of 
Sweden, in the province of Upland, built by Guftavus 
Adolphus, and, in the year 1622, endowed with the 
ftaple and other privileges ; however, the inhabitants en¬ 
joyed thefe advantages but fora Ihort time, namely, till 
j637. They now fubfift by navigation and filhing. This 
town fuffered much from the ravages committed here by 
NOR 
the Ruffians in 1719. Near it is a forge for making fire¬ 
arms. It is thirty miles north-eaft of Stockholm. Lat. 
59.46. N. Ion. 18. 32. E. 
NOR'TGAU, a country of Germany, otherwife called 
the Upper Palatinate, or Palatinate of Bavaria, of which 
Amberg is the capital. See Palatinate., 
NORTH, f. [Sax. Horne Tooke lays, “North is 
nyjrpe^S, or nyjaS, the third perfon lingular of nyppan, 
coarc/are, confirinpere ; that is,, to narrow, to conftrain, to 
confine. Div. of Purl. ii. 399.] The point oppofite to the 
fun in the meridian.—The tyrannous breathing of the 
north. Shakefpeure. 
Fierce Boreas iffues forth • 
To invade the frozen waggon of the north. Drydcn. 
NORTH, adj. Northern ; being in the north.—This 
fhall be your north border from the great lea to mount Hor. 
Num. xxxiv. 7. 
NORTH, (Department of,) orie of the divifions of 
France, bounded on the north by the fea, on the north- 
eaft by Flanders and Auftrian Hainault, on the fouth by 
the department of the Aifne, and on the weft by the de¬ 
partment of the Straits of Calais : ninety miles in iength 
from north-weft to fouth-eaft, and from twelve to twen¬ 
ty-four in breadth, though in one part of the diftriCt of 
Lille, at Armentieres, joining the diftriCt of Hazebrouck, 
it is hardly two. This department is compofed of what 
was before called French Flanders, French Hainault, and 
Cambrefis. Douay is the capital. 
NORTH (Dudley, Lord), the third baron of that fa¬ 
mily, was reckoned one of the fineft gentlemen in the 
court of king James, but in fupporting that character he 
diffipated the greater part of his fortune. In 1645 he 
appears to have aCted with the parliament; and was 
nominated by them to be adminiftrator of the admiralty, 
in conjunction with the great earls of Northumberland, 
Effex, and Warwick. He died at the age of 85. The 
latter part of his life he palled in retirement, and wrote 
a fmall folio of milcellanies, in profe and verfe, underthe 
title of “ A Foreft promifeuous of feveral Seafons’ Pro¬ 
ductions,” in fourparts, 1659. 
NORTH (Dudley, Lord), fon of the preceding, was 
made knight of the Bath in 1616, at the creation of 
Charles prince of Wales. He fat in many parliaments, 
till excluded by the prevailing party in that which con¬ 
demned the king. From this period lord North lived pri¬ 
vately in the country, and towards the end of his life en¬ 
tertained himfelf with books. He was author of, 1. Ob- 
fervations and Advices Economical, 12010. 2. Palfages 
relating to the Long Parliament. 3. The Hiftory of the 
Life of Lord Edward North, the firft baron of the family, 
addrelfed to his eldeft fon. 4. A Volume of Effays. 
NORTH (the Hon. John), the fourth brother of the 
family, was born in 1645. He ftudied at Jefus college, 
Cambridge, and entered into holy orders. He was a man 
of very extenfive learning, and was appointed Greek pro- 
felforin the univerlity of Cambridge. While in that fitua- 
tion, he publilhed fome feleCt dialogues of Plato in 1673. 
He was clerk of the clofet to the king, a prebendary of 
Weftminfter; and in 1677 fucceeded Dr. Barrow in 
the riiafteffhip of Trinity college, Cambridge. He died 
in 1683. 
NORTH (Francis), Lord Guildford, lord-keeper of 
the great feal, was the fecond fon of Dudley fourth lord 
North. After a fchool-education at Bury in Suffolk, he 
was admitted in 1653 a fellow-commoner of St. John’s 
college, Cambridge. Being deftined to the bar, he re¬ 
moved from college to the Middle Temple, where he pur- 
fuedhi’s legal ftudies with great affiduity ; and at the fame 
time extended his enquiries largely into the arts and 
fciences, which he found very uleful in unbending his 
mind from profeffional labour, and enabling him to re¬ 
fume it with frefh vigour. Through the favour of the 
family of Hyde, and of fir Jeffery Palmer, attorney- 
general, he was brought forward at the bar, and made 
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