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SJEVTER-MEANINQ, adj. Having no meaning; un¬ 
meaning : 
Thy bufy never-meaning face, 
Thy ferew’d-up front, thy ftate-grimace. Swift. 
NEV'ER-OPENING, adj. Not to be opened.—Fare¬ 
well, ye never-op'ning gates. Dry dm. 
NEVER-WASTING, adj. Not failing 5 ever renewed : 
Meet ftores of gold fo greedily purfu’d, 
And be refresh'd with never-wafting food. Blachnore. 
NEV'ERBURG, a town in the late French department 
of the Forefts : feventeen miles north-north-welt of 
Treves, and twenty-two north-north-eaft of Luxemburg. 
NEU'ERDORF, a town of Germany, in the county of 
Henneberg: four miles north of Smalkalden. 
NEV'ERDORP, a town of the duchy of Holflein : two 
miles north of Lutkenborg. 
NEV'ERI, a river of South-America, in the govern¬ 
ment of Caraccas, which runs into the Caribbean Sea 
near Barcelonetta, in lat. 10. 7. N. Ion. 65. 16. W. 
NEVERMO'RE, adv. Never, at no time to come. 
NEV'ERN, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of Pilfen : 
ten miles fouth of Klattau. 
NEV'ERN, a river of South Wales, which runs into 
the fea about two miles below Newport, in the county of 
Pembroke. 
NEV'ERN, a village pleafantly fituated upon the banks 
of the above river. In the church-yard is a rude ftone, 
about two yards high, pitched upon one end, with an in- 
feription, which is fuppofed to be the epitaph of a Roman 
foldier, and is read thus: Vitelliani Emeriti. In this 
church-yard alfo is another ftone monument, and a third 
in the church, each of which is inferibed with obfeure 
antique characters, that have not yet been deciphered. 
In the country round about, many ancient tumuli, or 
barrows, have been difeovered, and feveral rude ftone monu¬ 
ments ; but the moft remarkable of this kind is in the parifli 
of Nevern. It confifts of a circle of rough ftones pitched 
on one end, about 150 feet in circumference, in the middle 
of which is a large rough ftone, about eighteen feet in 
length, nine in breadth, and three thick, fupported on 
eight ftone pillars, about eight feet high. A portion of 
this ftone, about ten feet long and five broad, is broken 
off, and lies by the fide of it, and under it the ground is 
neatly paved with flag-ftones. Not far off is another large 
ftone of an oval form, about thirty-lix feet in circumfer¬ 
ence, and a foot and a half thick at one end, though 
icarcely four inches at the other, and is fupported by four 
ftones, each of which is about two feet high. Farther on, 
and nearer to Newport, there are five fuch ftone tables or 
altars, placed near each other, each of which is fuppofed 
to have been inclofed in a circle of ftone pillars ; thefe, 
liowever, are not fupported with pillars, but with ftones 
placed edgewife. 
The church of Nevern has no pavement in it, and the 
frequent burials have railed the ground within it to feven 
or eight feet higher than without. In procefs of time 
inftead of a church it will be only a fepulchre. 
NEV'ERS, a city of France, and capital of the depart¬ 
ment of the Nyevre 5 formerly the capital of the Niver- 
nois, fituated on the Loire, where it is joined by the 
Nyevre, over which is a handfome ftone bridge. Before 
the revolution, it was the fee of a bifhop, the feat of an 
election, a marechauffe,' and falt-office. It contained, 
hefides the cathedral, eleven parifh-churches, and feveral 
religious houfes. The principal manufactures are china, 
glafs, and works of enamel. The number of inhabitants 
is eftimated at about 10,000. It is twenty-nine polls 
north-north-weft of Lyons, and twenty-three louth- 
ftouth-eaft of Paris. Lat. 46. 59. N. Ion. 3. 14. E. 
At the top of the hill, on the declivity of which the 
town is fituated, may be feen wnac remains of the palace of 
the ancient counts of Nevers. It has of courfe fuffered 
m«cji from time, but enough ftil. remains to bear tefti- 
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mony to its original magnificence. Nothing can be more 
piClurefquethan the country between Nevers and Moulins. 
Uatural beauty, and the life and activity of cultivation, 
unite to render it the moft complete fucceffion of land- 
fcape in France. The road is gravel, and excellent to a 
degree. It is bordered by magnificent trees, but which 
have been fo planted, as to procure (hade without ex¬ 
cluding air; the road, therefore, is at once fludy ami 
dry. Pinkney's Travels through France, 1808. 
NEVERTHELESS', adv. Notwithftanding that.—They 
plead that even fuch ceremonies of the church of Rome 
as contain in them nothing which is not of itfelf agreeable 
to the word of God, ought neverthclefs to be abolifhed. 
Hooker. — Creation muft needs infer providence; and 
God’s making the world, irrefragably proves that he go¬ 
verns it too ; or that a being of a dependent nature re¬ 
mains neverthelefs independent upon him in that refpedh 
South. 
NEV'ERZIN, a town of European Turkey, in Dal¬ 
matia, on the Narenza : eight miles north-north-weft of 
Moftar. 
NEUF BRISAC', a town of France, in the depart¬ 
ment of the Upper Rhine, and chief place of a canton, 
in the diftridt of Colmar. The place contains 1682, and 
the canton 7925, inhabitants. 
NEU'FBOURG, a town of France, in the department 
of the Eure: twelve miles fouth-weft of Louviers, and 
twelve north-weft of.Evreux. 
NEUFCHATEAU', a town of the duchy of Luxem¬ 
burg: twelve miles north-weft of Arlon. 
NEUFCHATEL', or Neuchatel, for fo it is pro¬ 
nounced, and therefore erroneoufly fpelt alfo, is one of 
the nineteen cantons of Swifterland, as declared by the 
Ixxvth article of the Treaty of Vienna, June 1, 1815. It 
is bounded on the north-weft by France, on the north-eaft 
by the bifnopric of Bale and canton of Berne, on the 
fouth-eaft by the Lake of Neufchatel, and on the fouth 
by the bailiwic of Granfon. This country, long ago 
united to the lordfhip of Vallengin, ftretches from the. 
lake to the limits of Franche Comte, and contains in 
length from north to fouth about twelve leagues, and 
about eight in its greateft breadth. The diftridl of Neuf¬ 
chatel occupies the whole plain, together with the lower 
parts of the mountains, while Vallengin is totally en- 
clofed within the Jura. Parallel chains of the Jura run 
from eaft to weft, and form, even in the moft elevated 
parts, feveral valleys. The lower grounds of this chain 
are arable lands and vineyards; the higher confilt of 
large trafts of foreft, which in many parts have been 
cleared and converted into confiderable paftures, inter¬ 
mixed with fome fields of barley and oats. The number 
of inhabitants in the principality of Neufchatel and Val¬ 
lengin, being in 1752 only 28,017 fubjefts and 4318 aliens, 
amounted in 1784 to 31,576 lubjedts and 9704 aliens, 
which gives an increafe of near a fourth part within the 
fpace of thirty-two years. In the whole canton are four 
towns, and lixty-four villages. The foil is far from fer¬ 
tile ; but the induftry of the inhabitants renders it afto- 
nilhingly produftive. Any perfon having a certificate of 
his general good condudl may fettle here, and enjoy every 
eilential privilege of the native fubjedts. This is perhaps 
the only country in Europe exempt from taxes; for the 
payment of a few fous annually from every houfeholder 
cannot be confidered as a tax. This circumftance leffens 
our aftonilhment at the commercial adlivity which pre¬ 
vails in this little ftate. The villages of Chaux de Fond 
and Locle, with their diftridfs, contain about 600 inhabi¬ 
tants, and furnifh annually 40,000 watches in gold and 
filver, befides clocks. There are alfo numerous engravers 
and enamellers. Mold of the inhabitants are protellants, 
but in two diftridfs, viz. Lauderon and Creffier, popery 
prevails. 
This country anciently belonged to the laft kingdom 
of Burgundy, with which, in 1032, it devolved to the 
German empire. In 1053, Ulrich I. count ef Phoenix, 
