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ERROR (Lat. error, from errare, to wander, to err), a mistake, a departure or deviation from what is true, exact or right. For the legal process by which a judgment could be reversed on the ground of error, known as a " writ of error," see WRIT and APPEAL. The ...

ERROLL (or ERROL), FRANCIS HAY, gra EARL OF (d. 1631), Scottish nobleman, was the son of Andrew, 8th earl, and of Lady Jean Hay, daughter of William, 6th earl. The date of his birth is unrecorded, but he succeeded to the earldom (cr. 1453) in 1585, was early c

... f with the extreme Chauvinists and Anglophobes it profited by the anti-national errors of the Clericals and Socialists, and won no fewer than twelve by-elections. At the general election of 1907 its jingoism and aggressive Protestantism were rewarded with twen ...

... and Sicily to Octavian. The arrangement was to last for five years. A reign of terror followed; proscriptions, confiscations, and executions became general; some of the noblest citizens were put to death, and Cicero fell a victim to Antony's revenge. In the fo ...

... d was more successful in his 1 743 map of Italy, which first indicated numerous errors in the mapping of that country, and was accompanied by a valuable memoir (a novelty in such work), showing ANWARI^APALACHICOLA in full the sources of the design. A trigonome ...

... a) Copernicanism has won its battles and the Church of Rome would fain have its error forgotten. The admission is now general that the Bible cannot be expected to use the language of scientific astronomy. Still, it is not certain that the shock of Copernicanis ...

... lying in the street in a comatose state may be suffering from apoplexy, and the error of sending a dying man to a police cell may be avoided by this knowledge. If the fit is only moderately severe, the reflexes soon return, and the patient may in a few hours s ...

... and of Christians as " the soul " of the world, owes its inclusion to a double error: first, to the accidental attachment at the end of another fragment (§ n), which opens with the writer's claim to stand forth as a teacher as being " a disciple of apostles " ...

APPEAL. The words " error excepted "or " errors and omissions excepted " (contracted to " E.E." " E. & O.E."), are frequently placed at the end of a statement of account or an invoice, so that the accounting party may reserve the right to correct any errors or ...

... f all men bear criticism; and indeed it must be confessed that he retained many errors of I'latonism and laid himself open to the following objections. Two substances, being individuals, e.g. Socrates and Callias, are in no way the same, but only similar, even ...

... ual annihilation of three legions, by the voluntary death of Varus, and by the terror which reigned in Rome when the news of the defeat became known, a terror which found utterance in the emperor's despairing cry: " Varus, give me back my legions! " Then hi A. ...

... t success with a second republican tragedy, Lucrece. He left France during the Terror and on his return was arrested by the revolutionary authorities, but was liberated through the intervention of Fabre d'Eglantine and others. He was commissioned by Bonaparte ...

... astronomy may be gathered from the fact that as late as the 6th century B.C. an error of almost an entire month was made by the Babylonian astronomers in the attempt to determine through calculation the beginning of a certain year. The researches of Bouche-Lec ...

... are obliged to stop when the solution is so near the truth that the outstanding error is less than that of the best observations. Even this degree of precision may be impracticable in the more complex cases. The results which are required to compare with obser ...

... tion of seeing his policy a complete failure and of being superseded before his errors could be rectified. In the autumn of 1841 he was succeeded in office by Lord Ellenborough, and returned to England in the following year. In 1846 he was made first lord of t ...

... e following or some future day be again brought forward for the auspices. If an error (vitium) occurred in the auspices, the augurs could, of their own accord or at the request of the senate, inform themselves of the circumstances, and decree upon it. A consul ...

... ng the nation at large, and the church lost ground through the king's political errors. A restoration of order and decency in worship and the introduction of more ceremonial begun in James's reign were carried on by Laud (q.v.) under Charles I. Laud aimed at s ...

... and frequents the marshes of Brazil and the Guianas, where it is regarded with terror, owing to the formidable electrical apparatus with which it is provided. When this natural battery is discharged in a favourable position, it is sufficiently powerful to stun ...

... wland and others, necessitated by modern requirements, have shown that it is in error, but by less than i %. The writings of Joule, which thus occupy the place of honour in the practical establishment of the conservation of energy, have been collected into two ...

... ly be said, does not profess to soften the rigour of the law, or to correct the errors into which it falls by reason of its generality. To give any account, even in outline, of the subject matter of equity within the necessary limits of this article would be i ...

... , and not out of Cicero. Hence, too, he spoiled nothing by anxious revision in terror lest some phrase not of the golden age should escape from his pen. He confesses apologetically to Christopher Longolius (Ep. iii. 63 ; 402) that it was his habit to extempori ...

... ed his etched vision of G. F. Watts; " La Mort du Vagabond " is noticeable for terror and homely pathos; " Communion dans 1'figlise St Medard " is perhaps the best instance of the dignity, vigour and grave sympathy with which he addresses himself to ecclesiast ...

... he Saxon Confession of Wittenberg, June 1551, while protesting against the same errors, equally abstains from trying to define narrowly how Christ is present in the sacrament. Consubstanliation. — The symbolical books of the Lutheran Church, following the teac ...

... hat Euclid wrote it for the purpose of exercising beginners in the detection of errors in reasoning. This notice of Euclid would be incomplete without some account of the earliest and the most important editions of his works. Passing over the commentators of t ...

... epresented Europe in a sense that could not be predicated of the emperors; the terror of their spiritual power, their vast wealth derived from the tribute of all the West, their unique experience of international affairs, and — in the case of the great popes o ...

... er and times of those who through love of innovation have run into the greatest errors, and proclaiming themselves discoverers of knowledge, falsely so called, have like fierce wolves unmercifully devastated the flock of Christ. It is my intention, moreover, t ...

... the earlier and fainter romances, with their chivalry and gaiety, The Comedy of Errors, Love's Labour's Lost and The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Throughout these years blank verse contended with rhyme, which Shakespeare after a while abandoned save for special pu ...

... ble were not to be removed by the expulsion of Walpole from office. But for one error, indeed, it is probable that Walpole's rule would have been still further prolonged. In 1739 a popular excitement arose for a declaration of war against Spain. Walpole believ ...

... there in a way which shows that its reappearance can hardly be a mere printer's error; but in any case its importance is very slight, for the Act of Uniformity specially provides that the English service alone is to be used for the Eucharist. (6) It has been p ...

... and the stigmatization of suggestibility as in every case a morbid symptom, are errors arising from too exclusive occupation with its manifestations in this field. A second group consists of writers who admit that suggestion may operate in normal minds, but wh ...

... bining with Francis I. against Charles V. His Persian campaign was doubtless an error, but was due in part to a desire to find occupation, distant if possible, for his janissaries, who were always prone to turbulence while inactive at the capital. He was perha ...

... or the throne, and his first feeling when notified of his accession was one of terror for his brother's vengeance. Nor were the circumstances following on his elevation to the throne of a nature to reassure him, as one of the most violent of the revolts of the ...

... ed to be outlaws and public enemies was exhibited in the forum, and a reign of terror began throughout Rome and Italy. The title of " dictator " was revived and Sulla was in fact emperor of Rome. After celebrating a splendid triumph for the Mithradatic War, an ...

... or less accuracy, depending on the nature of the fracture, but with a probable error not exceeding a few miles. The steamer on reaching the given position lowers one, or perhaps two, mark buoys, mooring them by mushroom anchor, chain and rope. Using these buo ...

... nited in 1506 with that of Ampurias. The name Pausania is the consequence of an error; it is a corruption of Fausiana, a town and episcopal see of Sardinia mentioned by Gregory the Great, the site of which is in reality uncertain.

... oubtful. The form " Jehovah " (q.v.) used in some of the English Versions is an error which arose in the i6th century. It is now generally assumed that the word is the causative form (ftiph'il) and should be pronounced Yahveh or Yahweh (accent on second syllab ...

... y Lane. But in 1726 he produced Shakespeare Restored, or a Specimen of the many Errors as well Committed as Unamended by Mr Pope in his late edition of this Poet; designed not only to correct the said Edition, but to restore the true Reading of Shakespeare in ...

... ion in the 6th century B.C.; some critics hold that he witnessed the " Persian terror " of 590 and 580; others, including the present writer, place his floruit in 545 B.C. We know little about his life; few of the details usually given in text-books are capabl ...

... igen) — that summary of religiously important facts which was meant to ward off error without reliance on speculations such as the Logos doctrine — built itself up along the lines of the baptismal formula of Matt, xxviii. lo,.J There are traces in the New Test ...

... July 1794), which resulted in the fall of Robespierre and the collapse of the Terror. The name Therm idorian (Thermidorien) was given to the authors of this revolution and to the supporters of the reactionary movement of which it was the signal. See C. d'Heri ...