OLD MAID

This article appears in Volume V20, Page 74 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: NUM-ORC

OLD MAID , a game of cards. Any number may play, and the full

pack

is used, the Queen of Hearts being removed. The cards are dealt out one by one until exhausted, and each player then sorts his hand and discards the pairs. The dealer then offers his hand, spread out face downwards to the next player, who draws a card, which, if it completes a pair, is discarded, but otherwise remains in the hand. The process continues from player to player, until all the cards have been paired and discarded excepting the odd queen, the holder of which is the " Old Maid."
OLDMI%ON, JOHN (16731742), English historian, was a son of John Oldmixon of Oldmixon, near Bridgwater. His first writings were poems and dramas, among them being Amores Britannici; Epistles historical and gallant (1703); and a tragedy, The

Governor

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

of Cyprus. His earliest historical

work

WORK

was The British Empire in America (1708 and again 1741), which was followed by The

Secret

SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

History of Europe (17121715); by Arcana Gallica, or the

Secret

SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

History of France for the last Century(1714); and by other smaller writings. More important, how-ever, although of a very partisan character, are Oldmixon's works on English history. His

Critical

CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

history of England (17241726) contains attacks on Clarendon and a defence of Bishop Burnet, and its publication led to a controversy' between Dr Zachary Grey (16881766) and the author, who replied to Grey in his Clarendon and Whitlock compared (1727). On the same lines he wrote his History of England during the Reigns of the Royal

House

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
Gothic
- GOTHIC
it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

of Stuart (1730). Herein he charged Bishop Atterbury and other of Clarendon's editors with tampering with the text of the History. From his

exile

EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap,
consul
- CONSUL
- CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)
, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

Atterbury replied to this charge in a Vindication, and although Oldmixon continued the controversy it is practically certain that he was in the wrong. He completed a continuous history of England by writing the History of England during the Reigns of William and Mary, Anne and George I. (1735) and the History of England during the Reigns of Henry VIII., Edward VI., Mary and Elizabeth (1739). Among his other writings are, Memoirs of North Britain (1715), Essay on Criticism (1728) and Memoirs of the Press 17101740 (1742), which was only published after his death. Oldmixon had much to do with editing two

periodicals

PERIODICALS

, The Muses Mercury and The Medley, and he often complained that his services were overlooked by the government. He died on the 9th of July 1742.

End of Article: OLD MAID

If you wish, you can link directly to this article.

<a href="http://jcsm.org/StudyCenter/Encyclopedia/NUM_ORC/OLD_MAID.html">
OLD MAID
</a>

(Previous)
OLD ITALIAN LANGUAGES

(Next)
OLD POINT COMFORT

JCSM was founded in 1997 and exists to help the community and bring people into a life-changing and productive relationship with Jesus Christ. JCSM offers over 200,000 free web pages, including its weekly inspirational emails that were sent continuously for over a decade.

Jesus Christ Saves Ministries
P.O. Box 9297
San Diego, CA 92169
1-888-887-0417 or Email