[Grace, Dr. W. G.], the celebrated cricketer, born near Bristol; distinguished as a batsman, fielder, and bowler; earned the title of champion, which was spontaneously and by universal consent conferred on him; has written on cricket; b. 1848.
[Grace Cup], a silver bowl with two handles passed round the table after grace at all banquets in London City.
[Graces, The], reckoned at one time two in number, but originally they appear to have been regarded as being, what at bottom they are, one. At last they are spoken of as three, and called Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia: Thalia, the blooming one, or life in full bloom; Euphrosyne, the cheerful one, or life in the exuberance of joy and sympathy; and Aglaia, the shining one, or life in its effulgence of sunny splendour and glory. But these three are one, involved each in the other, and made perfect in one. There is not Thalia by herself, or Aglaia, but where one truly is, there, in the same being also, the other two are. They are three sisters, as such always inseparable, and in their inseparability alone are Graces. Their secret is not learned from one, but from all three; and they give grace only with fulness, buoyancy, and radiancy of soul, or life, united all in one. They are in essence the soul in its fulness of life and sympathy, pouring itself rhythmically through every obstruction, before which the most solid becomes fluid, transparent, and radiant of itself.
[Graciosa], a princess in a fairy tale, persecuted by her stepmother, and protected by Prince Percinet, her lover.
[Gracioso], a fool in a Spanish comedy, who ever and anon appears on the stage during the performance with his jokes and gibes.
[Gradgrind], a character in "Hard Times," who weighs and measures everything by a hard and fast rule and makes no allowances.
[Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of], English statesman in the reign of George III.; held various offices of State under Rockingham, Chatham, and North; was bitterly assailed in the famous "Junius Letters" (1735-1811).
[Graham, Sir John], companion of Sir William Wallace, who fell at the battle of Falkirk.
[Graham, John, Viscount Dundee]. See [Claverhouse].
[Graham, Thomas], celebrated Scottish chemist, born in Glasgow, where in 1830 he became professor of Chemistry in the Andersonian University; seven years later he was appointed to a similar chair in University College, London; in 1855 he resigned his professorship on succeeding Herschel as Master of the Mint; his name is honourably associated with important researches relating to the diffusion of gases and liquids, and with contributions to the atomic theory of matter (1805-1869).