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he shall never be able to separate them again as long as he lives,but darkness shall ever bring with it those (rightful ideas. Withregard to this instance, however, it must at the same time be ob-served, that the connection alluded to appears far from being eitherunnatural or absurd. See Ai>pakitio.v. Such wrong combina-tions of ideas, Mr. Locke shews, are a great cau-e of the irrecon-cileable opposition between the - different sects of philosophy andreligion : for we cannot imagine; that all who hold tenets differentfrom, and sometimes even contradictory to, one -another, shouldwilfully and knowingly impose upon themselves, and refuse truthoffered by plain reason : blit some loose and independent ideas are byeducation, custom, and the constant din of their party, so coupled>in their minds, that they always appear there together : these can nomore separate in their thoughts, than if they were but one idea,and they operate as if they were so. This, gives the appearance ofsense to jargon, of demonstration to absurdities, and of consistencyto nonsense. Association forms a principal part of I)r. Hartley’smechanical theory of the mind. lie distinguishes it into synchro-nous and successive; and ascribe.-, our simple and complex ideas,to the influence of this principle or habit.

ASSODES, u, loathing, Gr.] in medicine, a continued

fever, attended with a loathing of food.

ASSONANCE, in rhetoric and poetrv, a term used where thewords of a phrase or a verse have th; same sound or termination,ami yet make no proper rliime.

ASSONANT Rhymes, is a term particularly applied to a kindof verses common among the Spaniards, where a resemblance ofsound serves instead of a natural rhyme.

ASSONIA, in botanv, a genus ot the monadelphia dodecandriaplants. Calyx th uble,’ outer, onc-leafed or three-leaved, inner,■ono-ieafed ; corolla five-pelaled; style one or live; capsule five-celled ; seeds net winged. There are eleven species.

ASSUMPSIT, [assumo, Lat. j a voluntary promise made by-word, wherebv a man taketh upon him to perform or pay anything to another : U contain-, any verbal promise made upon con-sideration.

Assumpsit, in law, or promise, is of the nature of a verbalcovenant, and wants nothing hut tile solemnity of writing andsealing to make it absolutely the same. If, therefore, it be to doany explicit act, it is an express contract, as much as any cove-nant: and the breach of it is an equal injury. The remedy in-deed is not exactly the same : since, instead of an action of cove-■riant, there only lies an action upon the case, for what is called an-assumpsit or undertaking of the defendant; the failure of perform-ing which, is the wrong or injury done to the plaintiff, file damageswhereof a jury are to estimate and settle.

ASSUMPTION, a festival in the Romish church, in honourof the miraculous ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven: theGreek church, who also observe this festival, celebrate it on thelitli of August with great ceremony.

Assumption, an island of North America , in the gulph of St.Laurence. Lon. 00. 40. \V. Lat. 4<J. 30. N.

Assumption, an episcopal city of South America, in Paraguay ,on the river Paraguay . Lon. 57. 40. \V. Lat. 26. 0. S.

Assumption, in logic, is the minor or second proposition in acategorical syllogism. It is also used for a consequence drawnJrom the propositions whereof an argument is composed.

ASSUMPTIVE Arms, in heraldry. See Arms.

ASSURANCE. See Insurance.

ASSURGENT Leaves, in botany, denotes such as are firstbent down, and then rise erect towards the apex.

ASSUROR, a merchant, or other person, who makes out apolicy of as.'iirance, and tnerebv insures a ship, house, or the like.

ASSURRANI, or ASSURRITANI, a branch of Donalislsin the middle of the fourth century, who maintained the Sonto he inferior to the Father, and rebaptized their converts from thecatholics.

ASSUS, or ASSOS, in ancient geography, a town of Troas .

ASSYRIA, an ancient kingdom of Asia , concerning the extent,commencement, and duration of which, historians differ greatly in.their accounts. It is highly probable that Assyria was originally ofsmall extent. According to Ptolemy, it was bounded on the north bv Armenia Major : on the west by the Tigris ; on the south bySusiaua; and on the east by Media. The founder of the Assyrian monarchy was Asluir, the second son o! Shem, who went out ofShiaar, either by the appointment of Nimrod , or to elude the fury

of that tyrant; conducted a large body of adventurers into Assy-ria, and laid the foundation of Nineveh. (Gen. x. 11.) Theseevents happened not long after Nimrod had established the Chal-dsean monarchy, and tixed his residence at Babylon. ’I be Per-sian historians suppose that the kings of Persia of the first dynastywere the same with the kings oi Assyria, of whom Zoliah, or Nim-rod , was the founder of Babel. (1 lerbelot Bibl. Orient, v. Bagdad.)il does not, however, appear, that Nimrod reigned in Assyria .The kingdoms of Babylon and Assyria were originally distinct andseparate ; (Micah v. fi.) and in this state they remained untilNinu-i conquered Babylon, and made it tributary lo the Assyrianempire. Nimis, the successor of Ashur. (Gen. x. 11. Diod. Sic.lib. i.) seized on Chaldea, after the death of Nimrod , and unitedthe kingdoms of Assyria and Babylon . He was succeeded bySemiramis ; a princess of a heroic mind; bold, enterprising,fortunate; but of w hom many fabulous things have been recorded.It appears, however, that there were two princesses of (lie samename, who flourished at very different periods. One of them wasthe consort of Nimis ; and the other lived live generations beforeNitocris queen of Nebuchadnezzar . Whether there was an im-interrupb-d series of kings from Nimis to Sardanapalus, or not, isAil! a question. Sardanapalus was the last, and by all accounts themost effeminate, of these ancient Assyrian kings. After the death ofSardanapalus, B. C.B21,the Assyrian empire was divided into threekingdoms, viz. the Median, Assyrian , and Babylonian. A-rbacesretained the supreme power and authority, and fixed His residenceat Ec-batana in Media. Pliul was appointed governor of Assy ria.He gradually enlarged the boundaries of his kingdom, and wassucceeded by Tiglath-pileser, Salmanasar, and Sennacherib , whoasserted and maintained their independency. After the death ofEsar-haddon, the brother and successor of Sennacherib , the king-dom of Assyria was split, and annexed to the kingdoms of Mediaand Babylon . This ancient empire is now almost entirely subjecteither to the Turks or Persians ; being divided into three pro-vinces, now called Curdistan ; Diarbec, the ancient Mesopotamia ;and Irak Arabic, die ancient Chaldea.

ASTA, an inland town of Liguria , now called Asti.

Asta. or Asta Recia, a town of Baitica, situated at the mouthof tlie Bmtis, north of Cadiz .

ASTABAT, a town of Armenia, in Asia .

AST ANDA, in antiquity, a royal courier or messenger, thesame with Angarus.

ASTA RTE, in Pagan mythology. See Ashtaroth.

AST ATI, in the ninth century, the followers of one Sergius,who renewed the errors of the Manic bees.

ASTEISM, in rhetoric, a genteel irony, or handsome way ofderiding another.

ASTELL, Mary , an ornament of her sex and country, wasthe daughter of an opulent merchant at Newcastle upon Tyne ,where she was born about 1668. She was educated in a mannersuitable to her station ; and amongst other accomplishments, wasmistress of the French, and had some knowledge of the Latin tongue. Her uncle, a clergyman,observing in her some marks ofa promising genius, took her under his tuition, and taught hermathematics, logic, and philosophy, she left the place of her na-livity when she was about twenty years of age, and spent the re-maining part of her life at London and Chelsea. Here she pur-sued her studies with great assiduity, made great proficiency inthe above-mentioned sciences, and acquired a more completeknowledge of many classic authors. Among these Seneca, Epicte-tus, Hicrocles, Antoninus, Tully, Plato, and Xenophon , wereher principal favourites. Her life was spent in writing for the ad-vancement of learning, religion, and virtue; and in the practiceof those religious duties which she so zealously and patheticallyrecommended to others, and in which perhaps no one was evermore sincere. Her sentiments of piety,, charity, humility, andother Christian graces, were uncommonly refined and sublime ; andreligion sat gracefully upon her, unattended with any forbiddingairs of gloom. Her mind was generally calm and serene; andher conversation was innocently Elections, and highly entertaining.She would sav, “ The good Christian only hath reason, mid healuavs ought, to be cheerful; anil, that dejected looks and me-lancholy airs were very unseemly in a Christian.” She was re-markably abstemious; and seemed to enjoy an miinternipledstateof health till a few Years before her death. She died in 1731, agedG3, and was burled at Chelsea. She w rote, 1. A Serious Proposal