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NOIRE. 594 NOLLE PROSEQUI. iind L. Geigers ( 1875) . He also wrote the preface to Max Miiller's Kiijilish translation of Kant's Kritik der r€ininyernitiift,ucb is a sketch of the history of philosophy; Der Urnpruiui dcr .S/i/i/c/ie (1877) : Die Dvpiicliiatur dcr Kuusulitat (187()) ; and Einlvitumi tiiid licyriindnng einer monis- tischen Ericcniitnisthcoric (1877). NOISSEVILLE, nwiis'vel'. A village of Lor- raine, about 4 miles east of >Ietz, noted as the scene of a battle fouglit between the 'Frcneh un- der Bazaine, nuniberinj; about 120.000 men, and an army of 40.000 (iernians, August 31-Septeni- ber 1, i870. Hoping to break the German cor- don around Met/, and etl'eet a junction with the army of MacMalion, Hazaine transported his forces to the right bank of the Moselle, and by a fierce attack succeeded in taking the villages of Jlontoy, Courcy, and Servigny. The Germans ral- liixl toward the evening ami recaiitured Servigny. Fighting was resumed on the following day, and resulted in the retreat of the French across the river. NOLA, no'la. A city in the Province of Ca- serta. Italy, l.i miles east-northeast of Naples by rail (Map: Italy. .J 7). It is the see of a bishop. The cathedral, dating from the fifteenth century, was partly destroyed by fire in 1870. The semi- nary near by has interesting antique inscriptions. The" ancient Nola fell into the hands of the Ro- man-i in the Samnite war, li.c. 31.S. The town held out against Hannibal in the Second Punic War. Augustus died at Xola a.d. 14. The first bells for Christian churches are said to have been cast here in the fifth century. Numerous coins, and beautiful vases which anciently were made here, and other antiquities have been found in the vicinitv. Population (commune) , in 1881, ll.n:il : in lllOl, 14.t)-22. NOLDEKE, nrl'd.-kf, Tueodob (IS.SG— ). A distinguished (ierman Orientalist. He was born in Harburg and pursued his university studies chiefly at Giittingen. where in 18(51 he became privat-doeent. In 1804 he was made extraordi- nary professor at Kiel and in 1808 full professor. In 1872 he became professor of Semitic philology in Strasslnirg. Nrddeke is the leading authority in general Semitic pliilolog'. Among his works may be mentioned (Itucliiclih- di's Korans (1800) ; Das Lehen Molmmmrds (1803); Die aUtcntii- meniUche />i7(cr«f !(r( 1808) ; (Irammatik der neii- suriachen Uprache (18(>8); Unlcrstichungcn ziir Kritik des ajtcn Tcslnmciitii (1800); Die In- schrift des Kiiiiifis Mrsti ro» Moiih (1870) : Mnn- diiischc (Irammnlik (1874) ; (Irschichte d<r I'cr- scr inid Arahcr ziir Zcit dcr ,^nsitniden (187!l) ; Kiirxficfnssfc .si/iixr/ie firiimmatik (1880); Die semiiischen fljrrachcii (1887); Aufsiitze zur per- sisehen Oeschichte (1887): Delectus Vrtrrum Carminum Arabicorum (with A. Miiller, 1800) : Orientnlische Skizzeii (1802). He wrote besides several humlrcd contributions to encclopirdias and magazines and many valuable reviews, chief- ly in' the organ of the nriilsehe morgenllindische Orsrlhehiifl and fjillcnirischcs Ccnlralblalt. NOLHAC, nATi'ik'. Pierre de (18.5!)—). A French historian, born at .Smbert. Puyde-DAnie. He received bis early education in Paris, and was a student at the French school in Rome (1882- 85). On his return he received the degree of doctor of letters and stinlied at the Bibliotlii">que Nationale for a year, when he was maile professor at the Ecolc des Hautcs Etudes. His contribu- tions to the history of Italian literature and of the French Renaissance are specially valuable. His works include: Le dernier uiiujiir dc liunsard (1882), an edition of the I.ettrcs de .Judeltiiu du ISellay (1883); Le "Vunzoniere" autoyraphe de Pelrur(juc (1880); La bibliothiquc de Fiihio Orsini (1887); poems entitled I'uiisatjes d'Au- vcrync (1888) ; Erasme en Italic (1888) ; Marie- Antuinette (18'J0) ; Lc ehiiteau de Versailles sous Louis XV. (1898) ; and Uisloire du chateau dc Versailles (1899). In 1892 .M. Nolhac was made dircctiu- of tlic National Museum at Versailles. NO'LI ME TAN'GERE(Lat., Touch me not). The words spoken by the risen Christ to Mary Magdalene, used as the title of a luunber of paintings, including those by Titian in llie Na- tional Gallery, London, and by Rembrandt in Buckingham Palace. NOLL. A popular name for Oliver Cromwell. NOL'LEKENS, Joseph (1737-1823). An English si'ulplor. He was born in London. Au- gust 11, 1737, the son of a painter. In 1730 he studied sculpture with Peter Schcemakers. and as the winner of several prizes oll'ercd l)y the Society of Arts, was enabled in 1700 to start for Rome. A portrait bust of G;irrick was followed liy a bust of Sterne and others. While at Rome he supported himself by taking active part in the trallic and restoration of antiquities. In 1770 he settled in London, where he was made a member of the Royal Academy in 1772. His ])ortrait busts are "good likenesses, and he dis- played skill in the treatment of his draperies. His portraits include busts of George III., Prince and Princess of Wales, Duke and Ducliess of York, Oliver Goldsmith, Dr. .lohnson, and War- ren Hastings, the statue of Pitt in Candjridge, the sepulchral monument of the "Three Cap- tains," Westminster Abljey, and of Mrs. Howard, Corby Oiurch, Cumberland. Of his ideal statues the most jiopular are the so-called "V'enuses," the best of which are "Venus Cliiding Cupid," "Venus Anointing Her Hero," and the "Seated Venus," now at Petworth. Nollekcns died in Lonilon. April 23, 1S23. NOLTJE PROS'EQUI (Lat., will not prose- cute). An entry on the records of a court by the public prosecutor in a <riminal case, or the )daintitT in a civil action, to the effect that the |)rocee<lings against the defendant shall be dis- continued! This method of terminating legal proceedings originated in F.ngland during the reign of Charles IL. and seems to have been devised as a convenient means of nullifying cer- tain obnoxious statutes, by thus ending any prosecution under them. The practice was sub- sequentlv adopted into the civil procedure in England' to enable a plaintiff to discontinue his action, but it was later suiierseded by the com- mon-law nonsuit. In the United States to-day Uie practice of entering a nolle prosequi, or iiol. ;n-o,s-.. as it is usually called, is confinecl almost exclnsively to criminal procecilings. The right to thus discon- tinue a criminal prosecution is a iircrogative of the State, ami it generally rests in the discretion of the prosecuting officer whether to exercise it or not: but where the case has proceedeil to trial, by the general rule he should make a motion to the court for leave to do so. A noL pros, entered after Hie jury has been sworn and trial com- menced will operate as an acquittal and a bar