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* DORIC ORDER. 399 DOBMEB. TABLATLTiE.) In Pciiot and Cliipiez. Art in Primi- tive (jrctce (translated I'rom the French, London, 1894), tlie origin of the Uorie order is traced back to the early iljeeua'an palaces. DORICOUBT. A wit in Jlrs. Crowley's com- edy The Belle's Stratagem. DOB'IGEN". The virtuous heroine of Chau- cer's Franklin's Tale, and the wife of Arviragus. Having refused to tolerate the proposals of Aurelius until the veiy rocks on the seashore should be removed, she was obliged by her hus- band to yield when Aurelius acconi])lished this impossible task by magic. Happily, Aurelius was filled with pity, and gave her back her promise. DORIGNY, diVre'nye', Nicolas (1657-1746). A French engraver, born in Paris. He was the most celebrated of a well-known family of art- ists. His father, iliCHEL (c.IGlT-OG) . a pupil of Vouet, was a painter and etcher. His brother Loris (1654-1742), a painter and engraver, was a pupilof ilichel Dorigny and of Lebrun. and afterwards went to Verona, where he lived many years. Most of his work is still in that city. During a visit to Austria, he executed his best work, the frescoes in the Church of Santa JIaria ilaggiore, at Trent. Xicolas was a pupil of his father. He spent twenty-eight j-ears in It- aly, and, after his return to France, was called to England to engrave the complete set of car- toons after Raphael, originally designed for the Vatican tapestries, and bought by Charles I. They represent scenes from the Xew Testament. After this labor of fifteen years, he returned to Paris, and was made a member of the Academy (1725). His etchings are in the style of those by Audran; they include a number of plates after Raphael. His paintings were of historical and religious subjects, and are of less value. DOR'IMANT. A libertine and wit, the orig- inal of whom is said to have been the Earl of Rochester, in Etherege's comedy The Man of Mode, or Sir Fopling Flutter. DORIMENE. dft're'man'. (1) The lively young wife of old Sganarelle in iloli&re's Le mariage force and Le cocu imaginaire. (2) The lady-love of Dorante in Moli&re's Le bourgeois gentilhomme. DOBIN'DA. (1) The sister of Miranda in Drj'den and Davenant's adaptation of Shake- speare's Tempest. (2) The heroine of Farqu- har's The Beaux' Stratagem. DORINE, d6'ren'. Marianne's attendant in Moli&re's Tartuffe. She is outspoken in regard to the family follies, but a faithful servant. DCRION, Fr. pron. dA're'ox', Sir Antoine AiMfi (1S18-91). A Canadian politician and lawyer. He was bom at Sainte Ann de la Perade, was educated at Nicolet College, and was admitted to the bar in 1842. He represented Montreal from 1854 to 1861, and Hochelaga from 1862 to 1877. in the Canadian Assembly; and was a member of the Dominion Parliament for Hochelaga from 1807 to 1872. when he was returned for Xapienille, which he represented until 1874. During his political career he was a leader of the Rouge or French-Canadian Lib- eral Party. He was successively Commissioner of Crown Lands, Provincial Secretary, .ttorney- General of Lower Canada, Minister of Justice, and, after 1874, Chief Justice of the Province of Quebec. He was knighted in 1877. DO'RIS (Lat.. from Gk. Aupls), A small moun- tainous district of ancient Hellas, between Phocis, .-Ktolia, and Locris. With its four towns, Boium, Cytinium, Erineus, and Pindus, it formed the Doric Tetrapolis, which sulfored severely in the Phoeian, .Etolian, and ilacedonian wars. Doris was also the name of the soutliwestcrn part of Caria, together with the islands of Cos and Rliodes. where were situated Dorian colonies, which formed at one time a he.xapolis. In mod- ern Greece. Doris forms an eparchy in the noni- archy of Phocis. Consult Lolling, in Alhenische Mitt'hciluiigen, vol. ix. (Athens, 1884). DORIS. See Nidibranchiata. DORISLAUS, do'res-lous, Isa.c (1.595-1649). A Dutch-English scholar, lawyer, and diplonuitist, born at Alkinaar, Xorth Holland. He studied at the University of Leyden, removed to England, and in 1627 was appointed to the chair of history, newly established at Cambridge by Lord Brooke. From this professorship he was soon compelled to withdraw for his justification of the Dutch revolt against Spain. In 1029 he became a member of the College of Advocates, in 1040 was appointed Judge Advocate, and in 1048 a judge of the Court of Admiralty. He assisted in the trial of Charles I., and in 1049 was sent by the Council of State of the Commonwealth to conclude a treaty between England and the Dutch Republic. He was nnirdered at The Hague by a jiarty of Royalists. He jmblished a monograph, entitled Froelium }ui>ortenum (1040). " DORKING. A market-town of Surrey, Eng- land, in a picturesque valley on the Mole, 23 miles southwest of London, on the ancient Roman road between London and Chichester (Map: England, F 5). Its chief trade is in flour, and in lime and chalk from adjacent pits. Dorking gives its name to a five-toed breed of domestic fowl. Population, in 1891, 7100: in 1901. 7700. Near the town is Deepdene. the beautiful coun- try-seat of the Duke of ilarlborough, where Dis- raeli wrote Coningshy. DORKING (from Dorking in England). A long-established breed of domestic fowls, distin- guished chiefly by the presence of a fifth toe on the hinder part of the foot below the si)ur. The breed is especially valuable for the table. See Fowl; and Colored Plate of Fowls. DORKING, Battle of. The history of an imaginary invasion of England, written by Gen- eral George .J. Chesney. in 1871, to call attention to the weakness of British defenses. DORMANT (Fr., sleeping). A term in her- aldry denoting an animal with its head resting on its fore paws. DORMEE (OF. dormeor, sleeping-room, from Lat. (Inniiiloriiim, from dormire, to sleep; so called as being primarily a bedroom window), or PoRMEH ■I^"I)Ow^ A window plai-ed in a small gable projecting from a sloping roof, often used to enlarge and to light the attic or garret rooms of Iniildings; it usually projects so as to be flush with the main wall. The dormeT appears in early Gothic l)uildings. and becomes a rich feature of late CJothie stone and timbered architecture and of the Renaissance.