Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People, Band 3W. and R. Chambers, 1868 |
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... miles to the west of Antigua , and 2 miles to the north of Nevis . With a very unequal breadth , it is 20 miles long from south - east to north - west , containing about 44,000 acres , and about 25,000 inhabitants . It belongs to Great ...
... miles to the west of Antigua , and 2 miles to the north of Nevis . With a very unequal breadth , it is 20 miles long from south - east to north - west , containing about 44,000 acres , and about 25,000 inhabitants . It belongs to Great ...
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... miles to the north of Civita Castellana . CIVITA DI PE'NNÉ , a town of Naples , in the province of Abruzzo Ultra I. , situated on a com- manding hill about 20 miles south - east of Teramo . It is an ancient place , having , under the ...
... miles to the north of Civita Castellana . CIVITA DI PE'NNÉ , a town of Naples , in the province of Abruzzo Ultra I. , situated on a com- manding hill about 20 miles south - east of Teramo . It is an ancient place , having , under the ...
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... miles long , and half a mile broad , and easily navigable , its depth being 50 feet . Lake St Clair measures 30 miles in length by 12 in average width , and communicates at its south- west end with Lake Erie by means of the Detroit ...
... miles long , and half a mile broad , and easily navigable , its depth being 50 feet . Lake St Clair measures 30 miles in length by 12 in average width , and communicates at its south- west end with Lake Erie by means of the Detroit ...
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... miles along the sea , and 80 along the Shannon estuary . The sea - line is high and rocky , in parts precipit- ous , with many isles and fantastic detached rocks . For five miles at Moher , the coast rises 400 feet nearly perpendicular ...
... miles along the sea , and 80 along the Shannon estuary . The sea - line is high and rocky , in parts precipit- ous , with many isles and fantastic detached rocks . For five miles at Moher , the coast rises 400 feet nearly perpendicular ...
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... miles from east to west , by 15 from north to south . Geologically , it consists of inferior oolite , but the coast and west border are formed of lias . In the middle is Roseberry Topping Hill , 1022 feet high ; and in the south , the ...
... miles from east to west , by 15 from north to south . Geologically , it consists of inferior oolite , but the coast and west border are formed of lias . In the middle is Roseberry Topping Hill , 1022 feet high ; and in the south , the ...
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Seite 247 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by law ; and will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them ? ' King or queen :
Seite 323 - I came into the House one morning, well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled ; for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor ; his linen was plain, and not very clean; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar : his hat was without a hatband. His stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side ; his countenance swollen and reddish; his...
Seite 135 - Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death?
Seite 317 - You see, Sir, my great great great grandmother has on the new-fashioned petticoat, except that the modern is gathered at the waist; my grandmother appears as if she stood in a large drum, whereas the ladies now walk as if they were in a gocart.
Seite 205 - Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things ; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour : and this was a testimony in Israel.
Seite 277 - Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own.
Seite 153 - Any general character, from the best to the worst, from the most ignorant to the most enlightened, may be given to any community, even to the world at large, by the application of proper means; which means are to a great extent at the command and under the control of those who have influence in the affairs of men.
Seite 169 - ... an infinite whole, for this could only be done by the infinite synthesis in thought of finite wholes, which would itself require an infinite time for its accomplishment ; nor, for the same reason, can we follow out in thought an infinite divisibility of parts. The result is the same, whether we apply the process to limitation in space, in time, or in degree. The unconditional negation, and the unconditional affirmation of limitation, in other words, the infinite and the absolute, properly so...
Seite 145 - In the silence of any positive rule, affirming, or denying, or restraining the operation of foreign laws, courts of justice presume the tacit adoption of them by their own government, unless they are repugnant to its policy, or prejudicial to its interests.
Seite 306 - And for their publishing of such opinions, or maintaining of such practices, as are contrary to the light of nature, or to the known principles of Christianity...