Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People, Band 3W. and R. Chambers, 1868 |
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... shew his utter contempt for the ministerial profession , appeared in a blue coat , gold - laced hat and waistcoat , and large ruffles . He was obliged , however , to resign his preferment , which pecuniary sacrifice was little , as his ...
... shew his utter contempt for the ministerial profession , appeared in a blue coat , gold - laced hat and waistcoat , and large ruffles . He was obliged , however , to resign his preferment , which pecuniary sacrifice was little , as his ...
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... shew that they belonged to the Celtic race , and lived originally on the north - east of the Belga , of kindred origin ; and that their name is the same as that by which the Celts of Wales designate themselves to this day - Cymri ...
... shew that they belonged to the Celtic race , and lived originally on the north - east of the Belga , of kindred origin ; and that their name is the same as that by which the Celts of Wales designate themselves to this day - Cymri ...
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... shew , it is of no conse- quence , as the final result of every observation is the difference between two readings . It is evident that the difference between any two readings of the instrument will represent the angle through which the ...
... shew , it is of no conse- quence , as the final result of every observation is the difference between two readings . It is evident that the difference between any two readings of the instrument will represent the angle through which the ...
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... shew , that the muscular contraction of the heart is the principal source of the power by which the blood is propelled in its course . This action of the heart may be observed by opening the chest of a living animal , or , better still ...
... shew , that the muscular contraction of the heart is the principal source of the power by which the blood is propelled in its course . This action of the heart may be observed by opening the chest of a living animal , or , better still ...
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... shew the way . The manslayer was received and protected in the C. of R. until the death of the high - priest , after which the avenger of blood had no longer any claim against him . Thus this peculiar institution was connected with the ...
... shew the way . The manslayer was received and protected in the C. of R. until the death of the high - priest , after which the avenger of blood had no longer any claim against him . Thus this peculiar institution was connected with the ...
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Seite 249 - 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 325 - 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 137 - 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 319 - 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 207 - 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 279 - Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own.
Seite 155 - 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 171 - ... 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 147 - 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 308 - 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...