CHAMBERS'S ENCYCLOPEDIA: A DICTIONARY OF UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE FOR THE PEOPLE.1872 |
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... remains of medieval architecture which it presents in its picturesque streets , with their gabled houses , stone balconies , and quaint carvings . No city retains a stronger impress of the characteristics which distin- guished the ...
... remains of medieval architecture which it presents in its picturesque streets , with their gabled houses , stone balconies , and quaint carvings . No city retains a stronger impress of the characteristics which distin- guished the ...
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... remains . The oracle of Ammon is supposed to have been at a place called Om - Beydah , or the temple of Nekht - her- hebi . From this , it would seem that the oasis did not fall into the power of Egypt till about the 5th c . B. C. The ...
... remains . The oracle of Ammon is supposed to have been at a place called Om - Beydah , or the temple of Nekht - her- hebi . From this , it would seem that the oasis did not fall into the power of Egypt till about the 5th c . B. C. The ...
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... remains erect , and is popularly known as Cleopatra's Needle , the other lies prostrate . Both have greatly suffered from the effects of sea sea breezes . The highest of all obelisks , that of St John of the Lateran , appears to have ...
... remains erect , and is popularly known as Cleopatra's Needle , the other lies prostrate . Both have greatly suffered from the effects of sea sea breezes . The highest of all obelisks , that of St John of the Lateran , appears to have ...
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... remains , like those of several of the early Danish kings , were deposited here , is a fine specimen of the early simple Gothic style . The lay convent or college for ladies contains an extensive library , furnished with copies of all ...
... remains , like those of several of the early Danish kings , were deposited here , is a fine specimen of the early simple Gothic style . The lay convent or college for ladies contains an extensive library , furnished with copies of all ...
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... remains in the press , when seeds are crushed to express the oil which they contain . Oil - cake still retains a portion of the oil of the seed , along with almost all its other con- stituents , and is valuable either for feeding cattle ...
... remains in the press , when seeds are crushed to express the oil which they contain . Oil - cake still retains a portion of the oil of the seed , along with almost all its other con- stituents , and is valuable either for feeding cattle ...
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Page 119 - They being the root of all mankind, the guilt of this sin was imputed, and the same death in sin and corrupted nature conveyed to all their posterity, descending from them by ordinary generation. From this original corruption, whereby we are utterly indisposed, disabled and made opposite to all good, and wholly inclined to all evil, do proceed all actual transgressions.
Page 290 - Soit fait comme il est désiré ; ' and to a bill of supply (which is presented by the Speaker, and receives the royal assent before all other bills) : ' Le roy remercie ses bons sujets, accepte leur benevolence, et ainsi le veult.
Page 105 - Receive the Holy Ghost for the Office and work of a Priest in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the Imposition of our hands. Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven; and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained.
Page 283 - Every man shall be entitled to be registered as a voter, and, when registered, to vote for a member or members to serve in Parliament for a county who is qualified as follows : — (1) Is of full age, and not subject to any legal incapacity...
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Page 291 - All other such petitions, after they shall have been ordered to lie on the table, shall be referred to the committee on public petitions, without any question being put ; but if any such petition relate to any matter or subject with respect to which the member presenting it has given notice of a motion, and the said petition has not been ordered to be printed by the committee, such member may after notice given, move that such petition be printed with the votes.
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Page 361 - If any man is inclined to call the unknown anteHellenic period of Greece by the name of Pelasgic, it is open to him to do so. But this is a name carrying with it no assured predicates, noway enlarging our insight into real history, nor enabling us to explain what would be the real historical problem — how, or from whom, the Hellenes acquired that stock of dispositions, aptitudes, arts, &c., with which they begin their career.