Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People, Том 5W. and R. Chambers, 1868 |
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... origin from the GRAY LAG G. or COMMON WILD G. ( A. ferus ) ; but all the species seem very capable of domestication , and several of them have been to some extent domesticated . The Gray Lag G. is almost three feet in length from the ...
... origin from the GRAY LAG G. or COMMON WILD G. ( A. ferus ) ; but all the species seem very capable of domestication , and several of them have been to some extent domesticated . The Gray Lag G. is almost three feet in length from the ...
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... origin of this famous knot was as follows : Gordius , a Phrygian peasant , was once ploughing in his fields , when an eagle settled on his yoke of oxen , and remained till the labour of the day was over . Surprised at so wonderful a ...
... origin of this famous knot was as follows : Gordius , a Phrygian peasant , was once ploughing in his fields , when an eagle settled on his yoke of oxen , and remained till the labour of the day was over . Surprised at so wonderful a ...
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... origin of the Memoirs corresponds with the origin of the Gospels -viz . , that two were written by apostles , and two by companions of the apostles . ( 2 ) The extreme improbability that there could have been other books besides the ...
... origin of the Memoirs corresponds with the origin of the Gospels -viz . , that two were written by apostles , and two by companions of the apostles . ( 2 ) The extreme improbability that there could have been other books besides the ...
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... origin in the 1st c . , and as the records work of the Gospels . It is to be remembered that of a life and death witnessed by the apostles , is the apostles were promised that the Holy Spirit -whatever difficulties it may present - the ...
... origin in the 1st c . , and as the records work of the Gospels . It is to be remembered that of a life and death witnessed by the apostles , is the apostles were promised that the Holy Spirit -whatever difficulties it may present - the ...
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... Origin . The origin of Gothic architecture has given rise to many very ingenious speculations . It has been said that the style was copied directly from nature ; that the pointed arches and groins of the vaults were imitated from the ...
... Origin . The origin of Gothic architecture has given rise to many very ingenious speculations . It has been said that the style was copied directly from nature ; that the pointed arches and groins of the vaults were imitated from the ...
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Стр. 125 - no action shall be brought whereby to charge any executor or administrator upon any special promise to answer damages out of his own estate ; or whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person...
Стр. 39 - And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
Стр. 176 - To bereave a man of life, or by violence to confiscate his estate, without accusation or trial,• would be so gross and notorious an act of despotism, as must at once convey the alarm of tyranny throughout the whole...
Стр. 86 - Florence), and a protracted discussion took place, the chief points of which were the procession of the Holy Ghost from the Father and the Son...
Стр. 106 - December one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, no irregular marriage contracted in Scotland by declaration, acknowledgment, or ceremony shall be valid, unless one of the parties had at the date thereof his or her usual place of residence there, or had lived in Scotland for twenty-one days next preceding such marriage ; any law, custom, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.
Стр. 119 - And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
Стр. 51 - Tenure by grand serjeanty is, where a man holds his lands or tenements of our sovereign lord the king, by such services as he ought to do in his proper person to the king, as to carry the banner of the king, or his lance, or to lead his army, or to be his marshal, or to carry his sword before him at his coronation, or to be his sewer at his coronation, or his carver, or his butler, or to be one of his chamberlains of the receipt of his exchequer, or to do other like services, &c.
Стр. 17 - We have not received," saith Irenaeus, " the knowledge of the way of our salvation by any others than those by whom the gospel has been brought to us. Which gospel they first preached, and afterwards, by the will of God, committed to writing, that it might be for time to come the foundation and pillar of our faith.
Стр. 73 - Ireland; and that the royal style and titles appertaining to the imperial crown of the said united kingdom and its dependencies ; and also the ensigns, armorial flags, and banners thereof, shall be such as his Majesty, by his royal proclamation under the great seal of the united kingdom, shall be pleased to appoint.
Стр. 176 - But the happiness of our Constitution is, that it is not left to the Executive power to determine when the danger of the State is so [301] great, as to render this measure expedient.