The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Teil 2,Band 19Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... given to those British settlements in North America , situated between 43 ° and 46 ° lat . N. and between 60 ° and 67 ° long . W. , bounded by the St. Laurence on the north , by the gulf of St. Laurence and the Atlantic Ocean on the ...
... given to those British settlements in North America , situated between 43 ° and 46 ° lat . N. and between 60 ° and 67 ° long . W. , bounded by the St. Laurence on the north , by the gulf of St. Laurence and the Atlantic Ocean on the ...
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... given the appellation of Scots to the ancestors of the Scot- tish nation . At what time the inhabitants of the west of Scotland became distinguished by this name is uncertain . Porphyrius the philosopher is the first who mentions them ...
... given the appellation of Scots to the ancestors of the Scot- tish nation . At what time the inhabitants of the west of Scotland became distinguished by this name is uncertain . Porphyrius the philosopher is the first who mentions them ...
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... given himself up to sensuality in a manner al- most incredible , being guilty of incontinence not only with women of all ranks , but even with his own sisters and daughters . The people in the mean time were fleeced to support the ...
... given himself up to sensuality in a manner al- most incredible , being guilty of incontinence not only with women of all ranks , but even with his own sisters and daughters . The people in the mean time were fleeced to support the ...
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... given it to Robert Cummin one of his Nor- man barons ; but the Northumbrians having joined Gospatric , and received the Danes as their countrymen , murdered Cummin and all his followers at Durham . After this they laid siege to the ...
... given it to Robert Cummin one of his Nor- man barons ; but the Northumbrians having joined Gospatric , and received the Danes as their countrymen , murdered Cummin and all his followers at Durham . After this they laid siege to the ...
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... given occasion to the English historians to assert , that Edgar held the kingdom of Scotland as a feudatory of Henry . A seal has been forged of Edgar sitting on horseback , with a sword in his right hand , and a shield on his left arm ...
... given occasion to the English historians to assert , that Edgar held the kingdom of Scotland as a feudatory of Henry . A seal has been forged of Edgar sitting on horseback , with a sword in his right hand , and a shield on his left arm ...
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Seite 635 - But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of me : And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
Seite 677 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
Seite 594 - I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen : but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. 19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
Seite 743 - Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff : you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search.
Seite 596 - Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer ; For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
Seite 628 - Matthew then, among the Jews, wrote a Gospel in their own language, while Peter and Paul were preaching the Gospel at Rome, and founding a church there : and after their exit...
Seite 582 - Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Seite 594 - Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
Seite 604 - And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.
Seite 603 - We entertain a suspicion concerning any matter of fact when the witnesses contradict each other, when they are but few or of a doubtful character, when they have an interest in what they affirm, when they deliver their testimony with hesitation, or, on the contrary, with too violent asseverations. There are many other particulars of the same kind which may diminish or destroy the force of any argument derived from human testimony.