Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 7. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 448
... ancient English customs . FRANK Almoigne , ( libera eleemofyna ) , or " free alms ; " a tenure of a spiritual nature , whereby a re- ligious corporation , aggregate or fole , holdeth lands of the donor to them and their fucceffors for ...
... ancient English customs . FRANK Almoigne , ( libera eleemofyna ) , or " free alms ; " a tenure of a spiritual nature , whereby a re- ligious corporation , aggregate or fole , holdeth lands of the donor to them and their fucceffors for ...
Page 462
... ancient Tufculum . Afcending towards the plain , two miles on the right- hand , you find the famous abbey of Grotta Ferrata , belonging to the monks of St Bafil , and fituated on the ruins of Cicero's houfe . The virgin Mary of the ...
... ancient Tufculum . Afcending towards the plain , two miles on the right- hand , you find the famous abbey of Grotta Ferrata , belonging to the monks of St Bafil , and fituated on the ruins of Cicero's houfe . The virgin Mary of the ...
Page 502
... ancient Chriftians teftified their abhorrence of the Pagan custom of burning the dead ; and always depo- fited the body entire in the ground : and it was ufual to bestow the honour of embalming upon at least , if not upon others . the ...
... ancient Chriftians teftified their abhorrence of the Pagan custom of burning the dead ; and always depo- fited the body entire in the ground : and it was ufual to bestow the honour of embalming upon at least , if not upon others . the ...
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