The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General LiteratureWerner Company, 1895 |
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... passed from the legislative chambers to the courts of law . In some of the States of the American Union the judicial functions of the upper house are still maintained after the example of the English constitution as it existed when ...
... passed from the legislative chambers to the courts of law . In some of the States of the American Union the judicial functions of the upper house are still maintained after the example of the English constitution as it existed when ...
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... passing of the Reform Act of 1832 has been one of great legislative activity . In no former period has legislation ... passed a few years ago , has abolished the criminal character of the breach of the contract of service , except in a ...
... passing of the Reform Act of 1832 has been one of great legislative activity . In no former period has legislation ... passed a few years ago , has abolished the criminal character of the breach of the contract of service , except in a ...
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... passed to Queen's College , Cambridge ; and shortly after quitting the university , while making the " grand tour " abroad , he became private secretary to the British minister in Sicily , in which capacity he not only acquired much use ...
... passed to Queen's College , Cambridge ; and shortly after quitting the university , while making the " grand tour " abroad , he became private secretary to the British minister in Sicily , in which capacity he not only acquired much use ...
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... passing out of use , and the original force of those that were retained being gradually forgotten . Prepositions are ... passed into a preposition . The same process of transformation is still going on in English , where we can say ...
... passing out of use , and the original force of those that were retained being gradually forgotten . Prepositions are ... passed into a preposition . The same process of transformation is still going on in English , where we can say ...
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... passed over into Europe before them . The second epoch of migration from the Phrygian high- Second lands appears to have been one by which single Hellenic epoch . tribes , with special gifts and qualities , were carried forth to become ...
... passed over into Europe before them . The second epoch of migration from the Phrygian high- Second lands appears to have been one by which single Hellenic epoch . tribes , with special gifts and qualities , were carried forth to become ...
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