Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, 10. köideW. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1896 |
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... Persia to many parts of India and Ceylon . It is supposed to breed in the extreme south of Africa , where it is common . It builds in high rocks , sometimes in steeples , notably in the cathedral at Bern . It is larger than the common ...
... Persia to many parts of India and Ceylon . It is supposed to breed in the extreme south of Africa , where it is common . It builds in high rocks , sometimes in steeples , notably in the cathedral at Bern . It is larger than the common ...
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... Persian empire ; and two centuries later it was conquered by Alex- SYRTIS 337 ander of Macedon . When his empire broke to pieces the Seleucida ( q . v . ) made Antioch the capital of their empire of Syria . From the Seleucidæ it passed ...
... Persian empire ; and two centuries later it was conquered by Alex- SYRTIS 337 ander of Macedon . When his empire broke to pieces the Seleucida ( q . v . ) made Antioch the capital of their empire of Syria . From the Seleucidæ it passed ...
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... Persia or Iran ( 3000 ) , Mysore ( 4000 to 5000 ) . Deccan ( 1500 to 2000 ) , Tibet ( 12,000 to 17,000 ) , and Chinese Tartary ( 3000 to 4300 ) . Table Mountain . See CAPETOWN . Table - turning , a phenomenen attributed , with other ...
... Persia or Iran ( 3000 ) , Mysore ( 4000 to 5000 ) . Deccan ( 1500 to 2000 ) , Tibet ( 12,000 to 17,000 ) , and Chinese Tartary ( 3000 to 4300 ) . Table Mountain . See CAPETOWN . Table - turning , a phenomenen attributed , with other ...
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... Persia , capital of the province of Azerbijan , 40 miles E. of Lake Urumiali , and on the Aji , which flows south - west into that lake . The interesting ruin , Kabúd Masjid , or blue mosque ' ( dating from 1450 ) , is in part covered ...
... Persia , capital of the province of Azerbijan , 40 miles E. of Lake Urumiali , and on the Aji , which flows south - west into that lake . The interesting ruin , Kabúd Masjid , or blue mosque ' ( dating from 1450 ) , is in part covered ...
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... Persians . According to Eschylus , the Greeks were drawn up in one line , while the Persians were in three , but so crowded together that the ships had not room to manœuvre properly ; the attack of the Greeks was so impetuous that the ...
... Persians . According to Eschylus , the Greeks were drawn up in one line , while the Persians were in three , but so crowded together that the ships had not room to manœuvre properly ; the attack of the Greeks was so impetuous that the ...
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Page 286 - Faith is this : that we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity, neither confounding the Persons, nor dividing the substance. For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one ; the glory equal, the majesty coeternal.
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Page 264 - Christ : and that there is made a conversion of the whole substance of the bread into the body, and of the whole substance of the wine into the blood ; which conversion the Catholic Church calls Transubstantiation.
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Page 2 - God-dam ! elle vous sangle un soufflet de crocheteur : preuve qu'elle entend. Les Anglais, à la vérité, ajoutent, par-ci par-là, quelques autres mots en conversant; mais il est bien aisé de voir que God-dam est le fond de la langue ; et si monseigneur n'a pas d'autre motif de me laisser en Espagne...
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Page 21 - ... years. No one is bound to pay taxes specially appropriated to defraying the expenses of a creed to which he does not belong. The free exercise of worship is guaranteed within the limits compatible with public order and proper behaviour.