Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, 10. köideW. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1896 |
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... feet and maximum of 1240 feet . Fully two - thirds of the entire surface lies lower than 800 feet , and one- third lower than 300 feet , above sea - level . By far the greater portion of Sweden is built up of crystalline gneisses and ...
... feet and maximum of 1240 feet . Fully two - thirds of the entire surface lies lower than 800 feet , and one- third lower than 300 feet , above sea - level . By far the greater portion of Sweden is built up of crystalline gneisses and ...
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... feet . Geology . The geological structure , assisted by denudation , gives the country its picturesque character . In the south the chain of the Western and Central Alps consists of a series of crystalline masses lying south - west and ...
... feet . Geology . The geological structure , assisted by denudation , gives the country its picturesque character . In the south the chain of the Western and Central Alps consists of a series of crystalline masses lying south - west and ...
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... feet long , 390 wide across the tran- sept , and 175 feet high , the height of the two water - towers being 282 feet . The chief arts and sciences illustrated by the collections within the Palace and grounds are Sculpture , Architec ...
... feet long , 390 wide across the tran- sept , and 175 feet high , the height of the two water - towers being 282 feet . The chief arts and sciences illustrated by the collections within the Palace and grounds are Sculpture , Architec ...
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... feet in the north up to 10,000 feet in the central parts , but falling again in the south to 3500 feet . Behind these mountains lies a table- land , that gradually falls away eastwards to the desert . The separate districts of Syria ...
... feet in the north up to 10,000 feet in the central parts , but falling again in the south to 3500 feet . Behind these mountains lies a table- land , that gradually falls away eastwards to the desert . The separate districts of Syria ...
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... feet high ; in place of St George ; and on his day , May 12 , its noble round keep is a room where Mary Queen 1789 ... feet , over the bar at the river - mouth , and permit ships drawing 24 feet to enter ; at the entrance is an iron ...
... feet high ; in place of St George ; and on his day , May 12 , its noble round keep is a room where Mary Queen 1789 ... feet , over the bar at the river - mouth , and permit ships drawing 24 feet to enter ; at the entrance is an iron ...
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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.
Page 218 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
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.
Page 279 - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with a seat in the Cabinet.
Page 185 - I left the woods for as good a reason as I went there. Perhaps it seemed to me that I had several more lives to live, and could not spare any more time for that one.
Page 191 - I would prepare myself for no man in England but Lord Thurlow. When I am to meet with him, I should wish to know a day before.
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 270 - ... or their measures or counsels, or in order to put any force or constraint upon, or to intimidate or overawe both houses, or either house of parliament...
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.