Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, 10. köideW. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1896 |
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... four ; Zeno , by the caper ; Socrates used mild oaths , as ' By the dog , ' and Aristophanes tells of a time when no men swore by the gods , but all by birds . The Romans used Mehercule , ' ' Medius Fidius , ' ' Edepol , ' ' Ecastor ...
... four ; Zeno , by the caper ; Socrates used mild oaths , as ' By the dog , ' and Aristophanes tells of a time when no men swore by the gods , but all by birds . The Romans used Mehercule , ' ' Medius Fidius , ' ' Edepol , ' ' Ecastor ...
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... four aldermen died within one week ; and the disease for the most part seized as its victims robust and vigorous men . It lasted in London from the 21st of September to the end of October , during which short period ' many thousands ...
... four aldermen died within one week ; and the disease for the most part seized as its victims robust and vigorous men . It lasted in London from the 21st of September to the end of October , during which short period ' many thousands ...
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... four river - basins - those of the Rhine , the Rhone , the Inn , and the Ticino , a tributary of the Po . The Confederation is bounded on the S. by a part of the main chain of the Eastern Alps , running from south - west to north - east ...
... four river - basins - those of the Rhine , the Rhone , the Inn , and the Ticino , a tributary of the Po . The Confederation is bounded on the S. by a part of the main chain of the Eastern Alps , running from south - west to north - east ...
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... four ; and the Landsturm , consisting of men from seventeen to fifty not incorporated in the two former classes . Every Swiss keeps his rifle and kit , and in the case of a cavalry soldier his horse , at his own home . Cavalry recruits ...
... four ; and the Landsturm , consisting of men from seventeen to fifty not incorporated in the two former classes . Every Swiss keeps his rifle and kit , and in the case of a cavalry soldier his horse , at his own home . Cavalry recruits ...
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... four and a fragment of the fifth are extant . Tacitus is at his strongest in this narrative . His material was drawn from contemporary experience ; and though the imperial archives were closed to him , he had at command the personal ...
... four and a fragment of the fifth are extant . Tacitus is at his strongest in this narrative . His material was drawn from contemporary experience ; and though the imperial archives were closed to him , he had at command the personal ...
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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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