Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, 10. köideW. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1896 |
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... ment . Seven of these preside one each over seven public departments ( justice , foreign affairs , interior , finance , war , navy , and ecclesiastical affairs ) . The king shares the legislative power with the parlia- ment ( riksdag ) ...
... ment . Seven of these preside one each over seven public departments ( justice , foreign affairs , interior , finance , war , navy , and ecclesiastical affairs ) . The king shares the legislative power with the parlia- ment ( riksdag ) ...
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... ment of the finances , and the furtherance of educa- tion . An agitation for a constitutional reform , which purposed to replace the old diet of four estates by a dírectly elected parliament , was begun in this reign . But it was not ...
... ment of the finances , and the furtherance of educa- tion . An agitation for a constitutional reform , which purposed to replace the old diet of four estates by a dírectly elected parliament , was begun in this reign . But it was not ...
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... ment . The Tories , on the other hand , were full of civility and deference , and longed to win his pungent pen to their cause . Moreover , Swift was personally attracted by the character of Harley , the Lord Treasurer , and a warm ...
... ment . The Tories , on the other hand , were full of civility and deference , and longed to win his pungent pen to their cause . Moreover , Swift was personally attracted by the character of Harley , the Lord Treasurer , and a warm ...
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... ment was transferred to a point about 7 miles 1.Sydney Cove 2. Farm Cove 3. Woolloomooloo B. 4. Botanical Gardens Cockaton 5. St. Andrew's Cath 6. Railway Terminus 7. Sydney University Victoria Park St.Leonards Goat Bradle Shnstone rmon ...
... ment was transferred to a point about 7 miles 1.Sydney Cove 2. Farm Cove 3. Woolloomooloo B. 4. Botanical Gardens Cockaton 5. St. Andrew's Cath 6. Railway Terminus 7. Sydney University Victoria Park St.Leonards Goat Bradle Shnstone rmon ...
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... ment , the special tendencies of the age and their bearing upon him . These supply the key to the fundamental quality - the faculté maîtresse of the author , which , once grasped , the critical judg . ment is complete and unassailable ...
... ment , the special tendencies of the age and their bearing upon him . These supply the key to the fundamental quality - the faculté maîtresse of the author , which , once grasped , the critical judg . ment is complete and unassailable ...
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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...
Page 128 - When all is done, (he concludes,) human life is at the greatest and the best but like a froward child, that must be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over.
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.