Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, 10. köideW. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1896 |
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... sometimes in steeples , notably in the cathedral at Bern . It is larger than the common swift , and has a louder note and flies more powerfully . The Needle - tailed Swift ( Acanthylis caudacuta ) , an Asiatic species , has been twice ...
... sometimes in steeples , notably in the cathedral at Bern . It is larger than the common swift , and has a louder note and flies more powerfully . The Needle - tailed Swift ( Acanthylis caudacuta ) , an Asiatic species , has been twice ...
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... sometimes at Dublin and sometimes at a place she had inherited at Cel- bridge . Whether Swift was married to Stella ' or not ( and there is no satisfactory evidence for the alleged marriage in 1716 ) , the presence of Vanessa ' in ...
... sometimes at Dublin and sometimes at a place she had inherited at Cel- bridge . Whether Swift was married to Stella ' or not ( and there is no satisfactory evidence for the alleged marriage in 1716 ) , the presence of Vanessa ' in ...
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... sometimes measuring 12 to 15 feet in length . The sword , which may be over 3 feet long , is formed from a compressed pro- ing to a fine point - longation of the upper jaw , and is often strong came into use in the enough to stab whales ...
... sometimes measuring 12 to 15 feet in length . The sword , which may be over 3 feet long , is formed from a compressed pro- ing to a fine point - longation of the upper jaw , and is often strong came into use in the enough to stab whales ...
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... sometimes used of arbitrary or other conventional marks ( as of letters of the alphabet , numbers , & c . ) which SYME 31 greatly abbreviate methods of scientific expression , as in algebra and mathematics , and especially in chemistry ...
... sometimes used of arbitrary or other conventional marks ( as of letters of the alphabet , numbers , & c . ) which SYME 31 greatly abbreviate methods of scientific expression , as in algebra and mathematics , and especially in chemistry ...
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... sometimes disappears , as in anvil or petty . A t followed by i or y may lapse into the sound of sh , as in nation ; or if followed by u , sounded as iu , it may become tsh , as in nature . A final e may also become tch , as in thatch ...
... sometimes disappears , as in anvil or petty . A t followed by i or y may lapse into the sound of sh , as in nation ; or if followed by u , sounded as iu , it may become tsh , as in nature . A final e may also become tch , as in thatch ...
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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 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.
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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.