The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge, 9. köideCharles Knight, 1838 |
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... France , after the overthrow of Robespierre and his associates . [ COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY . ] By this constitution the legislative power was entrusted to two councils , one of five hundred members , and the other called ' des ...
... France , after the overthrow of Robespierre and his associates . [ COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY . ] By this constitution the legislative power was entrusted to two councils , one of five hundred members , and the other called ' des ...
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... France , it would be improper to practise it to any extent in those of England . The system has been fairly tried in the garden of the London Horticultural Society , but has long since been discontinued . sulting fractions of a foot ...
... France , it would be improper to practise it to any extent in those of England . The system has been fairly tried in the garden of the London Horticultural Society , but has long since been discontinued . sulting fractions of a foot ...
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... France , and Switzerland : the old birds are never seen there . ( Temm ick . ) It is a rather rare visitant to these islands , especially to the Exceeding southward . Lesson arranges the genus Cephus Moehring , Cuvier ; Colymbus , Linn ...
... France , and Switzerland : the old birds are never seen there . ( Temm ick . ) It is a rather rare visitant to these islands , especially to the Exceeding southward . Lesson arranges the genus Cephus Moehring , Cuvier ; Colymbus , Linn ...
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... France . in the most polished ages of the Roman republic , though , I was too great . The Code Napoleon accordingly restricted as has been said , it was unknown in its early history . The the liberty , but still allowed either party to ...
... France . in the most polished ages of the Roman republic , though , I was too great . The Code Napoleon accordingly restricted as has been said , it was unknown in its early history . The the liberty , but still allowed either party to ...
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... France , in the department of Haute Marne , on the right north bank of the Marne , and on the road from Paris by Meaux and Châlons to Bar le Duc , Nancy , and Strasburg . It is 118 miles east by south of Paris in a straight line , or ...
... France , in the department of Haute Marne , on the right north bank of the Marne , and on the road from Paris by Meaux and Châlons to Bar le Duc , Nancy , and Strasburg . It is 118 miles east by south of Paris in a straight line , or ...
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Page 42 - He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
Page 42 - When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her : then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give to It in her hand, and send her out of his house.
Page 143 - ... if that indeed can be called composition in which all the images rose up before him as things, with a parallel production of the correspondent expressions, without any sensation or consciousness of effort.
Page 59 - An Epistolary Discourse, proving, from the Scriptures and the first Fathers, that the Soul is a Principle naturally mortal, but immortalized actually by the pleasure of God, to Punishment, or to Reward, by its Union with the Divine Baptismal Spirit. Wherein is proved, that none have the Power of giving this Divine Immortalizing Spirit, since the Apostles, but only the Bishops.
Page 296 - ... and used to meet with them to pray together. I experienced I know not what kind of delight in religion. My mind was much engaged in it, and had much self-righteous pleasure; and it was my delight to abound in religious duties. I with some of my schoolmates joined together, and built a booth in a swamp, in a very retired spot, for a place of prayer.
Page 33 - States, or any domestic or domestic servant of any such ambassador or other public minister, may be arrested or imprisoned, or his or their goods or chattels...
Page 296 - ... extraordinary influence of God's Spirit in it; but only that now I saw further, and my reason apprehended the justice and reasonableness of it. However, my mind rested in it; and it put an end to all those cavils and objections. And there has been a wonderful alteration in my mind, with respect to the doctrine of God's sovereignty, from that day to this...
Page 296 - ... From my childhood up, my mind had been full of objections against the doctrine of God's sovereignty, in choosing whom he would to eternal life, and rejecting whom he pleased; leaving them eternally to perish, and be everlastingly tormented in hell. It used to appear like a horrible doctrine to me.
Page 168 - University," under the style and title of the " College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity near Dublin, founded by Queen Elizabeth.
Page 243 - Company, should be deemed a betrayer of the rights and liberties of the commons of England, and an infringer of the privileges of the house of commons.