The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge, 9. köideCharles Knight, 1838 |
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... called Asteraceae ) , from which it differs in the ovule being pendulous instead of erect , in the embryo being inverted , in the anthers being distinct , not syngenesious , and in the corolla having an imbricated , not valvate ¿stiva ...
... called Asteraceae ) , from which it differs in the ovule being pendulous instead of erect , in the embryo being inverted , in the anthers being distinct , not syngenesious , and in the corolla having an imbricated , not valvate ¿stiva ...
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... called ' des anciens , ' consisting of 250 members . The election was graduated : every primary or communal assembly chose an elector , and the electors thus chosen assembled in their respective departments to choose the members for the ...
... called ' des anciens , ' consisting of 250 members . The election was graduated : every primary or communal assembly chose an elector , and the electors thus chosen assembled in their respective departments to choose the members for the ...
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... called a governor , who is entitled to have at least one patient always on the books ; a person who sub- scribes a larger amount in one sum is called a life - governor , who may have two or more patients on the list . The me- dicines ...
... called a governor , who is entitled to have at least one patient always on the books ; a person who sub- scribes a larger amount in one sum is called a life - governor , who may have two or more patients on the list . The me- dicines ...
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... called the spectrum ; and that angle of the prism BAC the sides containing which , BA , AC , have been traversed by the ray D E F G is called the refracting angle of the prism . Suppose , now , that a small orifice O is made in the ...
... called the spectrum ; and that angle of the prism BAC the sides containing which , BA , AC , have been traversed by the ray D E F G is called the refracting angle of the prism . Suppose , now , that a small orifice O is made in the ...
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... called phragmata or spurious dissepiments , as in the cathar- ning to appreciate its great importance and its signal utility . DISSEISIN . [ SEISIN . ] y taken Instruc f a fruit stituent ternate ear this. as all the other bodies of ...
... called phragmata or spurious dissepiments , as in the cathar- ning to appreciate its great importance and its signal utility . DISSEISIN . [ SEISIN . ] y taken Instruc f a fruit stituent ternate ear this. as all the other bodies of ...
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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.