The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, 2. köideDodd, Mead, 1890 |
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... king of Kent , whose wife Bertha , daughter of the king of the Parisians , was a Christian , and retained a Frankish bishop in her suite as chaplain . A residence was assigned to them at Canterbury , then called Durovernum , where they ...
... king of Kent , whose wife Bertha , daughter of the king of the Parisians , was a Christian , and retained a Frankish bishop in her suite as chaplain . A residence was assigned to them at Canterbury , then called Durovernum , where they ...
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... king of Poland , second son of the elector , John George III . , and of the Danish princess , Anna Sophia , was born at Dresden in 1670. His extraordinary strength was developed by a careful physical education , and his mental faculties ...
... king of Poland , second son of the elector , John George III . , and of the Danish princess , Anna Sophia , was born at Dresden in 1670. His extraordinary strength was developed by a careful physical education , and his mental faculties ...
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... king of Poland . AUGUSTUS FREDERICK , 1773-1843 , Prince of Great Britain and Ireland , duke of Sussex , sixth son of Gcorge III . At Rome he married Lady Augusta Murray , daughter of the earl of Dunmore , a Roman Catholic ; but the ...
... king of Poland . AUGUSTUS FREDERICK , 1773-1843 , Prince of Great Britain and Ireland , duke of Sussex , sixth son of Gcorge III . At Rome he married Lady Augusta Murray , daughter of the earl of Dunmore , a Roman Catholic ; but the ...
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... King Sound DAMPIER LAND Chambers Gulf Stuart July 186 HIGH , TABLE NORTHERN Daly R Over PROVIDENCE HILL Fitzmaurice R. ictoria Land Wickham R. MT.BAINES N MT.WOLLA STUART L.We O Gregory 1856 Victoria O MT.MÜLLER MT.WILSON MC DOLE ...
... King Sound DAMPIER LAND Chambers Gulf Stuart July 186 HIGH , TABLE NORTHERN Daly R Over PROVIDENCE HILL Fitzmaurice R. ictoria Land Wickham R. MT.BAINES N MT.WOLLA STUART L.We O Gregory 1856 Victoria O MT.MÜLLER MT.WILSON MC DOLE ...
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... KINGS 1 . MELBOURNE Brighton Gipps Western C.Grim Port Alberton I F I ( To Auckland , New Zealand 1130 Miles Shoalhaven R. Jervis B. Sussex Haven Bateman B. Land L.King Curner Inlet C.Wilson STRAIT HUNTER I. KENT IS . Launceston ...
... KINGS 1 . MELBOURNE Brighton Gipps Western C.Grim Port Alberton I F I ( To Auckland , New Zealand 1130 Miles Shoalhaven R. Jervis B. Sussex Haven Bateman B. Land L.King Curner Inlet C.Wilson STRAIT HUNTER I. KENT IS . Launceston ...
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Page 199 - And ye are complete in Him, which is the head of all principality and power; in whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ; buried with Him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with Him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised Him from the dead.
Page 414 - In 1836, he was elected Professor of Surgery in the university of Edinburgh. He was a fellow of the Royal Societies of London and Edinburgh, and a member of some other learned bodies.
Page 26 - That young lady had a talent for describing the involvements and feelings and characters of ordinary life, which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. The Big Bow-wow strain I can do myself like any now going ; but the exquisite touch, which renders ordinary commonplace things and characters interesting, from the truth of the description and the sentiment, is denied to me.
Page 307 - The general law of the land is in favor of the wager of battle, and it is our duty to pronounce the law as it is, and not as we may wish it to be. Whatever prejudices, therefore, may justly exist against this mode of trial, still, as it is the law of the land, the court must pronounce judgment for it.
Page 341 - Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously wound or inflict any grievous bodily Harm upon any other Person, either with or without any Weapon or Instrument...
Page 341 - ... seven years, or to be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, in the common gaol or house of correction, for any term not exceeding two years; and if a male, to be once, twice, or thrice, publicly or privately whipped (if the Court shall so think fit), in addition to such imprisonment...
Page 412 - How soft the music of those village bells, Falling at intervals upon the ear In cadence sweet, now dying all away, Now pealing loud again, and louder still, Clear and sonorous, as the gale comes on ! With easy force it opens all the cells Where Memory slept.
Page 341 - That whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously administer to or cause to be administered to or taken by any other person any poison or other destructive or noxious thing so as thereby to endanger the life of such person, or so as thereby to inflict upon such person any grievous bodily harm, shall be guilty of felony...
Page 122 - He further says, that all the while he was in prison, he seemed so composed and cheerful, that his behaviour looked like the reviving of the spirit of the noblest of the old Greeks or Romans, or rather of the primitive Christians, and first Martyrs in those best days of the Church.
Page 117 - ... of adding and justifying special bail, discharging insolvent debtors, administering oaths, receiving declarations required by statute, hearing and deciding upon matters on motion, and making rules and orders in causes and business depending in 'the court to which such judge shall belong, in the same manner and with the same force and validity as may be done by the court sitting in Bane.