The New Werner Twentieth Century Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature, Science, History, Geography, Commerce, Biography, Discovery and Invention, 9. köideWerner Company, 1907 |
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... land at the north - eastern extremity of the island . Port Louis , until lately the seat of government , is at the head of Berkeley Sound , but the anchorage there having been found rather too exposed , about the year 1844 a town was ...
... land at the north - eastern extremity of the island . Port Louis , until lately the seat of government , is at the head of Berkeley Sound , but the anchorage there having been found rather too exposed , about the year 1844 a town was ...
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... land Sound . Mount Maria , at the back of Port Howard , is 2270 feet high . In 1867 there were no settlers on the west island , and Government issued a proclamation offering leases of grazing - stations on very moderate terms . In 1868 ...
... land Sound . Mount Maria , at the back of Port Howard , is 2270 feet high . In 1867 there were no settlers on the west island , and Government issued a proclamation offering leases of grazing - stations on very moderate terms . In 1868 ...
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... Land's End . For about 150 years it was the port from which the mail packets for the Mediterranean , Spain , the West Indies , and South America were despatched ; and though these steamers now start from other ports it maintains steam ...
... Land's End . For about 150 years it was the port from which the mail packets for the Mediterranean , Spain , the West Indies , and South America were despatched ; and though these steamers now start from other ports it maintains steam ...
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... land was darkened ; and they did eat every herb of the land , and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left ; and there remained not any green in the trees , or in the herbs of the field , through all the land of Egypt . " The ...
... land was darkened ; and they did eat every herb of the land , and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left ; and there remained not any green in the trees , or in the herbs of the field , through all the land of Egypt . " The ...
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... land revenue , which in 1850 amounted to £ 3803 paid by 448 proprietors , had increased in 1870-71 to £ 27,263 , derived from 3126 proprietors . The regular police force con- sisted in 1871 of 341 officers and men , costing £ 6425 . A ...
... land revenue , which in 1850 amounted to £ 3803 paid by 448 proprietors , had increased in 1870-71 to £ 27,263 , derived from 3126 proprietors . The regular police force con- sisted in 1871 of 341 officers and men , costing £ 6425 . A ...
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Page 22 - For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened ; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field through all the land of Egypt.
Page 43 - HOLY Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an Article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 254 - And the flax and the barley was smitten : for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was boiled. But the wheat and the rye were not smitten ; for they were not grown up.
Page 240 - Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
Page 264 - I knew a very wise man that believed that if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.
Page 76 - No sculptured marble here, nor pompous lay, ' No storied urn nor animated bust ;' This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way To pour her sorrows o'er her poet's dust.
Page 41 - Ascension- Day. Pentecost. St. Matthias. St. John Baptist. St. Peter. St. James. St. Bartholomew. St. Matthew. St. Simon and St. Jude. St. Andrew. St. Thomas.
Page 123 - Our immortal Fielding was of the younger branch of the Earls of Denbigh, who drew their origin from the Counts of Hapsburg, the lineal descendants of Eltrico, in the seventh century Duke of Alsace.
Page 123 - Hapsburg: the former, the knights and sheriffs of Leicestershire, have slowly risen to the dignity of a peerage; the latter, the Emperors of Germany and Kings of Spain, have threatened the liberty of the old, and invaded the treasures of the new world. The successors of Charles the Fifth may disdain their brethren of England; but the romance of Tom Jones...