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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... miles N.W. | in every mesgeed or synagogue . Various pagan observances of Freetown in Sierra Leone , at the foot of the Kon- kodugor , and on the Fala River , a tributary of the Little Scarcies . It was founded by the Sulimas , who ...
... miles N.W. | in every mesgeed or synagogue . Various pagan observances of Freetown in Sierra Leone , at the foot of the Kon- kodugor , and on the Fala River , a tributary of the Little Scarcies . It was founded by the Sulimas , who ...
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... miles W. by N. from Edinburgh by rail , is situated on a decliv- ity which overlooks the expanse of fertile country called the Carse of Falkirk . The town consists of one wide street , with a number of narrow streets and lanes branching ...
... miles W. by N. from Edinburgh by rail , is situated on a decliv- ity which overlooks the expanse of fertile country called the Carse of Falkirk . The town consists of one wide street , with a number of narrow streets and lanes branching ...
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... miles N. of the town , and is celebrated for its iron - works . Though Falkirk is not itself a manufacturing town , yet in the neighborhood there are extensive works of various kinds . In addition to the Carron iron - works there is the ...
... miles N. of the town , and is celebrated for its iron - works . Though Falkirk is not itself a manufacturing town , yet in the neighborhood there are extensive works of various kinds . In addition to the Carron iron - works there is the ...
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... miles S. of Boston . The Fall river , which here joins the Taunton , has a descent of 130 feet in less than half a ... miles N.N.E. of Lizard Point , and 267 miles W.S.W. of London . The town con- | ... hardly be discerned from ...
... miles S. of Boston . The Fall river , which here joins the Taunton , has a descent of 130 feet in less than half a ... miles N.N.E. of Lizard Point , and 267 miles W.S.W. of London . The town con- | ... hardly be discerned from ...
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... mile in width , and it thence stretches inland about five and a half miles . It has depth of water and excellent anchorage for the largest ships , and vessels of considerable burden can discharge their cargoes at the quay . In 1876 the ...
... mile in width , and it thence stretches inland about five and a half miles . It has depth of water and excellent anchorage for the largest ships , and vessels of considerable burden can discharge their cargoes at the quay . In 1876 the ...
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Page 24 - 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 45 - 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 256 - 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 241 - 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 266 - 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 78 - 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 43 - 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 125 - 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 125 - 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...