The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 20. köideLittle, Brown, 1886 |
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Page 150
... Quakers refused to pay all church rates , tithes , and other ecclesiastical demands . To the year 1875 they maintained the same objection against tithe - rent charge , and then abandoned it . The Quakers deny the lawfulness for a ...
... Quakers refused to pay all church rates , tithes , and other ecclesiastical demands . To the year 1875 they maintained the same objection against tithe - rent charge , and then abandoned it . The Quakers deny the lawfulness for a ...
Page 151
... Quakers may attend and take part in any of these meetings . This system is double , each meeting of “ men Friends " having its counterpart in a meeting of " women Friends " ; and they usually meet at the same time , and join together in ...
... Quakers may attend and take part in any of these meetings . This system is double , each meeting of “ men Friends " having its counterpart in a meeting of " women Friends " ; and they usually meet at the same time , and join together in ...
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... Quakers , and in 1678 Fenwick with a large company of not to any considerable extent been used as a means of bringing proselytes within the body . Quakerism in Scotland . - Quakerism was preached in Scotland very soon after its rise in ...
... Quakers , and in 1678 Fenwick with a large company of not to any considerable extent been used as a means of bringing proselytes within the body . Quakerism in Scotland . - Quakerism was preached in Scotland very soon after its rise in ...
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... Quakers emigrated from England to America . The most noteworthy incidents in their history are the part which they have taken in that movement which has ended in the abolition of slavery in the United States and the interest which they ...
... Quakers emigrated from England to America . The most noteworthy incidents in their history are the part which they have taken in that movement which has ended in the abolition of slavery in the United States and the interest which they ...
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... Quakers in poor circumstances , and gave him very little education . Aided solely by his own talent for exact science , he made considerable progress , and attracted so much notice that he was introduced to Pemberton , who befriended ...
... Quakers in poor circumstances , and gave him very little education . Aided solely by his own talent for exact science , he made considerable progress , and attracted so much notice that he was introduced to Pemberton , who befriended ...
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