The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge, 9. köideCharles Knight, 1838 |
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Page 75
... river of European Russia , and in nexions or by merit and popularity , and he mercilessly the latter part of its course the boundary between Europe sacrificed many to his fears , while his avarice led him to put and Asia . It rises ...
... river of European Russia , and in nexions or by merit and popularity , and he mercilessly the latter part of its course the boundary between Europe sacrificed many to his fears , while his avarice led him to put and Asia . It rises ...
Page 76
... rivers , the soil is very fertile , and produces grain of various kinds , such as rye , barley , wheat , oats , maize ... river is the Don , which enters the territory in the west , winds across it to the east , and then turning sud ...
... rivers , the soil is very fertile , and produces grain of various kinds , such as rye , barley , wheat , oats , maize ... river is the Don , which enters the territory in the west , winds across it to the east , and then turning sud ...
Page 79
... river Don , on the great north road , which passes through the whole length of the town ; it is 162 miles north - north - west of London , and 37 miles south - by - west of York . Doncaster was the Danum of Antoninus , and was called ...
... river Don , on the great north road , which passes through the whole length of the town ; it is 162 miles north - north - west of London , and 37 miles south - by - west of York . Doncaster was the Danum of Antoninus , and was called ...
Page 80
... river and rivulet of the coast winds its way to point is very rocky and precipitous , bends north - west to the sea . In winter when these sandy channels are over- Malin Head , the most northern point of this county and of flowed , it ...
... river and rivulet of the coast winds its way to point is very rocky and precipitous , bends north - west to the sea . In winter when these sandy channels are over- Malin Head , the most northern point of this county and of flowed , it ...
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... river Gweebarra , the sandy channel of which is from a mile and a half to a quarter of a mile in breadth through- out the last eight miles of its course , and can only be passed by fording in dry weather . On the whole line of coast ...
... river Gweebarra , the sandy channel of which is from a mile and a half to a quarter of a mile in breadth through- out the last eight miles of its course , and can only be passed by fording in dry weather . On the whole line of coast ...
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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.
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