The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, Tom 1H.G. Allen, 1888 |
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... nearly £ 82,000 , and the expenditure slightly greater . There is a public debt of about £ 40,000 . The canton is divided into eleven districts , and these again are subdivided into forty - eight circles . There is a court of law for ...
... nearly £ 82,000 , and the expenditure slightly greater . There is a public debt of about £ 40,000 . The canton is divided into eleven districts , and these again are subdivided into forty - eight circles . There is a court of law for ...
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... Nearly the whole of the abbey buildings , including the magnificent church , were swept away at the close of the last century . When the annexed ground - plan was taken , shortly before its destruction , nearly all the monastery , with ...
... Nearly the whole of the abbey buildings , including the magnificent church , were swept away at the close of the last century . When the annexed ground - plan was taken , shortly before its destruction , nearly all the monastery , with ...
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... nearly level streets ( Union Street and King Street , meet- ing in Castle Street ) , and by the subsequent laying out of many others , besides squares , terraces , & c . , on nearly flat ground . The city is above eight miles in circuit ...
... nearly level streets ( Union Street and King Street , meet- ing in Castle Street ) , and by the subsequent laying out of many others , besides squares , terraces , & c . , on nearly flat ground . The city is above eight miles in circuit ...
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... nearly 48,000 sittings . There are 10 Established churches ; 20 Free , 6 Episcopalian , 6 United Presbyterian , 5 Congre- gational , 2 Baptist , 2 Methodist , 2 Evangelical Union , 1 Unitarian , 1 of Roman Catholic , 1 of Friends , and ...
... nearly 48,000 sittings . There are 10 Established churches ; 20 Free , 6 Episcopalian , 6 United Presbyterian , 5 Congre- gational , 2 Baptist , 2 Methodist , 2 Evangelical Union , 1 Unitarian , 1 of Roman Catholic , 1 of Friends , and ...
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... nearly all rebuilt 1718-1723 , and from being 14 feet wide , it was in 1842 made 26 feet wide . From Castle Street , King Street leads in the direction of the new bridge of Don ( a little east of the old Brig o ' Balgownie " ) , of five ...
... nearly all rebuilt 1718-1723 , and from being 14 feet wide , it was in 1842 made 26 feet wide . From Castle Street , King Street leads in the direction of the new bridge of Don ( a little east of the old Brig o ' Balgownie " ) , of five ...
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Strona 30 - That King James II., having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people ; and by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby vacant.
Strona 53 - Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee : and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great ; and thou shalt be a blessing : and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee : and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Strona 160 - Majesty's dominions, to take cognizance of, and judicially proceed upon all and all manner of captures, seizures, prizes and reprisals of all ships and goods, that are or shall be taken, and to hear and determine the same ; and.
Strona 134 - And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air, and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them ; and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field ; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
Strona 33 - And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering: But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect.
Strona 134 - And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept : and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof...
Strona 141 - Reformation, a few people came over into this new world for conscience' sake. Perhaps this apparently trivial incident may transfer the great seat of empire into America. It looks likely to me: for if we can remove the turbulent Gallicks, our people, according to the exactest computations, will in another century become more numerous than England itself. Should this be the case, since we have, I may say, all the naval stores of the nation in our hands, it will be easy to obtain the mastery of the...
Strona 203 - When a body floats freely in a fluid the weight of the body is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced.
Strona 172 - Guinea pepper, or opium, or any extract or preparation of molasses, or any article or preparation to be used in worts or beer for, or as a substitute for, malt or hops...
Strona 237 - We are content with discord, we are content with alarms, we are content with blood, but we will never be content with a master...