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... success , that on completing his course at Sedan , though only seventeen years of age , he had con- ferred on him the degree of doctor in theology . After spending some years in Berlin as minister of a French Protestant church , he ...
... success , that on completing his course at Sedan , though only seventeen years of age , he had con- ferred on him the degree of doctor in theology . After spending some years in Berlin as minister of a French Protestant church , he ...
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... successful cultivator of light literature , was born in London in 1811 , and educated at Westminster School . He wrote burlesque dramas with success from his boyhood , took an active share in the establishment of different comic ...
... successful cultivator of light literature , was born in London in 1811 , and educated at Westminster School . He wrote burlesque dramas with success from his boyhood , took an active share in the establishment of different comic ...
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... success as a teacher from the thorough knowledge he had of his science , and the persuasiveness with which he enunciated his views . It has been said , however , that the influence be exerted on those who attended his lectures was not ...
... success as a teacher from the thorough knowledge he had of his science , and the persuasiveness with which he enunciated his views . It has been said , however , that the influence be exerted on those who attended his lectures was not ...
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... success in attempting to explain the phenomenon by the nutation of the earth's axis , radiation , errors of observa tion , & c . At last the true solution of the difficulty occurred to him , suggested , it is said , by the movements of ...
... success in attempting to explain the phenomenon by the nutation of the earth's axis , radiation , errors of observa tion , & c . At last the true solution of the difficulty occurred to him , suggested , it is said , by the movements of ...
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... success , his tone being very harmonious and even , but the effect , to a foreigner's eye , is rarely interesting . His works are scarcely known out of Copenhagen , where he won an immense fame in his own generation , and where he died ...
... success , his tone being very harmonious and even , but the effect , to a foreigner's eye , is rarely interesting . His works are scarcely known out of Copenhagen , where he won an immense fame in his own generation , and where he died ...
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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.
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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...