Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People, Volume 2J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1870 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... Old Testament , where it indicates either the person who is called by Hero- dotus Labynetos , or his son . For an account of the circumstances attending his overthrow , see the Book of Daniel , Herodotus , & c . BELT - BELTEIN . BELUGA ...
... Old Testament , where it indicates either the person who is called by Hero- dotus Labynetos , or his son . For an account of the circumstances attending his overthrow , see the Book of Daniel , Herodotus , & c . BELT - BELTEIN . BELUGA ...
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... old ; she gave treasure - vessels , until the opportunity occurred , that she , a queen hung round with rings ... testament to another . In the case of real estate , the proper term to employ is demise . But although it is usual and safe ...
... old ; she gave treasure - vessels , until the opportunity occurred , that she , a queen hung round with rings ... testament to another . In the case of real estate , the proper term to employ is demise . But although it is usual and safe ...
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... old worn - States being wool and olive - oil . There is good out horse ... Old Maas with Hol - mules and donkeys from the river of B. , a distance land Diep on ... Testament ( 2 Samuel viii . 8 , and Ezekiel xlvii . 16 ) ; and the Berytus ...
... old worn - States being wool and olive - oil . There is good out horse ... Old Maas with Hol - mules and donkeys from the river of B. , a distance land Diep on ... Testament ( 2 Samuel viii . 8 , and Ezekiel xlvii . 16 ) ; and the Berytus ...
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... Testament into Latin , and his History of the French Protestants from 1521 ... old citadel has been destroyed , but the walls still Aphrodise ; and the ... Testament into Latin . In 1559 , he went to Geneva , where he became Calvin's ...
... Testament into Latin , and his History of the French Protestants from 1521 ... old citadel has been destroyed , but the walls still Aphrodise ; and the ... Testament into Latin . In 1559 , he went to Geneva , where he became Calvin's ...
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... Old and New Testament , or rather , the Old and New Covenant ; for the word testamentum is only a translation into the later Latinity of the 2d c . of the Greek diatheke , ' covenant . ' The history of the Old Testament is connected ...
... Old and New Testament , or rather , the Old and New Covenant ; for the word testamentum is only a translation into the later Latinity of the 2d c . of the Greek diatheke , ' covenant . ' The history of the Old Testament is connected ...
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Page 90 - Majesty, or to any person marrying a second time whose husband or wife shall have been continually absent from such person for the space of seven years then last past, and shall not have been known by such person to be living within that time...
Page 33 - That levying money for or to the use of the crown, by pretence of prerogative, without grant of parliament, for longer time, or in other manner, than the same is or shall be granted, is illegal.
Page 119 - Holy Scripture and ancient authors, that from the Apostles' time there have been these Orders of Ministers in Christ's Church ; Bishops, Priests, and Deacons.
Page 96 - ... shall have transferred to and vested in him all rights of suit, and be subject to the same liabilities in respect of such goods as if the contract contained in the bill of lading had been made with himself.
Page 361 - Of these the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, and the Speaker of the House of Commons are termed the Principal Trustees.
Page 89 - That if any person, being married, shall marry any other person during the life of the former husband or wife,' whether the second marriage shall have taken place in England or elsewhere, every such offender, and every person counselling aiding or abetting such offender, shall be guilty of felony...
Page 344 - On the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God, as manifested in the Creation ; illustrating such work by all reasonable arguments, as for instance the variety and formation of God's creatures in the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms ; the effect of digestion, and thereby of conversion ; the construction of the hand of man, and an infinite variety of other arguments ; as also by discoveries ancient and modern, in arts, sciences, and the whole extent of literature.
Page 345 - The Adaptation of External Nature to the Moral and Intellectual Constitution of Man, by the Rev. THOMAS CHALMERS, DD, Professor of Divinity in the University of Edinburgh. II. The adaptation of External Nature to the Physical Condition of Man, by JOHN KIDD, MD, FRS, Regius Professor of Medicine in the University of Oxford.
Page 135 - I cannot conclude this book upon the creation without mentioning a poem which has lately appeared under that title.* The work was undertaken with so good an intention, and is executed with so great a mastery, that it deserves to be looked upon as one of the most useful and noble productions in our English verse.
Page 96 - Nothing herein contained shall prejudice or affect any right of stoppage in transitu, or any right to claim freight against the original shipper or owner, or any liability of the consignee or endorsee by reason or in consequence of his being such consignee or endorsee, or of his receipt of the goods by reason or in consequence of such consignment or endorsement.