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... feet high , with a diame- ter of 13 feet , weighs 53 tons ; those of Olmütz , Rouen , and Vienna , nearly 18 tons ; that first cast for the New Palace at Westminster ( but cracked ) , 14 tons ; that of the Roman Catholic cathedral at. 10.
... feet high , with a diame- ter of 13 feet , weighs 53 tons ; those of Olmütz , Rouen , and Vienna , nearly 18 tons ; that first cast for the New Palace at Westminster ( but cracked ) , 14 tons ; that of the Roman Catholic cathedral at. 10.
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... feet high , is 42 feet in diameter at base , and 23 at top , is solid for the first 30 feet upwards , 15 feet of which is under water at high tide , and cost upwards of £ 60,000 . Section of Bell Rock Light House . published a tractate ...
... feet high , is 42 feet in diameter at base , and 23 at top , is solid for the first 30 feet upwards , 15 feet of which is under water at high tide , and cost upwards of £ 60,000 . Section of Bell Rock Light House . published a tractate ...
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... feet high . Even the bottoms of some of the valleys have an elevation of 5700 feet : and the capital , Kelat , situated on the side of one of them , is 6000 feet above the level of the sea . The rivers are inconsider able , unless after ...
... feet high . Even the bottoms of some of the valleys have an elevation of 5700 feet : and the capital , Kelat , situated on the side of one of them , is 6000 feet above the level of the sea . The rivers are inconsider able , unless after ...
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... feet high , and from 3 to 5 feet in diameter at the base . The sides of the caverns are covered with paintings representing the industrial pursuits , sports , pastimes , & c . , of the ancient Egyptians . The paint- ings , though not so ...
... feet high , and from 3 to 5 feet in diameter at the base . The sides of the caverns are covered with paintings representing the industrial pursuits , sports , pastimes , & c . , of the ancient Egyptians . The paint- ings , though not so ...
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... feet . Ore of titanium is found in the mountain . BEN LE'DI , a mountain also of Perthshire , 4 miles west - north - west of Callander , with an elevation of 2863 feet . It received its name from the Druids , who are supposed to have ...
... feet . Ore of titanium is found in the mountain . BEN LE'DI , a mountain also of Perthshire , 4 miles west - north - west of Callander , with an elevation of 2863 feet . It received its name from the Druids , who are supposed to have ...
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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 363 - 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 346 - 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 347 - 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.