Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People, Volume 2Lippincott, 1873 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... bishops of Bruges , Ghent , Tournay , Namur , and Liege . 3 . The government of Belgium is a limited constitu- tional monarchy , and was established in its present form by the revolution of 1830. The legislative body consists of two ...
... bishops of Bruges , Ghent , Tournay , Namur , and Liege . 3 . The government of Belgium is a limited constitu- tional monarchy , and was established in its present form by the revolution of 1830. The legislative body consists of two ...
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... Bishop of Nola in Campania ( 400 A. D. ) ; but there is no evidence of their existence for a century later . That they were first made in Campania , is inferred from the name given to them - campana ; hence campanile , the bell - tower ...
... Bishop of Nola in Campania ( 400 A. D. ) ; but there is no evidence of their existence for a century later . That they were first made in Campania , is inferred from the name given to them - campana ; hence campanile , the bell - tower ...
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... Bishop Burnet has recorded the order of a bishop of Sarum , in 1538 , concerning the discontinuance of the custom . It runs thus : ' That the bell called the pardon or ave bell , which of longe tyme hathe been used to be tolled three ...
... Bishop Burnet has recorded the order of a bishop of Sarum , in 1538 , concerning the discontinuance of the custom . It runs thus : ' That the bell called the pardon or ave bell , which of longe tyme hathe been used to be tolled three ...
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... Bishop Sandford of Edinburgh , was published by his widow . A BELL , JOHN , an eminent sculptor , remarkable for rejecting the classical antique model , and follow- ing nature only in his works , born in Norfolk in 1812 , first ...
... Bishop Sandford of Edinburgh , was published by his widow . A BELL , JOHN , an eminent sculptor , remarkable for rejecting the classical antique model , and follow- ing nature only in his works , born in Norfolk in 1812 , first ...
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... bishop , has a handsome cathedral , hospital , public library , fine aqueduct , & c . It has a trade in timber , and manufactories of silks , hats , leather , and earthenware . Pop . 10,000 . BE'LOMANCY ( Gr . belos , an arrow ; manteia ...
... bishop , has a handsome cathedral , hospital , public library , fine aqueduct , & c . It has a trade in timber , and manufactories of silks , hats , leather , and earthenware . Pop . 10,000 . BE'LOMANCY ( Gr . belos , an arrow ; manteia ...
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