Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People, Volume 2W. and R. Chambers, 1868 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... established a flourishing com- merce with the Italians . After the discovery of America , Antwerp took the place of Bruges , and was regarded as a northern Venice . But the unhappy period of Spanish oppression and the war in the ...
... established a flourishing com- merce with the Italians . After the discovery of America , Antwerp took the place of Bruges , and was regarded as a northern Venice . But the unhappy period of Spanish oppression and the war in the ...
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... established in its present form by the revolution of 1830. The legislative body consists of two chambers - that of ... establishing unlimited sove- reignty was interrupted by the fall of Charles the Bold , and the partial division of his ...
... established in its present form by the revolution of 1830. The legislative body consists of two chambers - that of ... establishing unlimited sove- reignty was interrupted by the fall of Charles the Bold , and the partial division of his ...
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... established church are commonly distin- guished by some kind of belfry or bell - cote with bells . The ringing of these for divine service on Sundays , and on other occasions , forms the theme of many poetical allusions . The lines of ...
... established church are commonly distin- guished by some kind of belfry or bell - cote with bells . The ringing of these for divine service on Sundays , and on other occasions , forms the theme of many poetical allusions . The lines of ...
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... established the genus , placed it among the chambered Cephalopoda . It was subsequently associated with the living Argo- naut , but is now generally considered as a genus of De Blainville's Nucleobranchiata ( q . v . ) , having as ...
... established the genus , placed it among the chambered Cephalopoda . It was subsequently associated with the living Argo- naut , but is now generally considered as a genus of De Blainville's Nucleobranchiata ( q . v . ) , having as ...
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... established church or other canonical bishop ( a Roman Catholic priest may hold a benefice in the Church of England on abjuring the tenets of his church , but he is not ordained again ) ; 2d , Presentation , or the formal gift or grant ...
... established church or other canonical bishop ( a Roman Catholic priest may hold a benefice in the Church of England on abjuring the tenets of his church , but he is not ordained again ) ; 2d , Presentation , or the formal gift or grant ...
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Page 95 - ... 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 362 - Of these the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, and the Speaker of the House of Commons are termed the Principal Trustees.
Page 13 - He was a fellow of the Royal Societies of London and Edinburgh, and a member of some other learned bodies.
Page 31 - That no man hereafter be compelled to make or yield any gift, loan, benevolence, tax, or such like charge, without common consent, by act of parliament...
Page 239 - ... did abide so many blows in them, that his legs were crushed and beaten together as small as might be, and the bones and flesh so bruised, that the blood and marrow spouted forth in great abundance, whereby they were made unserviceable for ever.
Page 355 - ... the sole supreme government, command and disposition of the militia and of all forces by sea and land and of all forts and places of strength is and by the laws of England ever was the undoubted right of his Majesty and his royal predecessors, kings and queens of England, and that both or either of the Houses of Parliament cannot nor ought to pretend to the same...
Page 32 - 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 345 - 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 328 - God's law and man's ; as, for example, in the case of murder, the Brehon — that is, their judge — will compound between the murderer and the friends of the party murdered, which prosecute the action, that the malefactor shall give unto them, or to the child or wife of him that is slain, a recompense, which they call an eriach. By which vile law of theirs many murders amongst them are made up and smothered.
Page 118 - 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.