The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Rev. with Large Additions, Volume 2Harry Thurston Peck Dodd, Mead, 1898 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... passed through so fierce a fire of per- sonal experience on religious questions , would be very jealous both of what he knew to be the truth , and of what he only thought to be the truth . This , added to his acute and profound ...
... passed through so fierce a fire of per- sonal experience on religious questions , would be very jealous both of what he knew to be the truth , and of what he only thought to be the truth . This , added to his acute and profound ...
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... passed rapidly through the various grades of rank . In 1843 , he embarked at Brest for Algeria , where he commanded a subdivision of the French army , and performed some brilliant ture . exploits . In 1844 he directed the expedition 19 ...
... passed rapidly through the various grades of rank . In 1843 , he embarked at Brest for Algeria , where he commanded a subdivision of the French army , and performed some brilliant ture . exploits . In 1844 he directed the expedition 19 ...
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... passed in misery . The memory of his own crimes weighed heavy on his soul . He lived in constant dread that he himself would receive of the measure which he had meted out to others . His court was remarkable among oriental courts for ...
... passed in misery . The memory of his own crimes weighed heavy on his soul . He lived in constant dread that he himself would receive of the measure which he had meted out to others . His court was remarkable among oriental courts for ...
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... passed through a sandy and stony district ; but from the tropic of Capricorn to the sea , a large proportion was richly clad with verdure and well watered , with now and then a range of hills traversing it . The unaccounted - for ...
... passed through a sandy and stony district ; but from the tropic of Capricorn to the sea , a large proportion was richly clad with verdure and well watered , with now and then a range of hills traversing it . The unaccounted - for ...
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... passed from a pro- hibitive to a protective system . No article is admitted duty - free ; but absolute prohibi- tion is confined to articles of state monopoly ( salt , powder , and tobacco ) . Goods for mere transit or trans - shipment ...
... passed from a pro- hibitive to a protective system . No article is admitted duty - free ; but absolute prohibi- tion is confined to articles of state monopoly ( salt , powder , and tobacco ) . Goods for mere transit or trans - shipment ...
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Page 312 - The general law of the land is in favor of the wager of battle, and it is our duty to pronounce the law as it is, and not as we may wish it to be. Whatever prejudices, therefore, may justly exist against this mode of trial, still, as it is the law of the land, the court must pronounce judgment for it.
Page 414 - In 1836 he was elected professor of surgery in the university of Edinburgh. He was a fellow of the royal societies of London and Edinburgh, and a member of some other learned bodies.
Page 26 - That young lady had a talent for describing the involvements and feelings and characters of ordinary life which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. The Big Bow-wow strain I can do myself like any now going, but the exquisite touch which renders ordinary commonplace things and characters interesting from the truth of the description and the sentiment is denied to me.
Page 238 - OR, LAST IN HELL. WE two are last in hell ; what may we feare To be tormented or kept pris'ners here ? Alas ! if kissing be of plagues the worst, We'll wish, in hell we had been last and first.
Page 413 - An Experiment in Education, made at the Male Asylum of Madras ; suggesting a System by which a School or Family may teach itself under the Superintendence of the Master or Parent.
Page 204 - Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the (Red) sea; and all were baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea...
Page 412 - How soft the music of those village bells, Falling at intervals upon the ear In cadence sweet, now dying all away, Now pealing loud again, and louder still, Clear and sonorous, as the gale comes on ! With easy force it opens all the cells Where Memory slept.
Page 426 - Whoever draws the black bit is the devoted person, who is to be sacrificed to Baal, whose favour they mean to implore in rendering the year productive of the sustenance of man and beast.
Page 361 - Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, With carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
Page 199 - They say, moreover, that in every battle, wherever that flag went before them, if they were to gain the victory a live crow would appear flying on the middle of the flag; but if they were doomed to be defeated it would hang down motionless, and this was often proved to be so.