Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People, Volume 7J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1870 |
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... France and England . The reverse is a rich cross flory within a circle of eight arches , and a lion under a crown in each angle of the cross , the legend being Thesus autem transiens per medium illorum ibat . ' Half and quarter nobles ...
... France and England . The reverse is a rich cross flory within a circle of eight arches , and a lion under a crown in each angle of the cross , the legend being Thesus autem transiens per medium illorum ibat . ' Half and quarter nobles ...
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... France , the earliest coins are those of the Merovingian kings , rude imitations of the late Roman and early Byzantine money , and mostly of gold . Under the Carlovingian dynasty , deniers and oboles are the prevailing coinage ...
... France , the earliest coins are those of the Merovingian kings , rude imitations of the late Roman and early Byzantine money , and mostly of gold . Under the Carlovingian dynasty , deniers and oboles are the prevailing coinage ...
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... France and Germany . The Dutch medals are of interest , more especially those struck in com- memoration of events in the war with Spain . The coins of the Swiss cantons and towns during the early period of Swiss independence bore the ...
... France and Germany . The Dutch medals are of interest , more especially those struck in com- memoration of events in the war with Spain . The coins of the Swiss cantons and towns during the early period of Swiss independence bore the ...
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... France , and other countries of Northern Europe , on articles of food which passed the barrier or entrance of a town . The right to levy this toll was often delegated to subjects , and in order to increase its amount , a device was ...
... France , and other countries of Northern Europe , on articles of food which passed the barrier or entrance of a town . The right to levy this toll was often delegated to subjects , and in order to increase its amount , a device was ...
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... France , at the time when her cause seemed des- perate ; and took up his residence at Orleans , where he planned many of the political risings and disturb- ances which took place under the rule of Espartero . He headed in person a ...
... France , at the time when her cause seemed des- perate ; and took up his residence at Orleans , where he planned many of the political risings and disturb- ances which took place under the rule of Espartero . He headed in person a ...
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Page 114 - Original Sin standeth not in the following of Adam, (as the Pelagians do vainly talk;) but it is the fault and corruption of the Nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam; whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the flesh lusteth always contrary to the spirit; and therefore in every person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation.
Page 288 - ... employment for himself or for any other person for voting or agreeing to vote, or for refraining or agreeing to refrain from voting at any election; 2.
Page 306 - Pigeons have been killed in the neighbourhood of New York, with their crops full of rice, which they must have collected in the fields of Georgia and Carolina, these districts being the nearest in which they could possibly have procured a supply of that kind of food.
Page 339 - Here maidens are sighing, and fragrant their sigh As the flower of the Amra just oped by a bee ; And precious their tears as that rain from the sky, Which turns into pearls as it falls in the sea.
Page 101 - Receive the Holy Ghost for the Office and work of a Priest in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the Imposition of our hands. Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven; and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained.
Page 116 - We bought you with a price, and did not seize you. Now we sacrifice you according to custom, and no sin rests with us.
Page 101 - Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a priest or bishop in the church of God, now committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands.
Page 287 - An election petition may be presented either by four or more persons who voted or had a right to vote at the election or by a person alleging himself to have been a candidate at the election.
Page 26 - For breakfast, I take four or five ounces of beef, mutton, kidneys, broiled fish, bacon, or cold meat of any kind except pork ; a large cup of tea (without milk or sugar), a little biscuit, or one ounce of dry toast.
Page 97 - Those who vomit it are considered innocent, while those whom it purges are pronounced guilty, and put to death by burning. The innocent return to their homes, and slaughter a cock as a thankoffering to their guardian spirits. The practice of ordeal is common among all the negro nations north of the Zambesi.