Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People, Volume 7J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1870 |
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... death . These alka- loids or bases are named Strychnia , Brucia , and Igasuria , and exist in the seeds in combination with lactic and strychnic ( or igasuric ) acid . For a good method of obtaining pure strychnia , which is by far the ...
... death . These alka- loids or bases are named Strychnia , Brucia , and Igasuria , and exist in the seeds in combination with lactic and strychnic ( or igasuric ) acid . For a good method of obtaining pure strychnia , which is by far the ...
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... death in 1302 ; but the most tragic incident connected with N. Castle was the horrible death within its walls of the Dukes Eric and Valdemar , who , after being entrapped by their pusillanimous brother , King Birger , in 1317 , were ...
... death in 1302 ; but the most tragic incident connected with N. Castle was the horrible death within its walls of the Dukes Eric and Valdemar , who , after being entrapped by their pusillanimous brother , King Birger , in 1317 , were ...
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... death , she brought up with maternal care not only her own children , but also Cleopatra's bastards . Her death took place 11 B.C. Her to be celebrated in this month , the most remark- able of which was the sacritice at Rome of a horse ...
... death , she brought up with maternal care not only her own children , but also Cleopatra's bastards . Her death took place 11 B.C. Her to be celebrated in this month , the most remark- able of which was the sacritice at Rome of a horse ...
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... death he returned to Basel in 1522 , and in the capacity of preacher and professor of theology , disputations with supporters of the Church of Rome commenced his career as a reformer . He held in Baden in 1526 , and in Bern in 1528 ...
... death he returned to Basel in 1522 , and in the capacity of preacher and professor of theology , disputations with supporters of the Church of Rome commenced his career as a reformer . He held in Baden in 1526 , and in Bern in 1528 ...
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... death , which took place in January 1850. His funeral was kept as a national solemnity , and he was followed to the grave by a civic procession , which included members of every class of society , from princes to artisans . The fame of ...
... death , which took place in January 1850. His funeral was kept as a national solemnity , and he was followed to the grave by a civic procession , which included members of every class of society , from princes to artisans . The fame of ...
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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.