Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People, Volume 4J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1870 |
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... passed . Indeed , the warrant for her execution was OF VITRIOL , or Aromatic Sulphuric Acid , is at one time prepared ; and it is unquestionable that pared from 14 fluid ounces of sulphuric acid ( oil the stern bigotry of Mary and her ...
... passed . Indeed , the warrant for her execution was OF VITRIOL , or Aromatic Sulphuric Acid , is at one time prepared ; and it is unquestionable that pared from 14 fluid ounces of sulphuric acid ( oil the stern bigotry of Mary and her ...
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... passed in 1585 , making it treason for a Catholic priest to be in England , and felony to harbour one . These cruel measures were the ultimate means of bringing upon England the most menacing foreign attack which she had suffered ...
... passed in 1585 , making it treason for a Catholic priest to be in England , and felony to harbour one . These cruel measures were the ultimate means of bringing upon England the most menacing foreign attack which she had suffered ...
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... passed the bounds of decorum . In Mary's reign , E. was flattered with the attentions of her kinsman , the Earl of Courtenay , and she declined the hand of Phili- bert of Savoy , pressed on her by her sister's council . When queen ...
... passed the bounds of decorum . In Mary's reign , E. was flattered with the attentions of her kinsman , the Earl of Courtenay , and she declined the hand of Phili- bert of Savoy , pressed on her by her sister's council . When queen ...
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... passed , whereby embezzlement was made a felony . This act has been repealed , but the law has since been fixed by ... passing of the Criminal Justice Act ( 14 and 15 Vict . c . 100 ) , whereby it is made competent , on an indictment for ...
... passed , whereby embezzlement was made a felony . This act has been repealed , but the law has since been fixed by ... passing of the Criminal Justice Act ( 14 and 15 Vict . c . 100 ) , whereby it is made competent , on an indictment for ...
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... passed completely through the work . The frame then returns to exactly its original place , and the needles are again passed through to the opposite set of fingers , which act in like manner . If the work were to remain stationary , the ...
... passed completely through the work . The frame then returns to exactly its original place , and the needles are again passed through to the opposite set of fingers , which act in like manner . If the work were to remain stationary , the ...
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Page 194 - Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: come on, let us deal wisely with them ; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and...
Page 256 - Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
Page 229 - Ye shall not surely die : for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened ; and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Page 173 - That no person offered as a witness shall hereafter be excluded, by reason of incapacity from crime or interest, from giving evidence, either in person or by deposition, according to the practice of the Court, on the trial of any issue joined, or of any matter or question, or on any inquiry arising in any suit, action or proceeding, civil or criminal, in any Court, or before any judge, jury...
Page 173 - ... may establish, or tend to Establish that he owes a debt, or is otherwise subject to a civil suit, either at the instance of his majesty, or of any other person.
Page 343 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 229 - This their sin God was pleased, according to his wise and holy counsel, to permit, having purposed to order it to his own glory. II. By this sin they fell from their original righteousness and communion with God, and so became dead in sin, and wholly defiled in all the faculties and parts of soul and body.
Page 122 - And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
Page 239 - Seldom at council, never in a war, Jilts ruled the state, and statesmen farces writ; Nay, wits had pensions, and young lords had wit; The fair sat panting at a courtier's play, And not a mask went unimproved away; The modest fan was lifted up no more, And virgins smiled at what they blushed before.
Page 29 - ... days are the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, after the feast of Pentecost, after the 14th September, and after the 13th December. The term 'embering...