Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People ...Appleton, 1865 |
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... objects and surroundings of the infant Saviour are of the most homely description ; and still the light which is ... object on the sphere , measured by the arc of a vertical circle through it and the zenith . Thus , the elevation of ...
... objects and surroundings of the infant Saviour are of the most homely description ; and still the light which is ... object on the sphere , measured by the arc of a vertical circle through it and the zenith . Thus , the elevation of ...
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... object . On the dis- covery of Babington's conspiracy for this purpose , the popular cry was irresistible , and was joined in by Cecil and Walsingham , and others of E.'s ministers , who had sinned too deeply against Mary to run the ...
... object . On the dis- covery of Babington's conspiracy for this purpose , the popular cry was irresistible , and was joined in by Cecil and Walsingham , and others of E.'s ministers , who had sinned too deeply against Mary to run the ...
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... object of ellipsis is shortness and impressiveness ; accordingly , it pre- vails in proverbs . Ellipses are used in ... objects is the Hindu -but others are vast buildings hewn out of the solid granite of the hills , having an exterior ...
... object of ellipsis is shortness and impressiveness ; accordingly , it pre- vails in proverbs . Ellipses are used in ... objects is the Hindu -but others are vast buildings hewn out of the solid granite of the hills , having an exterior ...
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... object intended to signify or indicate to the understanding some- thing else than that which it directly represents to the eye . The meaning of the emblem rests upon its secondary , not its primary signification . Emblem is often used ...
... object intended to signify or indicate to the understanding some- thing else than that which it directly represents to the eye . The meaning of the emblem rests upon its secondary , not its primary signification . Emblem is often used ...
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... object of these enactments is , on the one hand , to facilitate pauper emigration , and , on the other , to prevent it from being pressed on paupers by the guardians to the extent of interfering with their personal freedom of choice ...
... object of these enactments is , on the one hand , to facilitate pauper emigration , and , on the other , to prevent it from being pressed on paupers by the guardians to the extent of interfering with their personal freedom of choice ...
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Page 196 - 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...
Page 347 - 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 231 - They being the root of all mankind, the guilt of this sin was imputed, and the same death in sin and corrupted nature conveyed to all their posterity descending from them by ordinary generation.
Page 140 - the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.
Page 195 - And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.
Page 258 - 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 230 - Oxford, he contracted familiarity and friendship with the most polite and accurate men of that university ; who found such an immenseness of wit, and such a solidity of judgment in him, so infinite a fancy, bound in by a most logical ratiocination, such a vast knowledge, that he was not ignorant in...
Page 124 - And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
Page 175 - ... 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 71 - An Act to enable Her Majesty to carry into effect a Convention with France on the subject of copyright to extend and explain the International Copyright Acts, and to explain the Acts relating to copyright in engravings...