Library of Universal Knowledge: A Reprint of the Last (1880) Edinburgh and London Edition of Chambers' Encyclopaedia, with Copious Additions by American Editors, Volume 5American Book Exchange, 1880 |
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... English courts . The consequences of divorce are such as flow from the sentence by operation of law , or flow from either the sentence or the proceeding by reason of their being directly ordered by the court and entered of record . In ...
... English courts . The consequences of divorce are such as flow from the sentence by operation of law , or flow from either the sentence or the proceeding by reason of their being directly ordered by the court and entered of record . In ...
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... English Methodist preacher of the Wesleyan conference . In 1824 , he was a missionary at Gibraltar ; 1828-33 , a preacher in London ; afterwards in Liverpool , and superintendent of the Sheffield and Manchester circuits . In 1841 , he ...
... English Methodist preacher of the Wesleyan conference . In 1824 , he was a missionary at Gibraltar ; 1828-33 , a preacher in London ; afterwards in Liverpool , and superintendent of the Sheffield and Manchester circuits . In 1841 , he ...
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... English and Scotch dissenters . DODEC ́AGON . A regular polygon of 12 equal sides and angles . See REGULAR PLANE FIGURES . DODECAHE DRON , one of the five regular solids , is bounded by 12 equal and regular pentagons . See REGULAR PLANE ...
... English and Scotch dissenters . DODEC ́AGON . A regular polygon of 12 equal sides and angles . See REGULAR PLANE FIGURES . DODECAHE DRON , one of the five regular solids , is bounded by 12 equal and regular pentagons . See REGULAR PLANE ...
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... English and Dutch cod- sists chiefly of fine sand and ooze . fisheries . At the s . end of D. , in 1781 , occurred the indecisive naval fight between the Dutch and English fleets , under admirals Zoutman and Parker respectively ...
... English and Dutch cod- sists chiefly of fine sand and ooze . fisheries . At the s . end of D. , in 1781 , occurred the indecisive naval fight between the Dutch and English fleets , under admirals Zoutman and Parker respectively ...
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... English rule being , that it must be according to the law of the domicile , wherever the will was made , though the law of Scotland allowed a will also to be good if it was executed according to the law of the country where it was made ...
... English rule being , that it must be according to the law of the domicile , wherever the will was made , though the law of Scotland allowed a will also to be good if it was executed according to the law of the country where it was made ...
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Page 384 - ... above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit : Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, (except the parishes of St.
Page 112 - Here the Khan Kubla commanded a palace to be built, and a stately garden thereunto. And thus ten miles of fertile ground were inclosed with a wall.
Page 242 - Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels?
Page 384 - And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all...
Page 384 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Page 384 - That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free...
Page 200 - The general principle on which this species of evidence is admitted, is that they are declarations made in extremity, when the party is at the point of death, and when every hope of this world is gone; when every motive to falsehood is silenced, and the mind is induced by the most powerful considerations to speak the truth : a situation so solemn and so awful is considered by 1 1 Leach CC 502.
Page 384 - And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States, to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Page 245 - He that revengeth shall find vengeance from the Lord, and he will surely keep his sins [in remembrance.] Forgive thy neighbour the hurt that he hath done unto thee, so shall thy sins also be forgiven when thou prayest.
Page 396 - The stationariness of religion; the assumption that the age of inspiration is past, that the Bible is closed; the fear of degrading the character of Jesus by representing him as a man — indicate with sufficient clearness the falsehood of our theology.