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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... passed , each extending in some degree the free exercise of religious opinion . At the present time , D. of all denominations are allowed to practice without restraint their own system of religious worship and discipline . They are ...
... passed , each extending in some degree the free exercise of religious opinion . At the present time , D. of all denominations are allowed to practice without restraint their own system of religious worship and discipline . They are ...
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... passed through the pores of the septum , and a combustible gas issued from the carbonic acid tube . Thus far the ... passing through the porous matter to the outer tube , and a corresponding portion of carbonic acid entering the inner ...
... passed through the pores of the septum , and a combustible gas issued from the carbonic acid tube . Thus far the ... passing through the porous matter to the outer tube , and a corresponding portion of carbonic acid entering the inner ...
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... passed over with the alcohol . To obtain great purity and strength , repeated distillation is used . A great improvement in distilling was invented in 1801 by a workman of Montpellier , of the name of Adam . By making the vapors arising ...
... passed over with the alcohol . To obtain great purity and strength , repeated distillation is used . A great improvement in distilling was invented in 1801 by a workman of Montpellier , of the name of Adam . By making the vapors arising ...
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... passed through the tumbler , and air were pumped from above through the tube into the tumbler . The modern diving ... passing out below , a second tube carries it up . Leaden weights are attached to the side of the diver , and thus he ...
... passed through the tumbler , and air were pumped from above through the tube into the tumbler . The modern diving ... passing out below , a second tube carries it up . Leaden weights are attached to the side of the diver , and thus he ...
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... passing of the late divorce and matrimonial act , mar- riage was by the common law indissoluble . It was , indeed ... passed declaring that , in case either husband or wife should desert without due cause for four years , the injured ...
... passing of the late divorce and matrimonial act , mar- riage was by the common law indissoluble . It was , indeed ... passed declaring that , in case either husband or wife should desert without due cause for four years , the injured ...
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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.