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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... separate themselves from it . Although sometimes employed as a sufficiently appropriate designation of the sects which separated themselves from the general body of the church during the early and middle ages , the term D. belongs to ...
... separate themselves from it . Although sometimes employed as a sufficiently appropriate designation of the sects which separated themselves from the general body of the church during the early and middle ages , the term D. belongs to ...
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... separate ) , in botany , the partition between two carpels ( q.v. ) in an ovary or fruit composed of a number of carpels . A D. is formed by the union of the sides of two carpels . Sometimes dissepiments meet in the center or axis ...
... separate ) , in botany , the partition between two carpels ( q.v. ) in an ovary or fruit composed of a number of carpels . A D. is formed by the union of the sides of two carpels . Sometimes dissepiments meet in the center or axis ...
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... separate one sub- stance from others with which it may be mixed . In D. proper , no chemical decompo- sition takes place ; when any of the substances are decomposed , it is called destructive D. ( q.v. ) . The possibility of separating ...
... separate one sub- stance from others with which it may be mixed . In D. proper , no chemical decompo- sition takes place ; when any of the substances are decomposed , it is called destructive D. ( q.v. ) . The possibility of separating ...
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... separate vessel . When the zinc ore contains cadmium , this metal , being more volatile , comes over in the first ... separates the spirits from the mixture in which they already exist . But it may be as well to give some account of the ...
... separate vessel . When the zinc ore contains cadmium , this metal , being more volatile , comes over in the first ... separates the spirits from the mixture in which they already exist . But it may be as well to give some account of the ...
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... separate articles ; and only remarks relative to dogs in general will here find a place , many of the particular kinds being sufficiently important to be separately noticed . At the very outset we encounter one of the most perplexing ...
... separate articles ; and only remarks relative to dogs in general will here find a place , many of the particular kinds being sufficiently important to be separately noticed . At the very outset we encounter one of the most perplexing ...
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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.