Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Volume 8W. & R. Chambers, 1891 |
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... miles S. of Edin- burgh . It has a new parish church ( 1887 ) and five other modern churches ; the Chambers Institution ( 1859 ) , with library , museum , & c . , in the old house of the Yester and Queensberry families ; a hydro- pathic ...
... miles S. of Edin- burgh . It has a new parish church ( 1887 ) and five other modern churches ; the Chambers Institution ( 1859 ) , with library , museum , & c . , in the old house of the Yester and Queensberry families ; a hydro- pathic ...
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... miles NE . of Rangoon . The old city was founded in 573 and was made the capital of a powerful independent kingdom . European travellers in the 16th century speak of its great size and magnifi- cence . It was destroyed in the middle of ...
... miles NE . of Rangoon . The old city was founded in 573 and was made the capital of a powerful independent kingdom . European travellers in the 16th century speak of its great size and magnifi- cence . It was destroyed in the middle of ...
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... miles , the greatest breadth about 30 , the area 1356 sq . m . , and the depth from 14 to 49 feet . Their waters , which abound in fish , are carried to the Gulf of Finland by the Narova . The shores are marshy and flat . Peirce ...
... miles , the greatest breadth about 30 , the area 1356 sq . m . , and the depth from 14 to 49 feet . Their waters , which abound in fish , are carried to the Gulf of Finland by the Narova . The shores are marshy and flat . Peirce ...
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... miles in circuit , and constitutes in fact the imperial residence . In it are the palaces of the emperor , his empress , and other members of the imperial family . But there are also other palaces and buildings not a few - for instance ...
... miles in circuit , and constitutes in fact the imperial residence . In it are the palaces of the emperor , his empress , and other members of the imperial family . But there are also other palaces and buildings not a few - for instance ...
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... miles SW . of Winnipeg and 293 NW . of St Paul ; and its position makes it worthy of notice , as on the north it marks the boundary line between Manitoba and the United States , while on the east only the Red River separates it from ...
... miles SW . of Winnipeg and 293 NW . of St Paul ; and its position makes it worthy of notice , as on the north it marks the boundary line between Manitoba and the United States , while on the east only the Red River separates it from ...
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Page 62 - We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop.
Page 73 - I think, is a thinking intelligent being, that has reason and reflection, and can consider itself as itself, the same thinking thing, in different times and places...
Page 94 - Majesty, that no man hereafter be compelled to make or yield any gift, loan, benevolence, tax, or such like charge, without common consent by act of Parliament...
Page 112 - Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?
Page 191 - A friend may be often found and lost, but an old friend never can be found, and nature has provided that he cannot easily be lost.
Page 172 - The length of the peacock, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail', is about three feet eight inches.
Page 2 - A small proprietor, however, who knows every part of his little territory, who views it with all the affection which property, especially small property, naturally inspires, and who upon that account takes pleasure not only in cultivating but in adorning it, is generally of all improvers the most industrious, the most intelligent, and the most successful...
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Page 256 - Powhatan: then as many as could laid hands on him, dragged him to them, and thereon laid his head, and being ready with their clubs, to beat out his brains, Pocahontas, the King's dearest daughter, when no entreaty could prevail, got his head in her arms, and laid her own upon his to save him from death: whereat the Emperor was contented he should live to make him hatchets, and her bells, beads and copper; for they thought him as well of all occupations as themselves.
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