Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Volume 4W. & R. Chambers, 1868 |
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Page 37
... living mind is usually a concurrence , in greater or less degree , of all of them , still they can be distinguished as presenting very different appear- But it is requisite , further , to recognise certain the compass of emotion . We ...
... living mind is usually a concurrence , in greater or less degree , of all of them , still they can be distinguished as presenting very different appear- But it is requisite , further , to recognise certain the compass of emotion . We ...
Page 51
... a very important part in living organisms , and explains many phenomena of the circulation of sap and the processes of nutrition , which were previously referred only to the wonderful ENDYMION - ENEMY . action of vital energy . Thus. 51.
... a very important part in living organisms , and explains many phenomena of the circulation of sap and the processes of nutrition , which were previously referred only to the wonderful ENDYMION - ENEMY . action of vital energy . Thus. 51.
Page 62
... living is vacant . A clergyman is presented to his living by the patron , he is inducted by the bishop or his appointee ; he must read himself in , ' i . e . , he must read the Thirty - nine Articles after the morning or evening prayer ...
... living is vacant . A clergyman is presented to his living by the patron , he is inducted by the bishop or his appointee ; he must read himself in , ' i . e . , he must read the Thirty - nine Articles after the morning or evening prayer ...
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... living authors of this age or those recently dead . A considerable portion of the literature of the 18th and 19th centuries is devoted to science , which can shew a crowd of illustrious names too numerous to mention . Besides , in ...
... living authors of this age or those recently dead . A considerable portion of the literature of the 18th and 19th centuries is devoted to science , which can shew a crowd of illustrious names too numerous to mention . Besides , in ...
Page 79
... living animals . It is seldom extended to vegetable para- sites which grow on living vegetables , whether on external or internal parts , nor is it restricted to those which are found in the internal cavities , or within the substance ...
... living animals . It is seldom extended to vegetable para- sites which grow on living vegetables , whether on external or internal parts , nor is it restricted to those which are found in the internal cavities , or within the substance ...
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Page 370 - All the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
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Page 341 - 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 124 - And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
Page 175 - That no person offered as a witness shall hereafter be excluded, by reason of incapacity from crime or interest, from giving evidence, either in person or by deposition, according to the practice of the Court, on the trial of any issue joined, or of any matter or question, or on any inquiry arising in any suit, action or proceeding, civil or criminal, in any Court, or before any judge, jury, sheriff, coroner, magistrate...
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Page 216 - How have I sat, when piped the pensive wind, To hear his harp by British Fairfax strung ! Prevailing poet ! whose undoubting mind Believed the magic wonders which he sung ! Hence, at each sound, imagination glows!
Page 227 - This their sin God was pleased, according to his wise and holy counsel, to permit, having purposed to order it to his own glory. II. By this sin they fell from their original righteousness and communion with God, and so became dead in sin, and wholly defiled in all the faculties and parts of soul and body.
Page 227 - Ye shall not surely die: for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.