Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People, Volume 5W. and R. Chambers, 1868 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... called by the Greeks Pascha Staurosimon , or the ' Pasch of the Cross . ' That it was observed as a day of rigid fast and of solemn and melancholy ceremonial , we learn from the apostolic constitutions ( b . v . c . 18 ) , and from ...
... called by the Greeks Pascha Staurosimon , or the ' Pasch of the Cross . ' That it was observed as a day of rigid fast and of solemn and melancholy ceremonial , we learn from the apostolic constitutions ( b . v . c . 18 ) , and from ...
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... called her Jus Relicta ( q . v . ) , and the other two - thirds to the children equally , if there is no will ; or if there is a will , then one - third to them , called the Legitim ( q . v . ) . The same division also takes place in ...
... called her Jus Relicta ( q . v . ) , and the other two - thirds to the children equally , if there is no will ; or if there is a will , then one - third to them , called the Legitim ( q . v . ) . The same division also takes place in ...
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... called a covenant of works . for the tribuneship , and was elected in 123 E. C. After bringing forward some measures to take vengeance on his brother's murderers , he set himself to carry out the agrarian law , which , though not ...
... called a covenant of works . for the tribuneship , and was elected in 123 E. C. After bringing forward some measures to take vengeance on his brother's murderers , he set himself to carry out the agrarian law , which , though not ...
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... called , and of which several collections principal parts consist of a large circle divided have been made , or are in progress . with extreme care by original graduation . This is a rude scribbling or scratching with a stylus , or a ...
... called , and of which several collections principal parts consist of a large circle divided have been made , or are in progress . with extreme care by original graduation . This is a rude scribbling or scratching with a stylus , or a ...
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... called upon to perform their services infra quatuor maria , within the kingdom . The services in grand serjeanty were to be performed by the tenant in person , where he was able to do The office of attendance on the sovereign's person ...
... called upon to perform their services infra quatuor maria , within the kingdom . The services in grand serjeanty were to be performed by the tenant in person , where he was able to do The office of attendance on the sovereign's person ...
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Page 39 - And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
Page 125 - no action shall be brought whereby to charge any executor or administrator upon any special promise to answer damages out of his own estate ; or whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person...
Page 267 - For more than forty years," was his remark to Sir James, — "for more than forty years I have so ruled my life that when death came I might face it without fear.
Page 86 - Florence), and a protracted discussion took place, the chief points of which were the procession of the Holy Ghost from the Father and the Son...
Page 17 - Matthew then, among the Jews, wrote a gospel in their own language, while Peter and Paul were preaching the gospel at Rome, and founding a church there.
Page 59 - Every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force directly proportioned to the mass of the attracting particle, and inversely to the square of the distance between them...
Page 40 - ... step on, leaving at each step a very fine dot ; and when it is found that the last dot either falls short of or overpasses the end of the line, the opening is adjusted accordingly, until perfect accuracy is obtained. Thus, if a line were divided into a thousand parts, and each division were...
Page 106 - December one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, no irregular marriage contracted in Scotland by declaration, acknowledgment, or ceremony shall be valid, unless one of the parties had at the date thereof his or her usual place of residence there, or had lived in Scotland for twenty-one days next preceding such marriage ; any law, custom, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 176 - That no person once delivered by habeas corpus shall be re-committed for the same offence, on penalty of £500.
Page 259 - Edge-hill with him ; and during the fight the Prince and Duke of York were committed to his care. He told me that he withdrew with them under a hedge, and...