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... died . Philip the Arabian , who succeeded Misitheus , stirred up dissatisfaction in the army against G. by the falsest treachery , and finally goaded on the ignorant and passionate soldiery to assassinate the emperor , 244 A.D. But ...
... died . Philip the Arabian , who succeeded Misitheus , stirred up dissatisfaction in the army against G. by the falsest treachery , and finally goaded on the ignorant and passionate soldiery to assassinate the emperor , 244 A.D. But ...
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... died in 1576. The family had stood aloof from the Reformation , and his son and successor , George , the sixth earl , was conspicuous as the head of the Roman Catholic power in Scotland . He defeated a VISCOUNT OF MELGUND , VISCOUNTS OF ...
... died in 1576. The family had stood aloof from the Reformation , and his son and successor , George , the sixth earl , was conspicuous as the head of the Roman Catholic power in Scotland . He defeated a VISCOUNT OF MELGUND , VISCOUNTS OF ...
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... died in 1720 , with the character of being a solid statesman , a fine orator , speaking slow but strong . ' Some of these lineaments , it has been thought , reappeared , with his love of letters , in his great - great - grandson ...
... died in 1720 , with the character of being a solid statesman , a fine orator , speaking slow but strong . ' Some of these lineaments , it has been thought , reappeared , with his love of letters , in his great - great - grandson ...
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... died in Newgate , of fever , Novem- ber 1 , 1793. He had latterly become a proselyte to Judaism . French Exposition of 1855 , and may be reckoned as among the happiest examples of portraiture in existence in any country . He died June ...
... died in Newgate , of fever , Novem- ber 1 , 1793. He had latterly become a proselyte to Judaism . French Exposition of 1855 , and may be reckoned as among the happiest examples of portraiture in existence in any country . He died June ...
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... died January 27 , 1848. See the Historisch - Politische Blätter , 1848 , and Wetser's Kircher Lexicon , vol . iv . GORT , a small but thriving town of Ireland , in the province of Connaught , is prettily situated on a small stream in ...
... died January 27 , 1848. See the Historisch - Politische Blätter , 1848 , and Wetser's Kircher Lexicon , vol . iv . GORT , a small but thriving town of Ireland , in the province of Connaught , is prettily situated on a small stream in ...
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Page 111 - 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 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 362 - But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me.
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Page 183 - He was a Fellow of the Royal Societies of London and Edinburgh, and a member of the Astronomical Society of London: He was the author of various articles in the scientific journals of the day, and in the Encyclopadia liritannica.
Page 249 - 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 17 - Hebrews published a Gospel in their own language ; while Peter and Paul were preaching the Gospel at Rome and founding a church there. And after their departure, Mark, the disciple and interpreter of Peter, himself...
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Page 143 - My lord, out of the love I bear to some of your friends, I have a care of your preservation. Therefore I would advise you, as you tender your life, to devise some excuse to shift off your attendance at this parliament. For God and man hath concurred to punish the wickedness of this time.
Page 56 - GRAY, THOMAS, an English poet, was born in London on the 26th December 1716. His father, Philip Gray, a money-scrivener, was of a disposition so violent, that his wife was obliged to separate from him ; and it was mainly through her exertions that her son was placed at Eton, and afterwards at Cambridge. At Eton, he made the acquaintance of Horace Walpole, the son of the prime minister ; and when his college education was completed, he accompanied his friend on a tour through France and Italy. After...