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... portion , also marked by a light - ship . The southern portion is 10 miles in length , 24 in width at its northern end , and sloping towards the south - west , to a point called South Sand Head , which , being marked by a light - vessel ...
... portion , also marked by a light - ship . The southern portion is 10 miles in length , 24 in width at its northern end , and sloping towards the south - west , to a point called South Sand Head , which , being marked by a light - vessel ...
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... portion of the vaulting ; how the buttresses were developed as they were required to resist the thrust of the groins concentrated on points ; and how the flying buttresses were forced upon the Gothic architects much against their will ...
... portion of the vaulting ; how the buttresses were developed as they were required to resist the thrust of the groins concentrated on points ; and how the flying buttresses were forced upon the Gothic architects much against their will ...
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... portion of the elevation shews the mode of fenes- tration adopted . The clerestory windows are small ; and , in order to give more light , the vault of the gallery next the window is kept very high . This was the original design ; but ...
... portion of the elevation shews the mode of fenes- tration adopted . The clerestory windows are small ; and , in order to give more light , the vault of the gallery next the window is kept very high . This was the original design ; but ...
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... portion of the community , exercised a tyranny over the more refined and cultivated few . Through these various forms , in the order in which we have enumerated them , each legitimate form being followed by its corresponding degenerate ...
... portion of the community , exercised a tyranny over the more refined and cultivated few . Through these various forms , in the order in which we have enumerated them , each legitimate form being followed by its corresponding degenerate ...
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... portion of the mass which intervenes between the epistle and gospel , and consists of a few verses of the Holy ... portions of the service called by the same name , its present appellation has been substituted . The name ' gradual ' is ...
... portion of the mass which intervenes between the epistle and gospel , and consists of a few verses of the Holy ... portions of the service called by the same name , its present appellation has been substituted . The name ' gradual ' is ...
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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.
Page 55 - 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 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...
Page 302 - Fig. 36. growing complexity of shields arose from augmentations granted to distinguish the younger branches of a family, or charges assumed from the maternal coat by the descendants of an heiress.
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...