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... took their name from the lands of Gordon in Berwickshire . Their earliest historian , writing in the 16th c . , says that these lands , together with the arms of three boars ' heads , were given by King Malcolm Ceanmohr ( 1057- 1093 ...
... took their name from the lands of Gordon in Berwickshire . Their earliest historian , writing in the 16th c . , says that these lands , together with the arms of three boars ' heads , were given by King Malcolm Ceanmohr ( 1057- 1093 ...
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... took part in the struggle between these two powers , he was repeatedly made prisoner , and as often took service with his captors , until again retaken . risen to the rank of captain - lieutenant , when he resolved to try his fortune ...
... took part in the struggle between these two powers , he was repeatedly made prisoner , and as often took service with his captors , until again retaken . risen to the rank of captain - lieutenant , when he resolved to try his fortune ...
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... took leave of it , and turned a zealous student of chemistry at Prague . At the outbreak of the revolution , G. hastened to the seat of the first independent Hun- garian ministry , offering his services , and was sent to Belgium , where ...
... took leave of it , and turned a zealous student of chemistry at Prague . At the outbreak of the revolution , G. hastened to the seat of the first independent Hun- garian ministry , offering his services , and was sent to Belgium , where ...
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... took place in Germany in 1850 . It was occasioned in this way : On the 13th of June 1847 , the Countess of Görlitz was strangled by a servant of her own named Johann Stauff , whom she had caught stealing some valuables from an open desk ...
... took place in Germany in 1850 . It was occasioned in this way : On the 13th of June 1847 , the Countess of Görlitz was strangled by a servant of her own named Johann Stauff , whom she had caught stealing some valuables from an open desk ...
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... took precedence of Napoleon , who claimed the right to be placed at the head of the nobility of the Rhine . To secure this re - arrangement of the alphabet , the edition of that year was printed at Paris . It is probable that a similar ...
... took precedence of Napoleon , who claimed the right to be placed at the head of the nobility of the Rhine . To secure this re - arrangement of the alphabet , the edition of that year was printed at Paris . It is probable that a similar ...
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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...