Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Volume 5W. & R. Chambers, 1868 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... appointed proconsul of Africa , where he gained the affections and esteem of the people by his modest and gentle manners , his splendid liberality , and his refined literary taste ; his old age was spent in the study of Plato ...
... appointed proconsul of Africa , where he gained the affections and esteem of the people by his modest and gentle manners , his splendid liberality , and his refined literary taste ; his old age was spent in the study of Plato ...
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... appointed governor - general of Eastern Siberia , and occupied that important post until , in 1851 , he retired from active life . On the outbreak of the Crimean war , however , he offered his services , which were accepted ; and at the ...
... appointed governor - general of Eastern Siberia , and occupied that important post until , in 1851 , he retired from active life . On the outbreak of the Crimean war , however , he offered his services , which were accepted ; and at the ...
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... appointed Master of the Mint , and resigned his professorship . From the year 1831 , in which his memoir , On the Forma- tion of Alcoates , Definite Compounds of Salts and Alcohol , ' appeared in the Transactions of the Royal Society of ...
... appointed Master of the Mint , and resigned his professorship . From the year 1831 , in which his memoir , On the Forma- tion of Alcoates , Definite Compounds of Salts and Alcohol , ' appeared in the Transactions of the Royal Society of ...
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... appointed com- mander - in - chief of the British troops , and held that post during the remainder of the Seven Years ' War . He particularly distinguished himself at the battles of Warburg in 1760 , of Kirchdenkern in 1761 , and of ...
... appointed com- mander - in - chief of the British troops , and held that post during the remainder of the Seven Years ' War . He particularly distinguished himself at the battles of Warburg in 1760 , of Kirchdenkern in 1761 , and of ...
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... appointed Professor of Modern History . Fasti- dious in his tastes , fond of books and lettered ease , indisposed to mingle in the great world , but delighting to comment upon it in letters to friends , blessed with a reputation ...
... appointed Professor of Modern History . Fasti- dious in his tastes , fond of books and lettered ease , indisposed to mingle in the great world , but delighting to comment upon it in letters to friends , blessed with a reputation ...
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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 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 176 - To bereave a man of life, or by violence to confiscate his estate, without accusation or trial,• would be so gross and notorious an act of despotism, as must at once convey the alarm of tyranny throughout the whole...
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 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 119 - And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
Page 51 - Tenure by grand serjeanty is, where a man holds his lands or tenements of our sovereign lord the king, by such services as he ought to do in his proper person to the king, as to carry the banner of the king, or his lance, or to lead his army, or to be his marshal, or to carry his sword before him at his coronation, or to be his sewer at his coronation, or his carver, or his butler, or to be one of his chamberlains of the receipt of his exchequer, or to do other like services, &c.
Page 17 - We have not received," saith Irenaeus, " the knowledge of the way of our salvation by any others than those by whom the gospel has been brought to us. Which gospel they first preached, and afterwards, by the will of God, committed to writing, that it might be for time to come the foundation and pillar of our faith.
Page 73 - Ireland; and that the royal style and titles appertaining to the imperial crown of the said united kingdom and its dependencies ; and also the ensigns, armorial flags, and banners thereof, shall be such as his Majesty, by his royal proclamation under the great seal of the united kingdom, shall be pleased to appoint.
Page 176 - But the happiness of our Constitution is, that it is not left to the Executive power to determine when the danger of the State is so [301] great, as to render this measure expedient.