The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge, Volume 8Charles Knight, 1837 |
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... Roman name of the Kerkura in the Greek authors , it seems that all the extant coins have KOPKYPA ( Korkura ) . [ CORFU . ] [ Coin of Corcyra . ] British Museum . Actual size . Silver . Weight , 76 grains . " fixed at the two extremities ...
... Roman name of the Kerkura in the Greek authors , it seems that all the extant coins have KOPKYPA ( Korkura ) . [ CORFU . ] [ Coin of Corcyra . ] British Museum . Actual size . Silver . Weight , 76 grains . " fixed at the two extremities ...
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... Romans ( Pausan . vii . c . 8 , § 3 ) ; but at last the temptations held out by the wealth of the place , and the ... Roman senate . ( Liv . Epit . lii . ) Many works of art were destroyed , but some of the finest pictures and statues ...
... Romans ( Pausan . vii . c . 8 , § 3 ) ; but at last the temptations held out by the wealth of the place , and the ... Roman senate . ( Liv . Epit . lii . ) Many works of art were destroyed , but some of the finest pictures and statues ...
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... Roman legend , belonging to the latter half of the third century of the city . Dionysius calls him Caius , but Dion and most of the MSS . of Livy are in favour of Cnæus . ( Niebuhr's Hist . of Rome , vol . ii . , p . 234 , Eng . Transl ...
... Roman legend , belonging to the latter half of the third century of the city . Dionysius calls him Caius , but Dion and most of the MSS . of Livy are in favour of Cnæus . ( Niebuhr's Hist . of Rome , vol . ii . , p . 234 , Eng . Transl ...
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... Roman Catholics , 510 Presbyterians , and 871 other Protest- aut Dissenters ; being in the proportion of 1 Protestant of whatever denomination to 8 Roman Catholics nearly . There were at the same time in this diocese 346 schools ...
... Roman Catholics , 510 Presbyterians , and 871 other Protest- aut Dissenters ; being in the proportion of 1 Protestant of whatever denomination to 8 Roman Catholics nearly . There were at the same time in this diocese 346 schools ...
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... Roman Catholic chapels of cut stone are building ; and the court - house , now in hand , is to cost 16,000l . Since the termination of the late war , the trade of Cork has , in some measure , changed its character . Owing to the ...
... Roman Catholic chapels of cut stone are building ; and the court - house , now in hand , is to cost 16,000l . Since the termination of the late war , the trade of Cork has , in some measure , changed its character . Owing to the ...
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Page 42 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by law ; and will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them ? ' King or queen :
Page 42 - Will You to the utmost of Your Power maintain the Laws of God, the true Profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant Reformed Religion established by Law ? And will You maintain and preserve inviolably the Settlement of the United Church of England and Ireland, and the Doctrine, Worship, Discipline, and Government thereof, as by Law established within England and Ireland, and the Territories thereunto belonging...
Page 42 - Will You solemnly promise and swear to govern the People of this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Dominions thereto belonging, according to the Statutes in Parliament agreed on, and the respective Laws and Customs of the same ? King. I solemnly promise so to do.
Page 227 - Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men that were upon the face of the earth.
Page 170 - I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled, for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor : his linen was plain and not very clean, and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar : his hat was without a hat-band, his stature was of a good size, his sword stuck close to his side, his countenance swollen and reddish, his voice sharp and untunable, and his eloquence full of fervour, for the subjectmatter would...
Page 298 - Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.
Page 144 - Creed, ought thoroughly to be received and believed : for they may be proved by most certain warrants of Holy Scripture.
Page 170 - I knew not), very ordinarily appareled ; for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor ; his linen was plain, and not very clean ; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar ; his hat was without a hat-band ; his stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side; his countenance swollen and reddish, his voice sharp and untunable, and his eloquence full of fervour.
Page 170 - I came one morning into the House well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled, for it was a plain cloth suit which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor : his linen was plain and not very clean, and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar : his hat was without a hat-band, his stature...