The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge, Volume 8Charles Knight, 1837 |
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... established ) who accompanied the army under St. Louis to the Holy Land . They served in a Flemish corps , the commander of which considered it his duty to report to the king not only their bravery , but their zeal in re - animating the ...
... established ) who accompanied the army under St. Louis to the Holy Land . They served in a Flemish corps , the commander of which considered it his duty to report to the king not only their bravery , but their zeal in re - animating the ...
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... established fiefs in the provinces , Corfu had its dukes , who were styled Despots of Epirus and Corfu . It fell ... establishing a popular govern- ment , the democrats who came into office at Venice sent com- missioners to Corfu with ...
... established fiefs in the provinces , Corfu had its dukes , who were styled Despots of Epirus and Corfu . It fell ... establishing a popular govern- ment , the democrats who came into office at Venice sent com- missioners to Corfu with ...
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... established church are consecrated by the patriarch of Constantinople . ( Constitution of the Ionian Islands , in Dufay's Recueil de Constitutions , & c . ) According to the printed official returns of 1833 , the whole population of the ...
... established church are consecrated by the patriarch of Constantinople . ( Constitution of the Ionian Islands , in Dufay's Recueil de Constitutions , & c . ) According to the printed official returns of 1833 , the whole population of the ...
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... Established Church , 303,984 | 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 ...
... Established Church , 303,984 | 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 ...
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... established here Aug. 7 ; Sept. 22 ; Gct . 2. Helstone , Saturday before Mid- since the beginning of the present century . St. Agnes was lent Sunday ; Saturday before Palm Sunday ; Whit Mon- anciently called Breanick or Bryanick . day ...
... established here Aug. 7 ; Sept. 22 ; Gct . 2. Helstone , Saturday before Mid- since the beginning of the present century . St. Agnes was lent Sunday ; Saturday before Palm Sunday ; Whit Mon- anciently called Breanick or Bryanick . day ...
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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...