The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge, Volume 8Charles Knight, 1837 |
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... inhabitants . Soon after , in 1238 , he repelled its masters , the Moors , as far as Gra- nada , and prepared their total overthrow , which Ferdinand and Isabella accomplished in 1492. Of all the Asiatic gran- deur of that empire there ...
... inhabitants . Soon after , in 1238 , he repelled its masters , the Moors , as far as Gra- nada , and prepared their total overthrow , which Ferdinand and Isabella accomplished in 1492. Of all the Asiatic gran- deur of that empire there ...
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... inhabitants . ( Neigebaur , Ionische Inseln . ) Corfu produces no currants . There are but few timber - trees The Phæacians , the oldest known inhabitants of the on the island . The cattle consists of horses , mules , sheep , island ...
... inhabitants . ( Neigebaur , Ionische Inseln . ) Corfu produces no currants . There are but few timber - trees The Phæacians , the oldest known inhabitants of the on the island . The cattle consists of horses , mules , sheep , island ...
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... inhabitants were classed into three orders , nobles , burghers , and peasants . burghers may become nobles on certain conditions . The peasants are free in their persons , but have no elective rights , and they are generally very poor ...
... inhabitants were classed into three orders , nobles , burghers , and peasants . burghers may become nobles on certain conditions . The peasants are free in their persons , but have no elective rights , and they are generally very poor ...
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... inhabitants , occasioned by the favourable situation of the town , which threw all the inland carrying trade of Greece into its power ; while the difficulty of weathering Cape Malea ( which was proverbial ) made it the emporium of most ...
... inhabitants , occasioned by the favourable situation of the town , which threw all the inland carrying trade of Greece into its power ; while the difficulty of weathering Cape Malea ( which was proverbial ) made it the emporium of most ...
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... inhabitants is two guineas per annum per house . There are no public foun- tains . Receipts of the company for 1833 , 15771. 5s . 8d . The county of the city consists of the city , suburbs , and liberties , and contains 45,000 statute ...
... inhabitants is two guineas per annum per house . There are no public foun- tains . Receipts of the company for 1833 , 15771. 5s . 8d . The county of the city consists of the city , suburbs , and liberties , and contains 45,000 statute ...
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afterwards Ammonites animal antient appears banks bill birds bishop body borough called castle century chalk character chief chiefly church coast colour common considerable consists contains Corfu Cork Cornwall corporation Corrèze Corsica cortes cotton court Cranmer Creuse Crocodilus crown Crustacea cultivated curved Cuvier Cyrene Dalmatia death diocese of Exeter district east elytra England English exported extends feet Fowey France French Gavial genus Greek head houses inches inhabitants island king kingdom land latter Launceston length Liskeard Lord lower mandible manufacture membrane ment miles mountains native nearly parish parliament PENNY CYCLOPÆDIA persons plant population portion possession present principal produce quantity reign river Roman side situated species square miles statute stone Strabo surface Temminck tion toes town trade Tregony upper Uzerche whole
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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...
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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...