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... ancient kind of lamp in existence . and becomes warmer , thereby rendering the oil more When pottery and metal began to be used , the limpid . But the Carcel lamp has two disadvantages ; principle of these natural lamps was for a long ...
... ancient kind of lamp in existence . and becomes warmer , thereby rendering the oil more When pottery and metal began to be used , the limpid . But the Carcel lamp has two disadvantages ; principle of these natural lamps was for a long ...
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... ancient and picturesque German town , of Upper Bavaria , is situated in a pleasant and fertile district on the Isar , 39 miles north- east of Munich . Its streets are rich in quaint old gables , and there are numerous towers ; that of ...
... ancient and picturesque German town , of Upper Bavaria , is situated in a pleasant and fertile district on the Isar , 39 miles north- east of Munich . Its streets are rich in quaint old gables , and there are numerous towers ; that of ...
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... ancient Andomatunum , was in the time of Cæsar the capital of the Lingones , a name corrupted into Langres . bodies , they are to be mentioned as armed and langued of such a tincture .'- Nisbet . When a beast or bird is represented ...
... ancient Andomatunum , was in the time of Cæsar the capital of the Lingones , a name corrupted into Langres . bodies , they are to be mentioned as armed and langued of such a tincture .'- Nisbet . When a beast or bird is represented ...
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... ancient sculpture still in existence ; a group discovered in 1506 at Rome , in the Sette Sale , on the side of the Esquiline Hill , and purchased by Pope Julius II . for the Vatican . It was carried to Paris , but recovered in 1814. The ...
... ancient sculpture still in existence ; a group discovered in 1506 at Rome , in the Sette Sale , on the side of the Esquiline Hill , and purchased by Pope Julius II . for the Vatican . It was carried to Paris , but recovered in 1814. The ...
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... ancient and import ant in that territory , is situated on the Salembria ( anc . Peneus ) , in lat . 39 ° 37 ' N. , long . 22 ° 28 ' E. It contains numerous mosques , from which arise many slender and dazzlingly white minarets . It ...
... ancient and import ant in that territory , is situated on the Salembria ( anc . Peneus ) , in lat . 39 ° 37 ' N. , long . 22 ° 28 ' E. It contains numerous mosques , from which arise many slender and dazzlingly white minarets . It ...
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Page 56 - I may therefore conclude, that the passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly...
Page 51 - Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 185 - Worthy Receivers outwardly partaking of the visible Elements in this Sacrament, do then also inwardly by Faith, really and indeed, yet not carnally and corporally, but .spiritually, receive and feed upon Christ crucified, and all benefits of his death...
Page 161 - A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Page 56 - tis all one ; And when we can, with metre safe, We'll call him so ; if not, plain Ralph : (For rhyme the rudder is of verses, With which, like ships, they steer their courses) j An equal stock of wit and valour He had laid in, by birth a tailor.
Page 347 - United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England...
Page 112 - is a definite combination of heterogeneous changes, both simultaneous and successive, in correspondence with external coexistences and sequences.
Page 185 - Sacrament, do then also inwardly by faith, really and indeed, yet not carnally and corporally, but spiritually, receive and feed upon Christ crucified, and all benefits of his death: the body and blood of Christ being then not corporally or carnally in, with, or under the bread and wine; yet as really, but spiritually, present to the faith of believers in that ordinance, as the elements themselves are to their outward senses.
Page 184 - The body of Christ is given, taken, and eaten in the Supper, only after a heavenly and spiritual manner.
Page 159 - I can discover the powers thereof, how far they reach, to what things they are in any degree proportionate, and where they fail us, I suppose it may be of use to prevail with the busy mind of man to be more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension, to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether, and to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those things which, upon examination, are found to be beyond the reach of our capacities.