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... carried in the trunk , and it was formerly usual for them to be sent into battle , covered with armour , and bearing towers on their backs , which contained warriors . But the principal use of the E. in war is for carrying baggage , and ...
... carried in the trunk , and it was formerly usual for them to be sent into battle , covered with armour , and bearing towers on their backs , which contained warriors . But the principal use of the E. in war is for carrying baggage , and ...
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... carried away the tusks , which he sold for fifty rubles . In 1806 , Mr Adams visited the locality , and examined the animal , which still remained on the sand - bank where it had fallen , but in a greatly mutilated condition . The ...
... carried away the tusks , which he sold for fifty rubles . In 1806 , Mr Adams visited the locality , and examined the animal , which still remained on the sand - bank where it had fallen , but in a greatly mutilated condition . The ...
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... carried them off ; and the Greeks of the present day , seeing the old temple of their Acropolis despoiled of all its orna- ments , have a good right to curse the spoiler . But when we think of the devastation these works have so often ...
... carried them off ; and the Greeks of the present day , seeing the old temple of their Acropolis despoiled of all its orna- ments , have a good right to curse the spoiler . But when we think of the devastation these works have so often ...
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... carried out by his disciple and successor , Elisha . ELI'SHA , a prophet of Israel , the successor of Elijah , who found him at the plough , and consecrated him to the sacred office by throwing his mantle over his shoulders . He ...
... carried out by his disciple and successor , Elisha . ELI'SHA , a prophet of Israel , the successor of Elijah , who found him at the plough , and consecrated him to the sacred office by throwing his mantle over his shoulders . He ...
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... carried on here in the produce of the surround- ing districts ; and an annual fair is held , which is attended by many thousands of dealers ; commerce is also carried on with Poland and Moldavia . In the immediate neighbourhood of the ...
... carried on here in the produce of the surround- ing districts ; and an annual fair is held , which is attended by many thousands of dealers ; commerce is also carried on with Poland and Moldavia . In the immediate neighbourhood of the ...
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for ..., Volume 4 Affichage du livre entier - 1883 |
Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Volume 4 Affichage du livre entier - 1868 |
Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Volume 4 Affichage du livre entier - 1901 |
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Page 196 - Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: come on, let us deal wisely with them ; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us...
Page 347 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 231 - They being the root of all mankind, the guilt of this sin was imputed, and the same death in sin and corrupted nature conveyed to all their posterity descending from them by ordinary generation.
Page 140 - the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.
Page 195 - And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.
Page 258 - Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
Page 230 - Oxford, he contracted familiarity and friendship with the most polite and accurate men of that university ; who found such an immenseness of wit, and such a solidity of judgment in him, so infinite a fancy, bound in by a most logical ratiocination, such a vast knowledge, that he was not ignorant in...
Page 124 - And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
Page 175 - ... may establish, or tend to Establish that he owes a debt, or is otherwise subject to a civil suit, either at the instance of his majesty, or of any other person.
Page 71 - An Act to enable Her Majesty to carry into effect a Convention with France on the subject of copyright to extend and explain the International Copyright Acts, and to explain the Acts relating to copyright in engravings...