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... died in 1868 . GORTSCHAKOFF , PRINCE MIKAIL , brother of the preceding , was born in 1795 , commenced his military career as an officer of artillery , and dis- tinguished himself in 1828 at the sieges of Silistria and Schumla . Chief of ...
... died in 1868 . GORTSCHAKOFF , PRINCE MIKAIL , brother of the preceding , was born in 1795 , commenced his military career as an officer of artillery , and dis- tinguished himself in 1828 at the sieges of Silistria and Schumla . Chief of ...
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... died in youth ; a daughter , Cornelia , the last drops of the blood of Christ as he was married Scipio Africanus the younger . The history taken from the cross . This holy chalice , thus of his two sons follows : trebly sanctified , was ...
... died in youth ; a daughter , Cornelia , the last drops of the blood of Christ as he was married Scipio Africanus the younger . The history taken from the cross . This holy chalice , thus of his two sons follows : trebly sanctified , was ...
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... died , and was succeeded by his brother , William IV . The outburst of the July revolution in France quickened the paces of British reformers ; the demand of the nation for an improvement in the parliamentary representation became very ...
... died , and was succeeded by his brother , William IV . The outburst of the July revolution in France quickened the paces of British reformers ; the demand of the nation for an improvement in the parliamentary representation became very ...
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... died 456 B. C. ) ; Sophocles ( born 495 , died 405 B. C. ) ; and Euripides ( born 480 , died 406 B. C. ) . The writers who endea- voured to follow in the track of these three great masters were of far inferior merit , and with them ...
... died 456 B. C. ) ; Sophocles ( born 495 , died 405 B. C. ) ; and Euripides ( born 480 , died 406 B. C. ) . The writers who endea- voured to follow in the track of these three great masters were of far inferior merit , and with them ...
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... died at the age of 36. For a particular list and account of his works and discoveries , see Hutton's Philosophical and Mathematical Dictionary . Hutton describes him as a man of very acute and penetrating genius , possessing an ...
... died at the age of 36. For a particular list and account of his works and discoveries , see Hutton's Philosophical and Mathematical Dictionary . Hutton describes him as a man of very acute and penetrating genius , possessing an ...
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Page 19 - that every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle, with a force whose direction is that of the line joining the two, and whose magnitude is directly as the product of their masses, and inversely as the square of their distances from each other.
Page 19 - Florence), and a protracted discussion took place, the chief points of which were the procession of the Holy Ghost from the Father and the Son...
Page 19 - And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
Page 30 - I have so ruled my life, that when death came, I might face it without fear.
Page 12 - And if by grace, then it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
Page 19 - Viet. c. 96, no irregular marriage of that kind in Scotland is now valid unless one of the parties had at the date thereof his or her usual place of residence there, or had lived in Scotland for 21 days next preceding such marriage.
Page 30 - He was a Fellow of the Royal Societies of London and Edinburgh, and a member of the Astronomical Society of London.
Page 30 - My lord, out of the love I bear to some of your friends, I have a care of your preservation. Therefore I would advise you, as you tender your life, to devise some excuse to shift off your attendance at this parliament. For God and man hath concurred to punish the wickedness of this time.
Page 30 - He accompanied the king after the battle to Oxford, where, according to the same authority, 'he came several times to our college (Trinity), to George Bathurst, BD, who had a hen to hatch eggs in his chamber, which they opened dayly to see the progress and way of generation...
Page 30 - The husband of an heiress is entitled to bear her arms in an escutcheon of pretence, ie, a small escutcheon in the centre of his paternal shield, and the children of an heiress may quarter her arms with their paternal coat. Neither practice is of very early introduction in heraldry. See MARSHALLING OF ARMS.