The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, Svazek 6George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana D. Appleton, 1859 |
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... period of the Roman empire , were dignified by the title of comes , and of whom some served in a civil , some in a legal , and others in a religious capacity , we find comites of the treasury , of sacred expendi- tures , of the sacred ...
... period of the Roman empire , were dignified by the title of comes , and of whom some served in a civil , some in a legal , and others in a religious capacity , we find comites of the treasury , of sacred expendi- tures , of the sacred ...
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... periods above referred to . In the earlier , it is vested in the executive , which at that time is usually the sole ... period for the protection of personal freedom against royal power , but it was imper- fectly carried into effect ...
... periods above referred to . In the earlier , it is vested in the executive , which at that time is usually the sole ... period for the protection of personal freedom against royal power , but it was imper- fectly carried into effect ...
Strana 13
... period , a judge is lia- ble to be sued by the party against whom he has rendered judgment . The old rule was , that he could be made responsible only when the judginent was without excuse ( doit être affectée et inexcusable ) ; by an ...
... period , a judge is lia- ble to be sued by the party against whom he has rendered judgment . The old rule was , that he could be made responsible only when the judginent was without excuse ( doit être affectée et inexcusable ) ; by an ...
Strana 17
... period that Cousin enjoyed his highest reputation as an expositor of philosophical ideas . At the revolution of 1830 he took no part in the 3 days ' struggle , but immediately after dedicated a volume of Plato to the memory of one of ...
... period that Cousin enjoyed his highest reputation as an expositor of philosophical ideas . At the revolution of 1830 he took no part in the 3 days ' struggle , but immediately after dedicated a volume of Plato to the memory of one of ...
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... period of more than 20 years . The result of his observation and researches was given to the world in a num- ber of elaborate books of travel , and of history and biography . In the former department he published between 1779 and 1789 ...
... period of more than 20 years . The result of his observation and researches was given to the world in a num- ber of elaborate books of travel , and of history and biography . In the former department he published between 1779 and 1789 ...
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Strana 195 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Strana 314 - Christ cometh, he shall not find faith upon the earth. II. OF DEATH. MEN fear Death, as children fear to go in the dark ; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other. Certainly, the contemplation of death, as the wages of sin and passage to another world, is holy and religious ; but the fear of it, as a tribute due unto nature, is weak. Yet in religious meditations there is sometimes mixture of vanity and of superstition. You shall read in some of the friars...
Strana 319 - Certificates of discharge, however, granted under such a law, cannot be pleaded in bar of an action brought by a citizen of another State in the courts of the United States, or of any other State than that where the discharge was obtained...
Strana 195 - One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end, and that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
Strana 114 - Walking by the sea-side, in a calm evening, upon a sandy shore, and with an ebbing tide, I have frequently remarked the appearance of a dark cloud, or, rather, very thick mist, hanging over the edge of the water, to the height, perhaps, of half a yard, and of the breadth of two or three yards, stretching along the coast as far as the eye could reach, and always retiring with the water. When this cloud came to be examined, it proved to be nothing else than so much space, filled with young shrimps...
Strana 330 - The legislature has declared that "no covenant shall be implied in any conveyance of real estate, whether such conveyance contain special covenants or not.
Strana 314 - If I had strength enough to hold a pen, I would write how easy and pleasant a thing it is to die.
Strana 366 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Strana 60 - ... whatever should be proposed to him in any art or science, and in any of these twelve languages : Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic, Greek, Latin, Spanish, French, Italian, English, Dutch, Flemish, and Sclavonian ; and this either in verse or prose, at the discretion of the disputant.
Strana 320 - I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.