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... nearly 200 manors and townships , and a juris- diction over all Richmondshire , about a third of the North Riding . In the situation of his castle Earl Alan selected not only an eligible residence , but also a place of defence ; its ...
... nearly 200 manors and townships , and a juris- diction over all Richmondshire , about a third of the North Riding . In the situation of his castle Earl Alan selected not only an eligible residence , but also a place of defence ; its ...
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... nearly complete solubility in pure sulphuric æther and in alcohol , thereby approaching the essential oils in its habitudes , and its easy combination with alkaline leys , and consequently its ready saponification , two properties of ...
... nearly complete solubility in pure sulphuric æther and in alcohol , thereby approaching the essential oils in its habitudes , and its easy combination with alkaline leys , and consequently its ready saponification , two properties of ...
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... nearly uniform . valent to the significations of the Latin word jus ,. passing through a simple barrel . He also ascertained that the velocity and range of a rifle - ball were greater after the piece had been long in use than they were ...
... nearly uniform . valent to the significations of the Latin word jus ,. passing through a simple barrel . He also ascertained that the velocity and range of a rifle - ball were greater after the piece had been long in use than they were ...
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... nearly 800 large houses , besides the smaller houses and outbuildings , and four churches , were burnt , and also 200 houses in the town itself , and 1500 inhabitants perished . The suburbs have been rebuilt , and are much handsomer ...
... nearly 800 large houses , besides the smaller houses and outbuildings , and four churches , were burnt , and also 200 houses in the town itself , and 1500 inhabitants perished . The suburbs have been rebuilt , and are much handsomer ...
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... nearly all the rivers of England and Southern Scotland , except the Humber , whose course is partly through a low plain . There are also rivers which in their whole course traverse a mountain- region , but they are all small ; such are ...
... nearly all the rivers of England and Southern Scotland , except the Humber , whose course is partly through a low plain . There are also rivers which in their whole course traverse a mountain- region , but they are all small ; such are ...
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Page 17 - Our sovereign lord the king chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the act made in the first year of king George, for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God save the king.
Page 296 - And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Page 270 - For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
Page 21 - Every proprietor has an equal right to use the water which flows in the stream; and consequently no proprietor can have the right to use the water to the prejudice of any other proprietor. Without the consent of the other proprietors, who may be affected by his operations, no proprietor can either diminish the quantity of water which would otherwise descend to the proprietors below, nor throw the water back upon the proprietors above.
Page 297 - Some imagine that they ought to have more evidence of the change from the seventh to the first day of the week...
Page 296 - If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord...
Page 296 - And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
Page 17 - Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that if any persons, to the number of twelve or more, being unlawfully, riotously, and tumultuously assembled together, to the disturbance of the public peace...
Page 270 - If any man would come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. For whosoever would save his life shall lose it ; but whosoever shall lose his life for My sake, the same shall save it.
Page 65 - God's benefits, for the increase and abundance of his fruits upon the face of the earth, with the saying of the hundred and fourth Psalm, Benedic, anima mea, &c. At which time also the same Minister shall inculcate this and such like sentences, Cursed be he which translateth the bounds and doles of his neighbour...