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... afterward appointed to be professor of civil law at that court . His first work was one entitled ' De Vinculo Religionis et Imperii , Libri Duo ' ( Paris 1575 ) , to which a third book was added in 1612. His next work was entitled ...
... afterward appointed to be professor of civil law at that court . His first work was one entitled ' De Vinculo Religionis et Imperii , Libri Duo ' ( Paris 1575 ) , to which a third book was added in 1612. His next work was entitled ...
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... afterward cut out , and the sen- for this offense condemned to be hanged , and to tence was executed at Orleans as late as 1748 . Encyclopédie Moderne , ' that we should form an But it is remarked by a writer in the French erroneous ...
... afterward cut out , and the sen- for this offense condemned to be hanged , and to tence was executed at Orleans as late as 1748 . Encyclopédie Moderne , ' that we should form an But it is remarked by a writer in the French erroneous ...
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... afterward intro- duced into Great Britain , where it was first used simply dissolved in water , afterward dissolved in alkali , and then in the form of bleaching powder , commonly called chloride of lime , the manufacture of which was ...
... afterward intro- duced into Great Britain , where it was first used simply dissolved in water , afterward dissolved in alkali , and then in the form of bleaching powder , commonly called chloride of lime , the manufacture of which was ...
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... afterward tried at Portsmouth , sufficient evidence was ob- from blame , and had on many occasions been tained to show that Bligh himself was not free too much inclined to play the tyrant . This feature in his character was afterward ...
... afterward tried at Portsmouth , sufficient evidence was ob- from blame , and had on many occasions been tained to show that Bligh himself was not free too much inclined to play the tyrant . This feature in his character was afterward ...
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... afterward begun , but never brought to trial . Blocksberg , the name of several eleva- tions in Germany , particularly the Brocken ( q.v. ) , forming the summit of the Hartz Moun- tains and the highest point in the northern part of the ...
... afterward begun , but never brought to trial . Blocksberg , the name of several eleva- tions in Germany , particularly the Brocken ( q.v. ) , forming the summit of the Hartz Moun- tains and the highest point in the northern part of the ...
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Page 106 - The Family Shakspeare ; in which nothing is added to the Original Text ; but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud.
Page 106 - Society ; the degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him by the University of Glasgow in 1806; and in 1808 he was elected a member of the French Institute.
Page 200 - Yet do I believe that all this is true, which indeed my reason would persuade me to be false ; and this I think is no vulgar part of faith, to believe a thing not only above, but contrary to reason, and against the arguments of our proper senses.
Page 130 - Authority of Holy Scripture (1891); The Bible, the Church, and the Reason (1892); The Higher Criticism of the Hexateuch (1893); The Messiah of the Gospels...
Page 13 - ... apple, plum, orange or nut to each tree. What would be the result? In five staples only, in the United States alone, the inexhaustible forces of Nature would .produce annually, without effort and without cost, 5,200,000 extra bushels of corn, 15,000,000 extra bushels of wheat, 20,000,000 extra bushels of oats, 1,500,000 extra bushels of barley, 21,000,000 extra bushels of potatoes.
Page 105 - B. resolved to make the attempt with such assistance as he could obtain from private individuals. He, however, previously went to Paris, to improve his acquaintance with physical and mathematical science. His reception from the French literati was extremely flattering. A public eulogium was pronounced on him at a meeting of the institute, and an advantageous appointment was offered him by the French government. To obtain funds for the prosecution of his favorite project, B. also published a translation...