5000 Facts and Fancies: A Cyclopaedia of Important, Curious, Quaint, and Unique Information in History, Literature, Science, Art, and Nature ...G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1901 - 816 Seiten |
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... present date . See All Souls ' Day ; Halloween . All Souls ' Day . A festival of the Roman Catholic Church . It falls on November 2nd , -the day following " All Saints ' Day . " It was instituted about 993 by Odilo , abbot of Cluny , to ...
... present date . See All Souls ' Day ; Halloween . All Souls ' Day . A festival of the Roman Catholic Church . It falls on November 2nd , -the day following " All Saints ' Day . " It was instituted about 993 by Odilo , abbot of Cluny , to ...
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... present time . 2nd . That the bishops of the Church alone have the right to ordain , as be- ing the representatives , in an un- broken line , of the apostles themselves , who , in their turn , were the representa- tives of Christ . 3rd ...
... present time . 2nd . That the bishops of the Church alone have the right to ordain , as be- ing the representatives , in an un- broken line , of the apostles themselves , who , in their turn , were the representa- tives of Christ . 3rd ...
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... present . Angry at not being in- vited , she threw among them a golden apple , bearing the inscription " To the most beautiful . " Juno , Minerva , and Venus each claimed the prize , and Zeus referred them for a decision to Paris , a ...
... present . Angry at not being in- vited , she threw among them a golden apple , bearing the inscription " To the most beautiful . " Juno , Minerva , and Venus each claimed the prize , and Zeus referred them for a decision to Paris , a ...
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... present dimensions . It is built upon several small islands , which are united by a wall two miles in circuit . For a long period , it was the most complete and extensive establish- ment of the kind in the world . In the height of ...
... present dimensions . It is built upon several small islands , which are united by a wall two miles in circuit . For a long period , it was the most complete and extensive establish- ment of the kind in the world . In the height of ...
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... present , over 250,000 books and 15,000 pam- phlets . It has , yearly , more than 50 , - ooo readers , -reading nearly 200,000 books , -besides 8000 visitors to the al- coves . The Astor Library has , within recent years , been united ...
... present , over 250,000 books and 15,000 pam- phlets . It has , yearly , more than 50 , - ooo readers , -reading nearly 200,000 books , -besides 8000 visitors to the al- coves . The Astor Library has , within recent years , been united ...
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