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... feet , worn both by the rich and the poor , with this difference only , that the stola of the latter had but a single gold stripe , whilst that of the former had stripes of gold and purple , and at the bottom a broad border or fringe ...
... feet , worn both by the rich and the poor , with this difference only , that the stola of the latter had but a single gold stripe , whilst that of the former had stripes of gold and purple , and at the bottom a broad border or fringe ...
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... feet in length , from the tip of the beak to the extremity of the nails . The prevailing color of the plumage is white , with some black about the wings . It is found throughout the greater part of Eu- rope , but passes the winter in ...
... feet in length , from the tip of the beak to the extremity of the nails . The prevailing color of the plumage is white , with some black about the wings . It is found throughout the greater part of Eu- rope , but passes the winter in ...
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... feet long , 43 feet broad , and 564 feet high , cost nearly 60,000 dollars ; the state draw- ing - room , 50 feet by 32 , and 22 feet high , contains a collection of fine pictures , most- ly by the old masters . The library con- sists ...
... feet long , 43 feet broad , and 564 feet high , cost nearly 60,000 dollars ; the state draw- ing - room , 50 feet by 32 , and 22 feet high , contains a collection of fine pictures , most- ly by the old masters . The library con- sists ...
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... feet draught . It was formerly one of the principal Hanse towns . ( See Hansa . ) It has considera- ble trade . Corn is the principal article of export , of which there are sometimes shipped from 30 to 40,000 quarters . It contains a ...
... feet draught . It was formerly one of the principal Hanse towns . ( See Hansa . ) It has considera- ble trade . Corn is the principal article of export , of which there are sometimes shipped from 30 to 40,000 quarters . It contains a ...
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... feet high , is ascended by a stair- way of 725 steps , and is a masterpiece of architecture , being built of hewn stone , cut with such nicety as to give it at a distance some resemblance to lace . The tower was planned and begun by ...
... feet high , is ascended by a stair- way of 725 steps , and is a masterpiece of architecture , being built of hewn stone , cut with such nicety as to give it at a distance some resemblance to lace . The tower was planned and begun by ...
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Seite 421 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Seite 71 - England, at different periods, towards the end of the fifteenth century and the beginning of the sixteenth...
Seite 64 - I, AB, do swear that I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position that princes excommunicated or deprived by the pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preeminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm...
Seite 448 - By general instruction, we seek, as far as possible, to purify the whole moral atmosphere ; to keep good sentiments uppermost, and to turn the strong current of feeling and opinion, as well as the censures of the law, and the denunciations of religion, against immorality and crime.
Seite 411 - God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Seite 399 - Mémoire à consulter sur un système religieux et politique, tendant à renverser la religion, . la société et le trône.
Seite 411 - Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God, and one another, covenant, and combine ourselves together into a Civil body politic...
Seite 344 - Faith is this : that we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity, neither confounding the Persons, nor dividing the substance. For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one ; the glory equal, the majesty coeternal.
Seite 496 - Vaccinae, A Disease Discovered in Some of the Western Counties of England. Particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by the Name of the Cow Pox...
Seite 192 - Free services were such as were not unbecoming the character of a soldier or a freeman to perform; as to serve under his lord in the wars, to pay a sum of money, and the like. Base services were such as were fit only for peasants, or persons of a servile rank ; as to plough the lord's land, to make his hedges, to carry out his dung, or other mean employments.