Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Volume 7David Patrick, William Geddie W. & R. Chambers, limited, 1926 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... feet long , has a Romanesque nave of the 11th and 12th centuries , and a match- less Pointed - Gothic choir of the 13th century , 104 feet high , with splendid stained glass . In the right transept is the monument of Berengaria , Coeur ...
... feet long , has a Romanesque nave of the 11th and 12th centuries , and a match- less Pointed - Gothic choir of the 13th century , 104 feet high , with splendid stained glass . In the right transept is the monument of Berengaria , Coeur ...
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... feet above sea - level , it is 13 miles long , over 2 miles broad , 367 feet deep , and 11 sq . m . in area . It is over- hung by mountains 3000 feet high ; sends off the Ewe , 2 miles long , to the sea ; and contains many islets ...
... feet above sea - level , it is 13 miles long , over 2 miles broad , 367 feet deep , and 11 sq . m . in area . It is over- hung by mountains 3000 feet high ; sends off the Ewe , 2 miles long , to the sea ; and contains many islets ...
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... feet above A dilapidated wall , more than 5 miles in circumference and between 20 and 30 feet high , includes not merely narrow , unpaved , filthy streets , flanked by flat - roofed , windowless houses , but ill- kept gardens , open ...
... feet above A dilapidated wall , more than 5 miles in circumference and between 20 and 30 feet high , includes not merely narrow , unpaved , filthy streets , flanked by flat - roofed , windowless houses , but ill- kept gardens , open ...
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... feet ) , and the Masson ( 1110 feet ) , and a number of large stalactite caverns with petri- fying ' wells . There are manufactures of cotton , paper , and spar ornaments , and bleaching , dyeing , woollen and hosiery works . Pop ...
... feet ) , and the Masson ( 1110 feet ) , and a number of large stalactite caverns with petri- fying ' wells . There are manufactures of cotton , paper , and spar ornaments , and bleaching , dyeing , woollen and hosiery works . Pop ...
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... feet of twelve old men . is retained , the feet of twelve old men and twelve old women being touched with a sponge and towel by the sovereign , who afterwards serves them at table ; and in 1889 the feet of twelve boys were washed in the ...
... feet of twelve old men . is retained , the feet of twelve old men and twelve old women being touched with a sponge and towel by the sovereign , who afterwards serves them at table ; and in 1889 the feet of twelve boys were washed in the ...
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Page 282 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate, the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers...
Page 195 - I now had opinions; a creed, a doctrine, a philosophy; in one among the best senses of the word, a religion; the inculcation and diffusion of which could be made the principal outward purpose of a life.
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Page 317 - We believe that through the atonement of Christ all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.
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Page 158 - But wherever this is really fixed in the soul, it will be shown by its fruits. It is, therefore, expected of all who continue therein, that they should continue to evidence their desire of salvation — First, By doing no harm, by avoiding evil...
Page 79 - An act done by a person in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute shall not be actionable on the ground only that it induces some other person to break a contract of employment or that it is an interference with the trade, business, or employment of some other person, or with the right of some other person to dispose of his capital or his labour as he wills.