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... king. on which the eye might rest with pious delight . When Christian art originated we cannot precisely say ; it is usually dated from the time of Constan- tine . Nevertheless - as Lord Lindsay remarks , in his Sketches of the History ...
... king. on which the eye might rest with pious delight . When Christian art originated we cannot precisely say ; it is usually dated from the time of Constan- tine . Nevertheless - as Lord Lindsay remarks , in his Sketches of the History ...
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... King Henry III . having burst forth most furiously on this occasion . He instituted the order of the Holy Ghost for princes caused the governor of the castle , Torben Oxe and persons of distinction , founded the order of ( see DYVEKÉ ) ...
... King Henry III . having burst forth most furiously on this occasion . He instituted the order of the Holy Ghost for princes caused the governor of the castle , Torben Oxe and persons of distinction , founded the order of ( see DYVEKÉ ) ...
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... King Henry ; but with this exception , the sacred season appears to have been regularly celebrated with joyous music and songs during the Tudor period . in 1562 , C. C. of a more solemn nature were introduced . By the Puritan parliament ...
... King Henry ; but with this exception , the sacred season appears to have been regularly celebrated with joyous music and songs during the Tudor period . in 1562 , C. C. of a more solemn nature were introduced . By the Puritan parliament ...
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... King's boys ' ( i . e . , those who The chief towns , both of them seaports with open attend the mathematical school founded by Charles roadsteads , are Basse - Terre , defended by Fort Smith , II . in 1672 ) and ' Grecians ' ( i . e ...
... King's boys ' ( i . e . , those who The chief towns , both of them seaports with open attend the mathematical school founded by Charles roadsteads , are Basse - Terre , defended by Fort Smith , II . in 1672 ) and ' Grecians ' ( i . e ...
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... King Charles Albert - with whom he was always a great favourite - frequently employed him in diplomatic service , and in 1848 , when Italy rose against the Austrians , appointed C. extraordinary royal commissioner at Venice . During the ...
... King Charles Albert - with whom he was always a great favourite - frequently employed him in diplomatic service , and in 1848 , when Italy rose against the Austrians , appointed C. extraordinary royal commissioner at Venice . During the ...
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Page 149 - Laws, 37, that, in the silence of any positive rule, affirming or denying or restraining the operation of foreign laws, courts of justice presume the tacit adoption of them by their own government, unless they are repugnant to its policy, or prejudicial to its interests.
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Page 157 - To make the comprehensibility of a datum of consciousness the criterion of its truth would be, indeed, the climax of absurdity. For the primary data of consciousness as themselves the conditions under which all else is comprehended, are necessarily themselves incomprehensible. We know, and can know only, that they are, not how they can be.