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... given by Bruce ( 1790 ) , Salt ( 1805-9 ) , Rüppell ( 1838 ) , and Parkyns ( 1853 ) . ABYSSINIAN ERA . This era is reckoned from the period of the creation , which they place in the 5493rd year before our era , on the 29th Aug. old ...
... given by Bruce ( 1790 ) , Salt ( 1805-9 ) , Rüppell ( 1838 ) , and Parkyns ( 1853 ) . ABYSSINIAN ERA . This era is reckoned from the period of the creation , which they place in the 5493rd year before our era , on the 29th Aug. old ...
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... given to Judas Iscariot for betraying Our Saviour . It is still shown to travellers ; and being small , is covered with an arched roof ; and retains the name Aceldama , that is , " the field of blood , " to this day . Matthew , xxvii ...
... given to Judas Iscariot for betraying Our Saviour . It is still shown to travellers ; and being small , is covered with an arched roof ; and retains the name Aceldama , that is , " the field of blood , " to this day . Matthew , xxvii ...
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... given to William de Leybourne by Edward I. in 1297. - Spelman ; Rymer . ADMIRAL , LORD HIGH , OF ENGLAND . The first officer of this rank was created by Richard II . in 1385 : there had been previously high admirals of districts - the ...
... given to William de Leybourne by Edward I. in 1297. - Spelman ; Rymer . ADMIRAL , LORD HIGH , OF ENGLAND . The first officer of this rank was created by Richard II . in 1385 : there had been previously high admirals of districts - the ...
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... given them . At the time of the Heptarchy , aldermen were the governors of provinces or districts , and are so mentioned up to A.D. 882. After the Danes were settled in England , the title was changed to that of earl , and the Normans ...
... given them . At the time of the Heptarchy , aldermen were the governors of provinces or districts , and are so mentioned up to A.D. 882. After the Danes were settled in England , the title was changed to that of earl , and the Normans ...
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... given to the Dauphin as a marriage portion ; this latter was entered into in 1482. - L'Abbé Velly . ARREST FOR DEBT . The persons of peers , members of parliament , & c . , protected . See remarkable case of Ferrars ' Arrest . Clergyman ...
... given to the Dauphin as a marriage portion ; this latter was entered into in 1482. - L'Abbé Velly . ARREST FOR DEBT . The persons of peers , members of parliament , & c . , protected . See remarkable case of Ferrars ' Arrest . Clergyman ...
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Page 451 - The power and jurisdiction of parliament, says Sir Edward Coke, is so transcendent and absolute that it cannot be confined. either for causes or persons, within any bounds.
Page 510 - The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber, from the colliery, down to the river, exactly straight and parallel ; and bulky carts are made with four rowlets fitting these rails ; whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw down four or five chaldron of coals, and is an immense benefit to the coal merchants.
Page 451 - All mischiefs and grievances, operations and remedies, that transcend the ordinary course of the laws, are within the reach of this extraordinary tribunal.
Page 17 - And be it further enacted, that no will made by any person under the age of twenty-one years shall be valid. VIII. Provided also, and be it further enacted, that no will made by any married woman shall be valid, except such a will as might have been made by a married woman before the passing of this Act.
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Page 157 - Crcsar was the first who obtained the express permission of the senate to place his portrait on the coins, and the example was soon followed. In the earlier and more simple days of Rome...
Page 371 - Santa, or Holy House, in which it is pretended the Virgin Mary lived at Nazareth. According to the legend, it was carried by angels into Dalmatia from Galilee in 1291, and next brought here.
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Page 307 - Religious songs, or odes, were at first used by the heathens in praise of their false deities, and afterwards introduced both into the Jewish and Christian churches. St. Hilary, the bishop of Aries, in France, is said to have been the first who composed hymns to be sung in Christian churches, about AD 431. The hymns of the Jews are usually accompanied with trumpets, drums, and cymbals.
Page 331 - PERIOD is a term of years produced by the multiplication of the lunar cycle 19, solar cycle 28, and Roman indiction 15. It consists of 7980 years, and began 4713 years before our era. It has been employed in computing time, to avoid the puzzling ambiguity attendant on reckoning any period antecedent to our era, an advantage which it has in common with the mundane eras used at different times. By subtracting 4713 from the Julian Period, our year is found. If before Christ, subtract the Julian Period...