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... introduced into the church service in 386. - Baker . Ignatius is said to have introduced them into the Greek , and St. Ambrose into the Western church . They were introduced into the reformed churches in queen Elizabeth's reign , about ...
... introduced into the church service in 386. - Baker . Ignatius is said to have introduced them into the Greek , and St. Ambrose into the Western church . They were introduced into the reformed churches in queen Elizabeth's reign , about ...
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... introducing every year fifty new plants , until their number should amount to 2,000 . The Dublin guild was incorporated ... introduced 19 Stephen , 1154 . Abolished by act 24 Henry VIII . - Viner's Statutes . Appeals in cases of murder ...
... introducing every year fifty new plants , until their number should amount to 2,000 . The Dublin guild was incorporated ... introduced 19 Stephen , 1154 . Abolished by act 24 Henry VIII . - Viner's Statutes . Appeals in cases of murder ...
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... introduced in the time of William I .; the parochial clergy being then commonly Saxons , and the bishops and temporal clergy Normans . These made no scruple to impoverish the inferior clergy to enrich monasteries , which were generally ...
... introduced in the time of William I .; the parochial clergy being then commonly Saxons , and the bishops and temporal clergy Normans . These made no scruple to impoverish the inferior clergy to enrich monasteries , which were generally ...
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... introduced previously to A. D. 440 , and Harold and his two brothers were killed by arrows shot from the cross - bows of the Norman soldiers at the battle of Hastings , in 1066 ; that which killed the king pierced him in the brain ...
... introduced previously to A. D. 440 , and Harold and his two brothers were killed by arrows shot from the cross - bows of the Norman soldiers at the battle of Hastings , in 1066 ; that which killed the king pierced him in the brain ...
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... introduced by the Crusaders , in order at first to distinguish noblemen in battle A.D. 1100. The lines to denote colours in arms , by their direc- tion or intersection , were invented by Columbiere in 1639. Armorial bearings were taxed ...
... introduced by the Crusaders , in order at first to distinguish noblemen in battle A.D. 1100. The lines to denote colours in arms , by their direc- tion or intersection , were invented by Columbiere in 1639. Armorial bearings were taxed ...
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Page 69 - If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young...
Page 199 - Even from the grave thou shalt have power to charm. Bid them be chaste, be innocent, like thee; Bid them in Duty's sphere as meekly move; And if so fair, from vanity as free; As firm in friendship, and as fond in love. Tell them, though 'tis an awful thing to die ('Twas even to thee), yet the dread path once trod, Heaven lifts its everlasting portals high, And bids ' the pure in heart behold their God.
Page 26 - And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
Page 299 - But see! each Muse, in Leo's golden days, Starts from her trance, and trims her wither'd bays! Rome's ancient Genius, o'er its ruins spread, Shakes off the dust, and rears his rev'rend head.
Page 14 - whispers through the trees': If crystal streams 'with pleasing murmurs creep': The reader's threaten'd (not in vain) with 'sleep'.
Page 475 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion.
Page 155 - I pity the man who can travel from Dan. to Beersheba, and cry, 'Tis all barren and so it is; and so is all the world to him, who will not cultivate the fruits it offers.
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Page 373 - ... thou shalt not go again to fetch it : it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow : that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.