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... called , in contradistinction to another party , named the Addressers , from their address to the king . The former ... called Latini , from Latinus , one of their kings ; and Rome was built in their country . They were called Aborigines ...
... called , in contradistinction to another party , named the Addressers , from their address to the king . The former ... called Latini , from Latinus , one of their kings ; and Rome was built in their country . They were called Aborigines ...
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... called Longa , because the city extended along the hill Albanus . This kingdom lasted 487 years , and was governed by a race of kings , the descendants of Æneas , in the order following ; but little of their history is known ...
... called Longa , because the city extended along the hill Albanus . This kingdom lasted 487 years , and was governed by a race of kings , the descendants of Æneas , in the order following ; but little of their history is known ...
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... called alum slate . AMAZONIA . Discovered by Francisco Orellana , in 1580. Coming from Peru , Orel- lana sailed down the river Amazon to the Atlantic , and observing companies of women in arms on its banks , he called the country ...
... called alum slate . AMAZONIA . Discovered by Francisco Orellana , in 1580. Coming from Peru , Orel- lana sailed down the river Amazon to the Atlantic , and observing companies of women in arms on its banks , he called the country ...
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... called it Mona ) , A.D.78 ; and by the English in 1282. The fortress of Beaumaris was built by Edward I. to overawe the Welsh , 1295. The spot in Anglesey where Suetonius Paulinus and his barbarous legions butchered the unoffending ...
... called it Mona ) , A.D.78 ; and by the English in 1282. The fortress of Beaumaris was built by Edward I. to overawe the Welsh , 1295. The spot in Anglesey where Suetonius Paulinus and his barbarous legions butchered the unoffending ...
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... called the vulgar era ; first adopted in the year 525. See Era . Charles III . of Germany was the first who added " in the year of our Lord " to his reign , in 879 . ANNUITIES , OR PENSIONS , were first granted in 1512 , when 20l . were ...
... called the vulgar era ; first adopted in the year 525. See Era . Charles III . of Germany was the first who added " in the year of our Lord " to his reign , in 879 . ANNUITIES , OR PENSIONS , were first granted in 1512 , when 20l . were ...
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Page 18 - I do promise to be true and faithful to the King and his heirs, and truth and faith to bear, of life, and limb, and terrene honour ; and not to know or hear of any ill or damage intended him, without defending him therefrom:' and was altered at the Revolution to the present form.
Page 228 - 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 25 - The days of our years are threescore years and ten; And if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, Yet is their strength labour and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Page 500 - I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Page 179 - For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains; and the wild beasts of the field are mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Page 346 - Stones leap'd to form, and rocks began to live ; With sweeter notes each rising temple rung ; A Raphael painted, and a Vida sung...
Page 260 - ... placed between every two. There wants nothing but the embroidery of a parterre, to make a garden in the reign of Trajan serve for a description of one in that of King William.
Page 151 - 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 507 - Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line, which dying he could wish to blot.
Page 493 - IV., c. 70, it is enacted, that " in the year 1831, and afterwards, the justices of the peace in every county, riding, or division, for which Quarter- Sessions of the Peace by law ought to be held, shall hold their general Quarter Sessions of the Peace in the first week after the llth of October, in the first week after the 28th of December, in the first week after the 31st of March, and in the first week after the 24th of June.