Dictionary of Dates, and Universal Reference: Relating to All Ages and Nations ... with Copius Details of England, Scotland, and Ireland; the Whole Comprehending a Body of Information, Classical, Political, and Domestic, from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time |
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... Empire , whether learned or unlearned , or whether connected with the professions or engaged in trade . It would be difficult to name all the authors from whose works the Compiler of this volume has copiously extracted ; but he may ...
... Empire , whether learned or unlearned , or whether connected with the professions or engaged in trade . It would be difficult to name all the authors from whose works the Compiler of this volume has copiously extracted ; but he may ...
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... empire , was fought July 3 , A.D. 323. Adrianople was taken by the Ottomans from the Greeks in 1360 ; and continued to be the seat of the Turkish empire till the capture of Constantinople in 1453. Mahomet II . , one of the most ...
... empire , was fought July 3 , A.D. 323. Adrianople was taken by the Ottomans from the Greeks in 1360 ; and continued to be the seat of the Turkish empire till the capture of Constantinople in 1453. Mahomet II . , one of the most ...
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... empire , and the same with our great chamberlain of England . The elector of Brandenburgh was appointed the hereditary arch - chamberlain of the empire by the golden bull of Charles IV . in 1356 , and in that quality he bore the sceptre ...
... empire , and the same with our great chamberlain of England . The elector of Brandenburgh was appointed the hereditary arch - chamberlain of the empire by the golden bull of Charles IV . in 1356 , and in that quality he bore the sceptre ...
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... EMPIRE . This is the earliest recorded empire - that of Bacchus wanting records . It commenced under Ninus , who was the Jupiter of the Assyrians , and the Hercules of the Chaldeans , 2069 , B.C. * It arose out of the union of two ...
... EMPIRE . This is the earliest recorded empire - that of Bacchus wanting records . It commenced under Ninus , who was the Jupiter of the Assyrians , and the Hercules of the Chaldeans , 2069 , B.C. * It arose out of the union of two ...
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... empire have been held in Augsburg . So early as A.D. 952 , a council here confirmed the order for the celibacy of the priesthood ; and in 1555 , here was signed the celebrated treaty , by which religious liberty was secured to Germany ...
... empire have been held in Augsburg . So early as A.D. 952 , a council here confirmed the order for the celibacy of the priesthood ; and in 1555 , here was signed the celebrated treaty , by which religious liberty was secured to Germany ...
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Page 182 - 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 187 - 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.
Page 28 - 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 81 - 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 31 - 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 438 - ... 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.
Page 507 - 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 154 - Cœsar 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 141 - As the champion of God and the ladies (I blush to unite such discordant names), he devoted himself to speak the truth; to maintain the right; to protect the distressed...
Page 412 - The Persians did not punish the first offence. In England, during a period of the Heptarchy, murder was punished by fines only. So late as Henry VIII.'s time, the crime was compounded for in Wales.