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... returned . See Park . Richard Lander died of shot- wounds ( which he had received when ascending the river Nunn ) at Fernando Po , Jan. 31 , 1834. The African expedition , for which parliament voted 61,000l . , consisting of the Albert ...
... returned . See Park . Richard Lander died of shot- wounds ( which he had received when ascending the river Nunn ) at Fernando Po , Jan. 31 , 1834. The African expedition , for which parliament voted 61,000l . , consisting of the Albert ...
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... returned the fire ; but all the fortifications and houses towards the sea were soon reduced to ashes , and the fleet in the harbour entirely destroyed , Aug. 27 , 1816. The dey was compelled to conclude a treaty by which he set the ...
... returned the fire ; but all the fortifications and houses towards the sea were soon reduced to ashes , and the fleet in the harbour entirely destroyed , Aug. 27 , 1816. The dey was compelled to conclude a treaty by which he set the ...
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... returned by the North Sea to Spain . The Spaniards lost fifteen capital ships in the engagement , and 5000 men ; seventeen ships were lost or taken on the coast of Ireland , and upwards of 5000 men were drowned , killed , or taken ...
... returned by the North Sea to Spain . The Spaniards lost fifteen capital ships in the engagement , and 5000 men ; seventeen ships were lost or taken on the coast of Ireland , and upwards of 5000 men were drowned , killed , or taken ...
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... returning from , court , on the business of their clients . By statute 29 Charles II . no arrest can be made , nor process served , upon a Sunday . This law was extended by William III . Vexatious arrests prevented by act , May , 1733 ...
... returning from , court , on the business of their clients . By statute 29 Charles II . no arrest can be made , nor process served , upon a Sunday . This law was extended by William III . Vexatious arrests prevented by act , May , 1733 ...
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... returned home in 1818. See article North West Passage . BAGDAD . Built by Almansor , and made the seat of the Saracen empire , A.D. 762.— taken by the Tartars , and a period put to the Saracen rule , 1258. It has since been often taken ...
... returned home in 1818. See article North West Passage . BAGDAD . Built by Almansor , and made the seat of the Saracen empire , A.D. 762.— taken by the Tartars , and a period put to the Saracen rule , 1258. It has since been often taken ...
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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 511 - 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.