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... however priories , except that the latter are governed complicated , may be formed , to a greater by priors , instead of abbots . The abbeys or less extent , solely by the proper ar- of England , at their dissolution ...
... however priories , except that the latter are governed complicated , may be formed , to a greater by priors , instead of abbots . The abbeys or less extent , solely by the proper ar- of England , at their dissolution ...
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... solely by the proper ar- of England , at their dissolution under rangement of the successive addition and Henry VIII . , became lay - sees ; when no subtraction of numbers befitting each less than 190 were dissolved , the yearly ...
... solely by the proper ar- of England , at their dissolution under rangement of the successive addition and Henry VIII . , became lay - sees ; when no subtraction of numbers befitting each less than 190 were dissolved , the yearly ...
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It is used by the acsador from England to the grand seignior , cused , when he wishes to prove his innoabout the year 1628 . cence , by showing that he was in another ALEXANDRIAN , or ALEXANDRINE , place when the act was committed . in ...
It is used by the acsador from England to the grand seignior , cused , when he wishes to prove his innoabout the year 1628 . cence , by showing that he was in another ALEXANDRIAN , or ALEXANDRINE , place when the act was committed . in ...
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... vessels used at the altar . with either end forward , a power produced the ampulla is still a distinguished vessel by an arrangement of 200 or 300 rings , in the coronation of the kings of England through its length . and France .
... vessels used at the altar . with either end forward , a power produced the ampulla is still a distinguished vessel by an arrangement of 200 or 300 rings , in the coronation of the kings of England through its length . and France .
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-ANGEL , the name of an an- the contrary , the warmest day is the most cient gold coin in England , so called from promising . A cloudy day , after a moonthe figure of an angel upon it . It weighed light night , is always favourable ...
-ANGEL , the name of an an- the contrary , the warmest day is the most cient gold coin in England , so called from promising . A cloudy day , after a moonthe figure of an angel upon it . It weighed light night , is always favourable ...
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Page 163 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by law ; and will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them ? ' King or queen :
Page 163 - And will you preserve unto the bishops and " clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to " their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do " or shall appertain unto them, or any of them ? — King " or queen. All this I promise to do.
Page 163 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same?
Page 248 - Equity, then, in its true and genuine meaning, is the soul and spirit of all law: positive law is construed, and rational law is made, by it. In this, equity is synonymous to justice ; in that, to the true sense and sound interpretation of the rule.
Page 406 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Page 275 - In the reciprocal services of lord and vassal there was ample scope for every magnanimous and disinterested energy. The heart of man, when placed in circumstances which have a tendency to excite them, will seldom be deficient in such sentiments.
Page 406 - They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks...
Page 167 - The court-leet, or view of frankpledge,(x) which is a court of record, held once in the year, and not oftener,(^) within a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet: being the king's court, granted by charter to the lords of those hundreds or manors.
Page 257 - I say, then, that we have the knowledge of our own existence by intuition; of the existence of God by demonstration; and of other things by sensation.
Page 315 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curve line, called the Circumference, which is every where equidistant from a certain point within, called its Centre.
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| Title | The Scientific and Literary Treasury: A New and Popular Encyclopedia of the Belles Lettres |
| Author | Samuel Maunder |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 11 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 832 pages |
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