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... earth fer- tile , by tillage and culture . Its theory in- cludes the nature and properties of land , the different ... earth and the womb of the sea ; though commerce with strangers be pro- hibited ; though all arts , which have no other ...
... earth fer- tile , by tillage and culture . Its theory in- cludes the nature and properties of land , the different ... earth and the womb of the sea ; though commerce with strangers be pro- hibited ; though all arts , which have no other ...
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... earth , of a blue , and sometimes of a green or brown colour , which occurs massive , or in imitative shapes . It ... earth's surface . ALLU'VION , in law , a gradual increase of land along the sea - shore , or on the banks of rivers ...
... earth , of a blue , and sometimes of a green or brown colour , which occurs massive , or in imitative shapes . It ... earth's surface . ALLU'VION , in law , a gradual increase of land along the sea - shore , or on the banks of rivers ...
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... earth from Adam to Noah are called the THE ANTIPODES OF ENGLAND LIE TO THE SOUTH - WEST OF NEW ZEALAND . SOME ASSERT THAT ANTHROPOLITES HAVE BEEN FOUND IN OLD MINES , BUT THE EXISTENCE OF SUCH PETRIFACTIONS IS NOT CREDITED ...
... earth from Adam to Noah are called the THE ANTIPODES OF ENGLAND LIE TO THE SOUTH - WEST OF NEW ZEALAND . SOME ASSERT THAT ANTHROPOLITES HAVE BEEN FOUND IN OLD MINES , BUT THE EXISTENCE OF SUCH PETRIFACTIONS IS NOT CREDITED ...
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... earth , of which earthen- ware is made . ARGILLA'CEOUS EARTH , the earth of clay , called in chemistry alumina , be- cause it is obtained in greatest purity from alum . Argillaceous earths are the basis of earthenware . AR'GO NA'VIS ...
... earth , of which earthen- ware is made . ARGILLA'CEOUS EARTH , the earth of clay , called in chemistry alumina , be- cause it is obtained in greatest purity from alum . Argillaceous earths are the basis of earthenware . AR'GO NA'VIS ...
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... earth ; and , being invited to the court of Ptolemy Evergetes at Alexandria , he was made keeper of the royal ... earth's circumference , and computing the sun's distance more accu- rately . He is , however , most distinguished by his ...
... earth ; and , being invited to the court of Ptolemy Evergetes at Alexandria , he was made keeper of the royal ... earth's circumference , and computing the sun's distance more accu- rately . He is , however , most distinguished by his ...
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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 404 - 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 404 - 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.