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Page 94
... becomes clear ; then BREAST PLATE , a piece of defensive dividing it into two portions , and into the armour worn on the breast , which formerly one pouring a few drops of nitrate or mu was deemed of great importance , but in riate of ...
... becomes clear ; then BREAST PLATE , a piece of defensive dividing it into two portions , and into the armour worn on the breast , which formerly one pouring a few drops of nitrate or mu was deemed of great importance , but in riate of ...
Page 98
... becomes a short roundish swelling pod , containing a kidney - shaped seed in each . It is used by dyers to give a yellow colour . [ BUC derstanding or reason , at least , in any de- gree comparable to that of mankind . The sagacity of ...
... becomes a short roundish swelling pod , containing a kidney - shaped seed in each . It is used by dyers to give a yellow colour . [ BUC derstanding or reason , at least , in any de- gree comparable to that of mankind . The sagacity of ...
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... becomes so opaque as to prevent the rays of light from passing to the optic nerve . Incipient cataract , is only suf- fusion of sight when little clouds seem to float before the eye . Confirmed cataract , is when the apple of the eye is ...
... becomes so opaque as to prevent the rays of light from passing to the optic nerve . Incipient cataract , is only suf- fusion of sight when little clouds seem to float before the eye . Confirmed cataract , is when the apple of the eye is ...
Page 125
... becomes friable from heat , but does not melt . Cerium combines with several acids , and forms salts , as the ... become void by cession , without resignation . - A cessionary bank- rupt is one who has given up his estate to be divided ...
... becomes friable from heat , but does not melt . Cerium combines with several acids , and forms salts , as the ... become void by cession , without resignation . - A cessionary bank- rupt is one who has given up his estate to be divided ...
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... becomes the first in the latter , till the climax , or gradation , is com- pleted . Its strength and beauty consist in the logical connection of the ideas , and the pleasure the mind receives from perfect conviction ; as may be ...
... becomes the first in the latter , till the climax , or gradation , is com- pleted . Its strength and beauty consist in the logical connection of the ideas , and the pleasure the mind receives from perfect conviction ; as may be ...
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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.