Chambers's Information for the People, Band 2J. B. Lippincott & Company, 1857 |
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... chiefly truded . Ethiopia , a dis- nomadic or wandering , tinguished portion of the which now people Tar- territory occupied by this tary , Mongolia , and Rus - type , has supplied a de- sia in Asia , and of which signation for it ...
... chiefly truded . Ethiopia , a dis- nomadic or wandering , tinguished portion of the which now people Tar- territory occupied by this tary , Mongolia , and Rus - type , has supplied a de- sia in Asia , and of which signation for it ...
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... chiefly as slaves , have of a dark skin must be beneficial in cooling . Again , contributed to form the existing population . Euro- the dark skin places the Negro in the conditions of his peans and Negroes produce a race called ...
... chiefly as slaves , have of a dark skin must be beneficial in cooling . Again , contributed to form the existing population . Euro- the dark skin places the Negro in the conditions of his peans and Negroes produce a race called ...
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... chiefly in the Greek language , have brief in their enactments . The bankruptcy system - been disentombed by zealous searchers . The Roman which has so sadly shocked several benevolent scholars , law was nominally respected by the ...
... chiefly in the Greek language , have brief in their enactments . The bankruptcy system - been disentombed by zealous searchers . The Roman which has so sadly shocked several benevolent scholars , law was nominally respected by the ...
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... chiefly encroachments reign of Edward I. , who has been called the English on the purer spirit of feudality , dictated by despotism Justinian , is pretty accurately noticed ; but when an and cupidity . It was upon the vassals who ...
... chiefly encroachments reign of Edward I. , who has been called the English on the purer spirit of feudality , dictated by despotism Justinian , is pretty accurately noticed ; but when an and cupidity . It was upon the vassals who ...
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... chiefly composed of the feudal system and the Roman law . The former was in practice according to the form in which it had adapted itself to the peculiar customs of the country , the latter was taken from the doctrines of the civilians ...
... chiefly composed of the feudal system and the Roman law . The former was in practice according to the form in which it had adapted itself to the peculiar customs of the country , the latter was taken from the doctrines of the civilians ...
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Seite 26 - O for a beaker full of the warm South, Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene...
Seite 229 - In all her length far winding lay, With promontory, creek, and bay, And islands that, empurpled bright, Floated amid the livelier light ; And mountains, that like giants stand, To sentinel enchanted land.
Seite 232 - The Cypress and her spire; —Of flowers that with one scarlet gleam Cover a hundred leagues, and seem To set the hills on fire. The Youth of green savannahs spake, And many an endless, endless lake, With all its fairy crowds Of islands, that together lie As quietly as spots of sky Among the evening clouds.
Seite 115 - If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed.
Seite 75 - They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war : they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
Seite 211 - England, that loved and esteemed his own country : 'twas in reply to some of the company that were reviling our climate, and extolling those of Italy and Spain, or at least of France : he said, he thought that was the best climate, where he could be abroad in the air with pleasure, or at least without trouble and inconvenience, the most days of the year, and the most hours of the day ; and this he thought he could be in England, more than in any country he knew of in Europe.
Seite 75 - Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
Seite 120 - A general consternation seized mankind; many relinquished their possessions, and, abandoning their friends and families, hurried with precipitation to the Holy Land, where they imagined that Christ would quickly appear to judge the world...
Seite 74 - O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, thus saith the Lord God; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty.
Seite 170 - ... question - a question of no less importance than this: Whether our liberty be still to be secured by the laws of our forefathers, or be to lay at the absolute mercy of a part of our fellow-subjects,' collected together by means which it is not necessary for me to describe.