The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge, Volume 20Charles Knight, 1841 |
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... important bulwarks of the Russian empire . It consists of the town itself , of one suburb within the palisades , and of two more distant suburbs on the left bank of the Düna . There are three gates towards the country and four towards ...
... important bulwarks of the Russian empire . It consists of the town itself , of one suburb within the palisades , and of two more distant suburbs on the left bank of the Düna . There are three gates towards the country and four towards ...
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... importance of this class of public works , and the Highland and Holyhead roads , formed by Telford and others , have ... important works have been executed are very fully detailed by Sir Henry Parnell , in his valuable Treatise on Roads ...
... importance of this class of public works , and the Highland and Holyhead roads , formed by Telford and others , have ... important works have been executed are very fully detailed by Sir Henry Parnell , in his valuable Treatise on Roads ...
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... importance , but actually preferred , in certain cases , a yielding substratum to one of rock , on the sup- position that the wear of the road is diminished by elasticity . Careful observations on the repairs of a road in Somersetshire ...
... importance , but actually preferred , in certain cases , a yielding substratum to one of rock , on the sup- position that the wear of the road is diminished by elasticity . Careful observations on the repairs of a road in Somersetshire ...
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... important degree , to enable turnpike - roads to meet the formidable rivalry of railways . In his report to the Holyhead - road Commission- ers in 1839 , Mr. Macneill strongly recommends the applica- tion of stone or iron tracks to ...
... important degree , to enable turnpike - roads to meet the formidable rivalry of railways . In his report to the Holyhead - road Commission- ers in 1839 , Mr. Macneill strongly recommends the applica- tion of stone or iron tracks to ...
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... important period Though he did much , he executed few productions , being which forms the connection between the middle ages and not only remarkably slow with his pencil , but in the habit the history of modern European society and ...
... important period Though he did much , he executed few productions , being which forms the connection between the middle ages and not only remarkably slow with his pencil , but in the habit the history of modern European society and ...
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Page 296 - And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Page 270 - For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
Page 21 - Every proprietor has an equal right to use the water which flows in the stream; and consequently no proprietor can have the right to use the water to the prejudice of any other proprietor. Without the consent of the other proprietors, who may be affected by his operations, no proprietor can either diminish the quantity of water which would otherwise descend to the proprietors below, nor throw the water back upon the proprietors above.
Page 297 - Some imagine that they ought to have more evidence of the change from the seventh to the first day of the week...
Page 17 - Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that if any persons, to the number of twelve or more, being unlawfully, riotously, and tumultuously assembled together, to the disturbance of the public peace...
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Page 227 - Was there any thing like a mutiny ? More questions might be asked, but now, I confess, to little purpose : my conclusion is, to desire you to seek your subsistence, until it shall please God to determine of my condition, somewhere beyond seas; to which end I send you herewith a pass ; and I pray God to make you sensible of your present condition, and give you means to redeem what you have lost; for I shall have no greater joy in a victory, than a just occasion without blushing to assure you of my...
Page 65 - Curate, in the said common perambulations, used heretofore in the days of rogations, at certain convenient places, shall admonish the people to give thanks to God, in the beholding of God's benefits...