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... afterwards sent for to Scotland , but was captured on the way at the battle of Worcester in 1651. He was sent to London , and kept in such close confinement that his health broke down ; but Cromwell , finding that he was really ...
... afterwards sent for to Scotland , but was captured on the way at the battle of Worcester in 1651. He was sent to London , and kept in such close confinement that his health broke down ; but Cromwell , finding that he was really ...
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... afterwards we find another entry in his note- book on 2d May , 1833 ( Life , by Dr. Bence Jones , vol . ii . p 29 ) . He then tried , not only the effect of a steady current but the effect on making and breaking contact . " I do not ...
... afterwards we find another entry in his note- book on 2d May , 1833 ( Life , by Dr. Bence Jones , vol . ii . p 29 ) . He then tried , not only the effect of a steady current but the effect on making and breaking contact . " I do not ...
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... afterwards , on the invitation of Bishop Briçonnet , he went to Meaux to assist Faber and others in preaching the doctrine of the Reformation . He was , however , compelled to leave France by the outbreak of the persecution of 1523 ...
... afterwards , on the invitation of Bishop Briçonnet , he went to Meaux to assist Faber and others in preaching the doctrine of the Reformation . He was , however , compelled to leave France by the outbreak of the persecution of 1523 ...
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... afterwards the professorship of clinical surgery at Osimo . In 1845 he published a pamphlet on the culti- vation of rice in Italy . In 1847 he was induced to take advantage of an opportunity which then presented itself of entering ...
... afterwards the professorship of clinical surgery at Osimo . In 1845 he published a pamphlet on the culti- vation of rice in Italy . In 1847 he was induced to take advantage of an opportunity which then presented itself of entering ...
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... afterwards in the Pacific , until her capture by the " Phoebe , " in Valparaiso Bay , on the 28th March , 1814. He afterwards served on board the " Washington , " 74 , carrying the broad pennant of Commodore Chauncey in the ...
... afterwards in the Pacific , until her capture by the " Phoebe , " in Valparaiso Bay , on the 28th March , 1814. He afterwards served on board the " Washington , " 74 , carrying the broad pennant of Commodore Chauncey in the ...
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Page 24 - For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened ; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field through all the land of Egypt.
Page 45 - HOLY Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an Article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 256 - And the flax and the barley was smitten : for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was boiled. But the wheat and the rye were not smitten ; for they were not grown up.
Page 241 - Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
Page 266 - I knew a very wise man that believed that if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.
Page 78 - No sculptured marble here, nor pompous lay, ' No storied urn nor animated bust ;' This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way To pour her sorrows o'er her poet's dust.
Page 43 - Ascension- Day. Pentecost. St. Matthias. St. John Baptist. St. Peter. St. James. St. Bartholomew. St. Matthew. St. Simon and St. Jude. St. Andrew. St. Thomas.
Page 125 - Our immortal Fielding was of the younger branch of the Earls of Denbigh, who drew their origin from the Counts of Hapsburg, the lineal descendants of Eltrico, in the seventh century Duke of Alsace.
Page 125 - Hapsburg: the former, the knights and sheriffs of Leicestershire, have slowly risen to the dignity of a peerage; the latter, the Emperors of Germany and Kings of Spain, have threatened the liberty of the old, and invaded the treasures of the new world. The successors of Charles the Fifth may disdain their brethren of England; but the romance of Tom Jones...