The New Werner Twentieth Century Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature, Science, History, Geography, Commerce, Biography, Discovery and Invention, Volume 9Werner Company, 1907 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... object of interest is the castle , now partly in ruins , but formerly the seat of the dukes of Normandy , and the birthplace of William the Conqueror . Near the castle , in the Place de la Trinité , is an equestrian statue in bronze of ...
... object of interest is the castle , now partly in ruins , but formerly the seat of the dukes of Normandy , and the birthplace of William the Conqueror . Near the castle , in the Place de la Trinité , is an equestrian statue in bronze of ...
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... object of pursuit , -for in- stance , if a hawk slipped at a heron goes off at a rook , she flies at check . Clutching . Taking the quarry in the feet as the short - winged hawks do . Falcons occasionally " clutch . " Come to . - A hawk ...
... object of pursuit , -for in- stance , if a hawk slipped at a heron goes off at a rook , she flies at check . Clutching . Taking the quarry in the feet as the short - winged hawks do . Falcons occasionally " clutch . " Come to . - A hawk ...
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... object . A member of the Kan- garoo associations may not slay or eat the kangaroo , which he holds in honor , and a Paddymelon must abstain from paddymelon . The obvious result of this scheme of prohib- ited marriage is to make every ...
... object . A member of the Kan- garoo associations may not slay or eat the kangaroo , which he holds in honor , and a Paddymelon must abstain from paddymelon . The obvious result of this scheme of prohib- ited marriage is to make every ...
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... object from which they take their name and claim descent , and they use it as a badge . For Greek and Roman survivals of this usage see Plutarch , Theseus ; M'Lennan , “ The wor- ship of plants and animals , " in the Fortnightly Review ...
... object from which they take their name and claim descent , and they use it as a badge . For Greek and Roman survivals of this usage see Plutarch , Theseus ; M'Lennan , “ The wor- ship of plants and animals , " in the Fortnightly Review ...
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... object agreeable for general use . fans , even artisans using them with one hand while work- ing with the other . In China they are often made of carved ivory , the sticks being plates very thin and sometimes carved on both sides , the ...
... object agreeable for general use . fans , even artisans using them with one hand while work- ing with the other . In China they are often made of carved ivory , the sticks being plates very thin and sometimes carved on both sides , 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...