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... died on the 26th November 1799. His lectures were published in 1803 ( Edin . 2 vols . 4to ) , edited , with a biographical and critical preface , by Professor Robison . BLACK ACTS are the acts of the Scottish parliament of the first ...
... died on the 26th November 1799. His lectures were published in 1803 ( Edin . 2 vols . 4to ) , edited , with a biographical and critical preface , by Professor Robison . BLACK ACTS are the acts of the Scottish parliament of the first ...
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... died , and in the rest of the East nearly 24,000,000 . These numbers appal the imagination . Coming to Europe , the horror is increased by the greater exactness of the details . London alone lost over 100,000 souls ; 15 European cities ...
... died , and in the rest of the East nearly 24,000,000 . These numbers appal the imagination . Coming to Europe , the horror is increased by the greater exactness of the details . London alone lost over 100,000 souls ; 15 European cities ...
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... died 21st October 1638 , and left two sons , John and Cornelius , who carried on the business together until the death of the latter in 1650 . BLAEU , Joh . , the son of the preceding , was born at Amsterdam about the be- ginning of the ...
... died 21st October 1638 , and left two sons , John and Cornelius , who carried on the business together until the death of the latter in 1650 . BLAEU , Joh . , the son of the preceding , was born at Amsterdam about the be- ginning of the ...
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... died , as the ship entered the harbor of Plymouth , in the year 1657. Cromwell honored his memory by a solemn funeral procession , and caused him to be interred in Westminster Abbey . His skill and courage were equalled only by his ...
... died , as the ship entered the harbor of Plymouth , in the year 1657. Cromwell honored his memory by a solemn funeral procession , and caused him to be interred in Westminster Abbey . His skill and courage were equalled only by his ...
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... died out ; and it is asserted that , to preserve his worldly interests , he even forsook the cause of the Unitarians , and favored that of the Jesuits , who were in high esteem with the prince . He was murdered in 1590 by his nephew ...
... died out ; and it is asserted that , to preserve his worldly interests , he even forsook the cause of the Unitarians , and favored that of the Jesuits , who were in high esteem with the prince . He was murdered in 1590 by his nephew ...
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Page 371 - ... the sole supreme government, command and disposition of the militia and of all forces by sea and land and of all forts and places of strength is and by the laws of England ever was the undoubted right of his Majesty and his royal predecessors, kings and queens of England, and that both or either of the Houses of Parliament cannot nor ought to pretend to the same...
Page 33 - I cannot conclude this book upon the creation without mentioning a poem which has lately appeared under that title.* The work was undertaken with so good an intention, and is executed with so great a mastery, that it deserves to be looked upon as one of the most useful and noble productions in our English verse.
Page 518 - Burton.— The History of Scotland, from the Revolution to the Extinction of the last Jacobite Insurrection (1689—1748).
Page 274 - Plunged under waters hundreth fathoms deep. Not so was Noah in his house of tree, For through a window he the light did see ; He...
Page 496 - The offence of burglary at common law is defined to be ' a breaking and entering the dwelling-house of another in the night, with intent to commit some felony within the same, whether such felonious intent be executed or not.
Page 194 - ... did abide so many blows in them, that his legs were crushed and beaten together as small as might be, and the bones and flesh so bruised, that the blood and marrow spouted forth in great abundance, whereby they were made unserviceable for ever.
Page 243 - The loan or debt is repayable only in the event of the ship's safe arrival at the port of destination ; and in consideration of this risk, the lender or creditor exacts a premium, the amount of which depends on the nature of the adventure. If the ship be totally lost, the lender loses his money ; but if she returns safely, he recovers his principal, together with interest at the rate agreed upon. These contracts are not treated as ordinary mortgages, and preferred according to the order of date ;...
Page 194 - Why, the rack. All your empirics could never do the like cure upon the gout the rack did in England, or your Scotch boot.
Page 353 - The next step was to procure a set of metal types, with the different letters of the alphabet cast upon their ends; also a board, in which were square holes, into which holes she could set the types; so that the letters on their ends could alone be felt above the surface.
Page 148 - Marseille in 1793. In 1797 he was elected a member of the Council of Five Hundred, and in the same year was sent as ambassador from the republic to Rome. In 1800...