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... century , beds were furnished much as at present , with a stuffed quilt , bolster , pillows , sheets , and coverlets . Among the rich , down was used ; but feather - beds did not come into general use till the 15th century . All classes ...
... century , beds were furnished much as at present , with a stuffed quilt , bolster , pillows , sheets , and coverlets . Among the rich , down was used ; but feather - beds did not come into general use till the 15th century . All classes ...
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... century , and were known in Italy as Bizachi and Bocasoti ; but they never obtained the reputa- tion enjoyed by the Beguine sisterhood . Towards the end of the 13th century they were commonly stigmatised as bons garçons , boni pueri ...
... century , and were known in Italy as Bizachi and Bocasoti ; but they never obtained the reputa- tion enjoyed by the Beguine sisterhood . Towards the end of the 13th century they were commonly stigmatised as bons garçons , boni pueri ...
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... century in the Netherlands . The origin of the word is doubtful . It is ascribed by some to a St Begga , who is said to have founded the first sisterhood in 696 ; by others to a priest named Lambertus le Bègues or le Bèghe , who founded ...
... century in the Netherlands . The origin of the word is doubtful . It is ascribed by some to a St Begga , who is said to have founded the first sisterhood in 696 ; by others to a priest named Lambertus le Bègues or le Bèghe , who founded ...
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... century . Where the belfry consists of a mere Belfry at Bruges . turret , it is often called a bell - gable or bell - cote , and is placed on the west end of the church ; a smaller one being usually placed at the east end for the ...
... century . Where the belfry consists of a mere Belfry at Bruges . turret , it is often called a bell - gable or bell - cote , and is placed on the west end of the church ; a smaller one being usually placed at the east end for the ...
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... century the Roman power , but were finally forced at Ardelach and Auldbar in Scotland . At this last to yield to it . Cæsar regarded them as German , place , the bell was hung upon a tree , as was com - but they rather seem to have ...
... century the Roman power , but were finally forced at Ardelach and Auldbar in Scotland . At this last to yield to it . Cæsar regarded them as German , place , the bell was hung upon a tree , as was com - but they rather seem to have ...
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Page 180 - But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband (but and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband) ; and that the husband leave not his wife.
Page 29 - Can the Immortality of the Soul be Proved by the Light of Nature ?'...! chose to adopt the negative.
Page 140 - ... shall have transferred to and vested in him all rights of suit, and be subject to the same liabilities in respect of such goods as if the contract contained in the bill of lading had been made with himself.
Page 360 - The Family Shakspeare ; in which nothing is added to the Original Text ; but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud.
Page 113 - I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Page 138 - The drawer of a bill and any indorser may insert thereon the name of a person to whom the holder may resort in case of need, that is to say, in case the bill is dishonored by nonacceptance or non.payment. Such person is called the referee in case of need.
Page 133 - England by any other than a Subject of His Majesty, or to any Person marrying a Second Time, whose Husband or Wife shall have been continually absent from such Person for the Space of Seven Years then last past, and shall not have been known by such Person to be living within that Time...
Page 20 - The work of construction seems to be a sort of balance struck between many bees, all instinctively standing at the same relative distance from each other, all trying to sweep equal spheres, and then building up, or leaving ungnawed, the planes of intersection between these spheres.
Page 8 - Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, With carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
Page 343 - As buds give rise by growth to fresh buds, and these, if vigorous, branch out and overtop on all sides many a feebler branch, so by generation I believe it has been with the great Tree of Life, which fills with its dead and broken branches the crust of the earth, and covers the surface with its ever-branching and beautiful ramifications.