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... present century established such affinities as can be accounted for only by sup- posing that the nations speaking them had a common origin . No one of these na- tions , whether existing or historical , can claim to be the parent nation ...
... present century established such affinities as can be accounted for only by sup- posing that the nations speaking them had a common origin . No one of these na- tions , whether existing or historical , can claim to be the parent nation ...
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... present to us some striking con- trasts . While the barbarous hordes in the north live almost without the idea of gov ernment , and scarcely know that the Russian czar claims them as his subjects ; and the nomadic tribes , under their ...
... present to us some striking con- trasts . While the barbarous hordes in the north live almost without the idea of gov ernment , and scarcely know that the Russian czar claims them as his subjects ; and the nomadic tribes , under their ...
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... present the solution passes into fermentation , and the whole of the asparagine is converted , by the assimilation of hydrogen , from the pig- ment into succinate of ammonia , a reaction which may be expressed as follows : Succinate of ...
... present the solution passes into fermentation , and the whole of the asparagine is converted , by the assimilation of hydrogen , from the pig- ment into succinate of ammonia , a reaction which may be expressed as follows : Succinate of ...
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... present in the alloy . " Proportion of Gold contained in One part of the Alloy . 1000 thousands Quantity of Lead necessary to completely remove the Copper by Cupellation . 900 66 800 66 700 66 600 66 500 66 400 66 and under . 1 part ...
... present in the alloy . " Proportion of Gold contained in One part of the Alloy . 1000 thousands Quantity of Lead necessary to completely remove the Copper by Cupellation . 900 66 800 66 700 66 600 66 500 66 400 66 and under . 1 part ...
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... present to our mind . When we hear the church - bells , we are apt to think of the crowds in the street , or of some of the other circumstances of public worship . When we pass a house , we are reminded of its occupier ; and meeting a ...
... present to our mind . When we hear the church - bells , we are apt to think of the crowds in the street , or of some of the other circumstances of public worship . When we pass a house , we are reminded of its occupier ; and meeting a ...
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Page 82 - This is the catholic faith : which except a man believe faithfully he cannot be saved.
Page 492 - THE design was to trace the progress of a Poetical Genius, born in a rude age, from the first dawning of fancy and reason, till that period at which he may be supposed capable of appearing in the world as a Minstrel...
Page 342 - And ye are complete in Him, which is the head of all principality and power; in whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ; buried with Him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with Him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised Him from the dead.
Page 261 - An appendix to the first edition of the Morbid Anatomy of some of the most important parts of the human body, London: J.
Page 357 - An apology for the true Christian divinity as the same is held forth and preached by the people called in scorn Quakers...
Page 178 - To give validity to bills passed by the Reichsrath, the consent of both Chambers is required, as well as* the sanction of the head of the State. The members of both the Upper and the Lower House have the right to propose new laws on subjects within the competence of the Reichsrath ; but in all other matters the initiative belongs solely to the Government.
Page 218 - The Birs Nemroud is a mound of an oblong figure, the total circumference of which is 762 yards. At the eastern side it is cloven by a deep furrow, and is not more than fifty or sixty feet high ; but at the western...
Page 114 - ... elements of a perfect repentance in humanity for all the sin of man — a perfect sorrow — a perfect contrition — all the elements of such a repentance, and that in absolute perfection; all — excepting the personal consciousness of sin; and by that perfect response...
Page 372 - OR, LAST IN HELL. WE two are last in hell ; what may we feare To be tormented or kept pris'ners here ? Alas ! if kissing be of plagues the worst, We'll wish, in hell we had been last and first.
Page 114 - For that response has all the elements of a perfect repentance in humanity for all the sin of man, — a perfect sorrow — a perfect contrition — all the elements of such a repentance, and that in absolute perfection, all — excepting the personal consciousness of sin...