The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, Volume 15George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana Appleton, 1876 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... Paris , Jan..3 , 1857. He was educated at Avignon and at Paris , was for a time professor in the semi- nary of St. Nicholas du Chardonnet in Paris , was next vicar to the parish of St. Sulpice and to the chapel of the missions ...
... Paris , Jan..3 , 1857. He was educated at Avignon and at Paris , was for a time professor in the semi- nary of St. Nicholas du Chardonnet in Paris , was next vicar to the parish of St. Sulpice and to the chapel of the missions ...
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... Paris . His former church pre- ferments caused him to be suspected , and on Aug. 26 , 1792 , he was imprisoned , and barely escaped death at the September massacre . His lectures attracted many of the more eminent literary men of Paris ...
... Paris . His former church pre- ferments caused him to be suspected , and on Aug. 26 , 1792 , he was imprisoned , and barely escaped death at the September massacre . His lectures attracted many of the more eminent literary men of Paris ...
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... ( Paris , 1614 ; republished by Labbe in 1652 , the best edition ) , and by Migne in vol . lviii . of his Patrologie latine . See Saint Sidoine Appollinaire et son siècle , by Chaix ( 2 vols . , Clermont - Ferrand , 1867 - ' 8 ) . SIDRA ...
... ( Paris , 1614 ; republished by Labbe in 1652 , the best edition ) , and by Migne in vol . lviii . of his Patrologie latine . See Saint Sidoine Appollinaire et son siècle , by Chaix ( 2 vols . , Clermont - Ferrand , 1867 - ' 8 ) . SIDRA ...
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... Paris , June 20 , 1836 . After completing his studies in the university of Paris , he took orders , received in 1775 a can- onship in Brittany , and became in 1784 vicar general and chancellor of the bishop of Char- tres . The ministry ...
... Paris , June 20 , 1836 . After completing his studies in the university of Paris , he took orders , received in 1775 a can- onship in Brittany , and became in 1784 vicar general and chancellor of the bishop of Char- tres . The ministry ...
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... Paris . One volume of his collected works , edited by Cramer , ap- peared in 1796. - See Etude sur Sieyes , by E. de Beauverger ( Paris , 1851 ) . SIGISMUND , emperor of Germany , the last of the Luxemburg line , born in 1368 , died Dec ...
... Paris . One volume of his collected works , edited by Cramer , ap- peared in 1796. - See Etude sur Sieyes , by E. de Beauverger ( Paris , 1851 ) . SIGISMUND , emperor of Germany , the last of the Luxemburg line , born in 1368 , died Dec ...
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Page 101 - If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save Slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy Slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy Slavery.
Page 101 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 101 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free...
Page 97 - The state of slavery is of such a nature, that it is incapable of being introduced on any reasons, moral or political, but only by positive law...
Page 320 - Star-Chamber censuring the breach and disobedience to those proclamations by very great fines and imprisonment ; so that any disrespect to any acts of state or to the persons of statesmen was in no time more penal, and...
Page 101 - Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause; and I shall do more whenever I believe doing more will help the cause.
Page 101 - ... first above mentioned, order and designate, as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St. Bernard, Plaquemine, Jefferson, St. John, St. Charles, St.
Page 427 - Complete View of the Manners, Customs, Arms, Habits, &c., of the Inhabitants of England from the arrival of the Saxons till the Reign of Henry VIII.
Page 378 - The whole book of Psalms, collected into English metre by T. Sternhold, J. Hopkins, and others, conferred with the Ebrue; with apt notes to sing them withall...
Page 97 - It is so odious, that nothing can be suffered to support it but positive law. Whatever inconveniences, therefore, may follow from a decision, I cannot say this case is allowed or approved by the law of England ; and therefore the black must be discharged.