The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, Volume 2George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana Appleton, 1873 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... German barons would themselves set up the right of asylum in their castles . The German emperors never regard- ed the ecclesiastical asylum , and it was entire- ly swept away by the Protestant princes . In England , in 1487 , the right ...
... German barons would themselves set up the right of asylum in their castles . The German emperors never regard- ed the ecclesiastical asylum , and it was entire- ly swept away by the Protestant princes . In England , in 1487 , the right ...
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... German translation of Spinoza's works in 5 vols . , with a highly appreciative biographical notice . Subsequently he became celebrated by his descriptions of German vil- lage life , remarkable for an abundance of phil- osophical ...
... German translation of Spinoza's works in 5 vols . , with a highly appreciative biographical notice . Subsequently he became celebrated by his descriptions of German vil- lage life , remarkable for an abundance of phil- osophical ...
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... German cities . Augustus , having conquered the Vindelicians in 12 B. C. , established there a colony called Augusta Vindelicorum , on a spot , according to some , already inhabited and called Damasia . The Huns destroyed it in the 5th ...
... German cities . Augustus , having conquered the Vindelicians in 12 B. C. , established there a colony called Augusta Vindelicorum , on a spot , according to some , already inhabited and called Damasia . The Huns destroyed it in the 5th ...
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... German princes and estates were summoned to convene in diet at Augsburg in June . The summons called for aid against the Turks , making no reference to the religious difficulties of the kingdom , fur- ther than to promise at no distant ...
... German princes and estates were summoned to convene in diet at Augsburg in June . The summons called for aid against the Turks , making no reference to the religious difficulties of the kingdom , fur- ther than to promise at no distant ...
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... German island of Alsen ; pop . about 500. It grew up round the palace of the same name , built in 1651 by Duke Ernst Gun- ther , and rebuilt in the latter part of the 18th century on a magnificent scale by Fried- rich Christian the ...
... German island of Alsen ; pop . about 500. It grew up round the palace of the same name , built in 1651 by Duke Ernst Gun- ther , and rebuilt in the latter part of the 18th century on a magnificent scale by Fried- rich Christian the ...
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Page 281 - ... shall be received at par in all parts of the United States in payment of taxes, excises, public lands, and all other dues to the United States, except for duties on imports; and also for all salaries and other debts and demands owing by the United States to individuals, corporations, and associations within the United States, except interest on the public debt, and in redemption of the national currency.
Page 202 - His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end.
Page 291 - BAPTISM is not only a sign of profession, and mark of difference, whereby Christian men are discerned from others that be not christened ; but it is also a sign of regeneration or new birth, whereby, as by an instrument, they that receive baptism rightly are grafted into the church...
Page 281 - And that one hundred and fifty millions of dollars of the entire amount of circulating notes authorized to be issued shall be apportioned to associations in the states, in the District of Columbia, and in the territories, according to representative population, and the remainder shall be apportioned by the Secretary of the Treasury among associations formed in the several states, in the District of Columbia, and in the territories, having due regard to the existing banking capital, resources, and...
Page 291 - Although it be a great sin to contemn or neglect this ordinance, yet grace and salvation are not so inseparably annexed unto it, as that no person can be regenerated or saved without it, or that all that are baptized are undoubtedly regenerated.
Page 442 - Permit me, sire, farther to observe, that whoever has already dared, or shall hereafter endeavour, by false insinuations and suggestions, to alienate your Majesty's affections from your loyal .subjects in general, and from the city of London in particular,' and to withdraw your confidence...
Page 424 - KARAMANIA; OR, A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SOUTH COAST OF ASIA MINOR. And of the Remains of Antiquity : with Maps, Plans, Views, &c.
Page 204 - Upon advised consideration of the charges," said he, "descending into my own conscience, and calling my memory to account so far as I am able, I do plainly and ingenuously confess that I am guilty of corruption, and do renounce all defence.
Page 291 - Christ, not only for the solemn admission of the party baptized into the visible Church, but also to be unto him a sign and seal of the covenant of grace, of his ingrafting into Christ, of regeneration, of remission of sins, and of his giving up unto God, through Jesus Christ, to walk in newness of life: which sacrament is, by Christ's own appointment, to be continued in his Church until the end of the world.
Page 281 - ... of one per centum each half year upon the average amount of its deposits, and a duty of one quarter of one per centum each half year, as aforesaid, on the average amount of its capital stock beyond the amount invested in United States bonds...