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... arms , in order to lessen its true dignity , and point out some imperfec . tion or stain in the character of the person who bears it . In commerce , ABATE- MENT means a discount in the price of commodities for money advanced by the ...
... arms , in order to lessen its true dignity , and point out some imperfec . tion or stain in the character of the person who bears it . In commerce , ABATE- MENT means a discount in the price of commodities for money advanced by the ...
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... arms about the young knight's neck , and embracing him . This familiar expres- sion of regard appears to have been ex- changed for the more stately act of touch- ing , or gently striking , with the royal sword , the neck of the kneeling ...
... arms about the young knight's neck , and embracing him . This familiar expres- sion of regard appears to have been ex- changed for the more stately act of touch- ing , or gently striking , with the royal sword , the neck of the kneeling ...
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... arms of a baronet . APE , a name for different species of the monkey tribe , which are without tails or THE PASCHAL LAMB IS THE TYPE , OF WHICH CHRIST IS THE ANTITYPE . THOSE WHO LIVE NORTH OF THE EQUATOR ARE ANTISCIANS TO THOSE WHO ...
... arms of a baronet . APE , a name for different species of the monkey tribe , which are without tails or THE PASCHAL LAMB IS THE TYPE , OF WHICH CHRIST IS THE ANTITYPE . THOSE WHO LIVE NORTH OF THE EQUATOR ARE ANTISCIANS TO THOSE WHO ...
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... arms of pro- digious length . On the loftiest branches of the gigantic eastern forest trees , troops of these animals are seen sitting in perfect security , or springing from tree to tree , and swinging themselves to great distances by ...
... arms of pro- digious length . On the loftiest branches of the gigantic eastern forest trees , troops of these animals are seen sitting in perfect security , or springing from tree to tree , and swinging themselves to great distances by ...
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... arms of baronets , knights , and gentlemen . ARGENTINE , in mineralogy , a sub- species of carbonate of lime , of a shining pearly lustre . ARGIL , in mineralogy , white clay ; an unctuous kind of earth , of which earthen- ware is made ...
... arms of baronets , knights , and gentlemen . ARGENTINE , in mineralogy , a sub- species of carbonate of lime , of a shining pearly lustre . ARGIL , in mineralogy , white clay ; an unctuous kind of earth , of which earthen- ware is made ...
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Seite 274 - But as a school of moral discipline, the feudal institutions were perhaps most to be valued. Society had sunk, for several centuries after the dissolution of the Roman empire, into a condition of utter depravity ; where, if any vices could be selected as more eminently characteristic than others, they were falsehood, treachery, and ingratitude.
Seite 163 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by the law? And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them? King or queen: All this I promise to do.
Seite 158 - British islands were declared to be in a state of blockade" thereby subjecting to capture and condemnation all vessels, with their cargoes, which should continue to trade with His Majesty's dominions: And whereas, by the same...
Seite 424 - A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Seite 245 - Are they Hebrews ? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the seed of Abraham ? So am I.
Seite 424 - The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses ; and as horsemen, so shall they run. Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array. Before their face the people shall be much pained : all faces shall gather blackness.
Seite 167 - The court-leet, or view of frankpledge,(x) which is a court of record, held once in the year, and not oftener,(^) within a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet: being the king's court, granted by charter to the lords of those hundreds or manors.
Seite 318 - ... the violence of the wind ; which might extend the sight of the philosopher to new ranges of existence, and charm him at one time with the unbounded extent of the material creation, and at another with the endless subordination of animal life ; and, what is yet of more importance might supply the decays of nature, and succour old age with subsidiary sight.
Seite 410 - Municipal law, thus understood, is properly defined to be a 'rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state, commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong.
Seite 274 - From these feelings, engendered from the feudal relation, has sprung up the peculiar sentiment of personal reverence and attachment towards a sovereign, which we denominate loyalty ; alike distinguishable from the stupid devotion of eastern slaves, and from the abstract respect with which free citizens regard their chief magistrate.