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... appears to have been rebuilt or restored by Lycurgus ( c . 330 B.C. ) . This is probably the building which , according to Aristophanes ( Wasps , 1109 ) , was used for judicial purposes , for the distribution of corn , and even for the ...
... appears to have been rebuilt or restored by Lycurgus ( c . 330 B.C. ) . This is probably the building which , according to Aristophanes ( Wasps , 1109 ) , was used for judicial purposes , for the distribution of corn , and even for the ...
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... appears to have been an able and conscientious ruler of the see . He had great influence with King Edwy , whom he had crowned in 956. Odo ( d . 1200 ) , abbot of Battle , was a monk of Christ Church , Canterbury , and was prior of this ...
... appears to have been an able and conscientious ruler of the see . He had great influence with King Edwy , whom he had crowned in 956. Odo ( d . 1200 ) , abbot of Battle , was a monk of Christ Church , Canterbury , and was prior of this ...
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... appears to have made a much greater impression on the laity of his native territory than on his Franciscan brethren . The latter were about to bury him without delay or ceremony , but the gastaid or chief magistrate of the city ...
... appears to have made a much greater impression on the laity of his native territory than on his Franciscan brethren . The latter were about to bury him without delay or ceremony , but the gastaid or chief magistrate of the city ...
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... appears to have worked extensively he barely escaped with his life to the island of Calypso , where he for the marquise de Pompadour by whose influence he was was detained eight years , an unwilling lover of the beautiful granted ...
... appears to have worked extensively he barely escaped with his life to the island of Calypso , where he for the marquise de Pompadour by whose influence he was was detained eight years , an unwilling lover of the beautiful granted ...
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... appears in the Vitae duorum Ofarum , though it is erroneously told of a later Offa , the famous king of Mercia . Offa of Mercia , however , was a descendant in the 12th generation of Offa , king of Angel . It is probable from this and ...
... appears in the Vitae duorum Ofarum , though it is erroneously told of a later Offa , the famous king of Mercia . Offa of Mercia , however , was a descendant in the 12th generation of Offa , king of Angel . It is probable from this and ...
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Page 184 - The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments duly administered, according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
Page 71 - FAREWELL, too little and too lately known, Whom I began to think and call my own: For sure our souls were near allied, and thine Cast in the same poetic mould with mine. One common note on either lyre did strike, And knaves and fools we both abhorred alike.
Page 270 - That all fermented, distilled or other intoxicating liquors or liquids transported into any State or Territory or remaining therein for use, consumption, sale or storage therein, shall upon arrival in such State or Territory be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of such State or Territory enacted in the exercise of its police powers, to the same extent and in the same manner as though such liquids...
Page 71 - twould a saint provoke" (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke), " No, let a charming chintz, and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead— And, Betty, give this cheek a little red.
Page 182 - And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, divers kinds of tongues.
Page 245 - That the channel described in the treaty answer to that channel. With respect to the first point, the Secretary of State argues on the assumption that the title of the United States to the whole of the territory...
Page 104 - ... owner, in his own right, of the shares of stock standing in his name on the books of the association, and that the...
Page 184 - Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a Bishop in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands; In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Page 270 - ... when the importer has so acted upon the thing imported, that it has become incorporated and mixed up with the mass of property in the country, it has, perhaps, lost its distinctive character as an import, and has become subject to the taxing power of the State; but while remaining the property of the importer, in his warehouse, in the original form or package in which it was imported, a tax upon it is too plainly a duty on imports to escape the prohibition in the constitution.
Page 28 - He shall be commander in chief of the military forces of the state, except when they are called into the service of the United States. He shall have power to call out the militia to preserve the public peace, execute the laws, suppress insurrection and repel invasion.