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... continued . Rev. G. F. LEWIS . Topography , Biography , & c . G. H. LEWES . English Literature , Philosophy , & c . Dr. LINDLEY , F.R.S. , F.L.S. , Professor of Botany in University College , London . Botany and Vegetable Physiology ...
... continued . Rev. G. F. LEWIS . Topography , Biography , & c . G. H. LEWES . English Literature , Philosophy , & c . Dr. LINDLEY , F.R.S. , F.L.S. , Professor of Botany in University College , London . Botany and Vegetable Physiology ...
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LIST OF CONTRIPUTORS - continued . G. R. WATERHOUSE , Curator of the Mu- G. WILLMORE , A.M. , Trinity College , Cam- THE PENNY CYCLOPEDIA OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF. Dr. TRITHEN , Rugby . Sanscrit Literature , Biography . G ...
LIST OF CONTRIPUTORS - continued . G. R. WATERHOUSE , Curator of the Mu- G. WILLMORE , A.M. , Trinity College , Cam- THE PENNY CYCLOPEDIA OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF. Dr. TRITHEN , Rugby . Sanscrit Literature , Biography . G ...
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... continued exertions of Professor Sedgwick , Mr. Sharpe , and the zealous members of the Ordnance Geological Survey of Great Britain , directed by Sir H. T. de la Beche . These researches being still in progress , we must wait until the ...
... continued exertions of Professor Sedgwick , Mr. Sharpe , and the zealous members of the Ordnance Geological Survey of Great Britain , directed by Sir H. T. de la Beche . These researches being still in progress , we must wait until the ...
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... continued rains it appears that a considerable portion of the plains is entirely covered with water and constitutes temporary lakes , but when a drought has continued for some time large rivers dry up , and in their bed are only found ...
... continued rains it appears that a considerable portion of the plains is entirely covered with water and constitutes temporary lakes , but when a drought has continued for some time large rivers dry up , and in their bed are only found ...
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... continued to be looked upon as one of the leaders of the Presbyterian party in the House of Commons , till the impeachment of the eleven members , of whom he was one , by the army ( 23rd June . 1647 ) , when he withdrew with the rest ...
... continued to be looked upon as one of the leaders of the Presbyterian party in the House of Commons , till the impeachment of the eleven members , of whom he was one , by the army ( 23rd June . 1647 ) , when he withdrew with the rest ...
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Page 104 - His person, you know, was fine, his stature exactly what one would wish, his deportment easy, erect and noble ; the best horseman of his age, and the most graceful figure that could be seen on horseback. Although in the circle of his friends, where he might be unreserved with safety, he took a free share in conversation, his colloquial talents were not above mediocrity, possessing neither copiousness of ideas, nor fluency of words.
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Page 231 - In the evening I went very unwillingly to a society in Aldersgate Street, where one was reading Luther's Preface to the Epistle to the Romans. About a quarter before nine, while he was describing the change which God works in the heart through faith in Christ, I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone for salvation; and an assurance was given me that he had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the...
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