Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations - Lexicon, Volume 12Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake Carey, Lea & Carey, 1832 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... prince , he set out to walk to Seringapatam , where Tippoo Saib compel- led him to enter his army , with a commis- sion as captain of sepoys . After serving some time in this capacity , sir James Sib- bald , the commissioner for ...
... prince , he set out to walk to Seringapatam , where Tippoo Saib compel- led him to enter his army , with a commis- sion as captain of sepoys . After serving some time in this capacity , sir James Sib- bald , the commissioner for ...
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... prince in the whole world could be . " On the first symptoms of resistance to the royal authority , he counselled the strongest measures ; and after the failure of the king's first expedition against Scot- land , he was sent for from ...
... prince in the whole world could be . " On the first symptoms of resistance to the royal authority , he counselled the strongest measures ; and after the failure of the king's first expedition against Scot- land , he was sent for from ...
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... prince , the present king of Denmark ( see Frederic VI ) , widened the breach between Caroline and the queen- dowager , without reconciling Christian to his wife . The nation was divided into two great parties - that of the king , at ...
... prince , the present king of Denmark ( see Frederic VI ) , widened the breach between Caroline and the queen- dowager , without reconciling Christian to his wife . The nation was divided into two great parties - that of the king , at ...
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... prince to the throne of his ancestors , which was defeat- ed only by the opposition of his father - as William III had agreed to procure the recognition of the prince of Wales , as he was styled , as his successor ; but James II ...
... prince to the throne of his ancestors , which was defeat- ed only by the opposition of his father - as William III had agreed to procure the recognition of the prince of Wales , as he was styled , as his successor ; but James II ...
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... prince was , a few years after , invited to Spain , where he was well received by Philip V ; but the visit had no important influence on his affairs , and Rome again became his retreat , as it was his future res- idence . In 1720 , he ...
... prince was , a few years after , invited to Spain , where he was well received by Philip V ; but the visit had no important influence on his affairs , and Rome again became his retreat , as it was his future res- idence . In 1720 , he ...
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Page 64 - I, AB, do swear that I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position that princes excommunicated or deprived by the pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preeminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm...
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Page 64 - I do declare, that I do not believe that the Pope of Rome, or any other foreign prince, prelate, person, state, or potentate, hath or ought to have any temporal or civil jurisdiction, power, superiority or pre-eminence, directly or indirectly, within this realm.
Page 22 - Put not your trust in princes, nor in the sons of men, for in them there is no salvation."*** He was soon able, however, to collect his courage; and he prepared himself to suffer the fatal sentence.
Page 24 - Jesus' sake, forbeare To dig the dust enclosed here: Blessed be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones.
Page 71 - European expansion at the end of the fifteenth century and the beginning of the sixteenth.
Page 194 - ... was under the age of twenty-one, being a male, or fourteen, being a female', the lord was entitled to the wardship of the heir, and was called the guardian in chivalry. This wardship consisted in having...
Page 421 - Croix River to the Highlands, along the said Highlands which divide those Rivers that empty themselves into the River St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the North-westernmost head of Connecticut River...
Page 344 - Faith is this : that we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity, neither confounding the Persons, nor dividing the substance. For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one ; the glory equal, the majesty coeternal.
Page 344 - THERE is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body, parts, or passions ; of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness ; the Maker and preserver of all things, both visible and invisible. And in unity of this Godhead there be three Persons, of one substance, power, and eternity ; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.