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Page 128 - God, to the heathen; and that it shall be left (as it ought to be left) to the minds of the persons whom God may call into the fellowship of His Son from among them to assume for themselves such form of Church Government as to them shall appear most agreeable to the Word of God.
Page 270 - VICTORIA, by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the Colonies and Dependencies thereof in Europe, Asia, Africa, America, and Australasia, Queen, Defender of the Faith. Whereas, for divers weighty reasons, we have resolved, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in Parliament assembled, to take upon ourselves the government of the territories in India, heretofore administered in trust for...
Page 44 - ... estuary, or sea. Here they floated on the waters until " they sank saturated to the bottom, and being buried in the detritus of " adjacent lands, became transferred to a new estate among the members of " the mineral kingdom. A long interment followed, during which a course "of chemical changes and new combinations of their vegetable elements " have converted them into the mineral condition of coal.
Page 9 - Price 4s. 6d. and 8s. 6d. per bottle. WHITE AND SOUND TEETH Are indispensable to Personal Attraction, and to health and longevity by the proper mastication of food. ROWLANDS...
Page 45 - British coal mines, namely 65,000,000, are applied to the production of mechanical power, then England annually summons to her aid an army of 3,300,000 fresh men, pledged to exert their fullest strength through twenty years.
Page 9 - Price 3s. 6d. ; 7s. ; 10s. 6d. (equal to four small) ; and 21s. per bottle.
Page 9 - PEARL DENTIFRICE, compounded of Oriental Ingredients, is of inestimable value in PRESERVING and BEAUTIFYING the TEETH, STRENGTHENING the GUMS, and in giving a DELICATE FRAGRANCE to the BREATH.
Page 270 - Her Majesty is the only child of his late Royal Highness Edward, Duke of Kent, son of King George III. The children of Her Majesty are : — Her...
Page 166 - The above fares to be paid according to distance or time at the option of the hirer, to be expressed at the commencement of the hiring ; if not otherwise expressed the fare to be paid according to distance.
Page 114 - Charter in 1858 the same rank, style, and precedence were granted to graduates of the University of Sydney as are enjoyed by graduates of universities within the United Kingdom. The University of Sydney was affiliated to the University of Oxford in November, 1888, and later with the Universities of Cambridge and Dublin.

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