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... died . Mr. Fox and lord Grenville formed a new ministry , and abolished the slave trade ; but the former of the two , who had been long the political rival of Mr. Pitt , died in the same year with him . Indeed the country was singularly ...
... died . Mr. Fox and lord Grenville formed a new ministry , and abolished the slave trade ; but the former of the two , who had been long the political rival of Mr. Pitt , died in the same year with him . Indeed the country was singularly ...
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... died the next day ; poisoned , as the narra- tive asserts . Meanwhile Josephine ( at that time the mistress of Barras , and eventually empress ) , ignorant of the trick , procured the deaf and dumb child ( whom she supposed to be the ...
... died the next day ; poisoned , as the narra- tive asserts . Meanwhile Josephine ( at that time the mistress of Barras , and eventually empress ) , ignorant of the trick , procured the deaf and dumb child ( whom she supposed to be the ...
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... died . To take his place , the committee appointed citi- zen Pelletan , a well known medical officer , and with him was joined citizen Dumangin , first physician to the hospital of health . Their bulletin of eleven o'clock yesterday ...
... died . To take his place , the committee appointed citi- zen Pelletan , a well known medical officer , and with him was joined citizen Dumangin , first physician to the hospital of health . Their bulletin of eleven o'clock yesterday ...
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... died 1809 ; Sir Hildebrand Oakes was chief until 1813 , when Sir Thomas Maitland arrived he died 1824 , and was succeeded by the Marquis of Hastings , who died 1826 , and was followed by Sir Frederick Ponsonby , who died 1836 , when Ge ...
... died 1809 ; Sir Hildebrand Oakes was chief until 1813 , when Sir Thomas Maitland arrived he died 1824 , and was succeeded by the Marquis of Hastings , who died 1826 , and was followed by Sir Frederick Ponsonby , who died 1836 , when Ge ...
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... dying daily by hundreds , already feeling the in- fluence of the hyperborean winter which was setting in . Napoleon ... died by hundreds in the few short hours of rest , leaving on many spots nothing but ghastly circles of corpses at ...
... dying daily by hundreds , already feeling the in- fluence of the hyperborean winter which was setting in . Napoleon ... died by hundreds in the few short hours of rest , leaving on many spots nothing but ghastly circles of corpses at ...
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Page 353 - A.ND when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus
Page 354 - And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship, 31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
Page 354 - For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee. Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
Page 567 - England, and the maintenance and making of laws, and redress of mischiefs and grievances, which daily happen within this realm, are proper subjects and matter of counsel and debate in Parliament; and that in the handling and proceeding of those businesses every member of the House of Parliament hath, and of right ought to have, freedom of speech to propound, treat, reason and bring to conclusion the same...
Page 354 - And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms : and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms. 29 Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
Page 355 - And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground ; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves. "And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
Page 355 - Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
Page 355 - And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live. 5 And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
Page 457 - At nature's mighty feast there is no vacant cover for him. She tells him to be gone, and will quickly execute her own orders, if he do not work upon the compassion of some of her guests.
Page 354 - Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship ; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.