Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c. Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference, Volume 13John Brown, 1816 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... whole power is now vefted in the latter . 2. The PARLIAMENT of Scotland , as our court of the laft refort , had the right of reviewing the fentences of all our fupreme courts . 3. By the treaty of UNION , in 1707 , the parlia- ments of ...
... whole power is now vefted in the latter . 2. The PARLIAMENT of Scotland , as our court of the laft refort , had the right of reviewing the fentences of all our fupreme courts . 3. By the treaty of UNION , in 1707 , the parlia- ments of ...
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... whole of their benefices , were obliged to maintain the minifters within their dioceses out of the thirds ; and in like manner , the laic titu- lars , who got grants of the teinds , became bound , by their acceptance thereof , to ...
... whole of their benefices , were obliged to maintain the minifters within their dioceses out of the thirds ; and in like manner , the laic titu- lars , who got grants of the teinds , became bound , by their acceptance thereof , to ...
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... whole year's ftipend ; and if he is received after Whitfunday , and before Michaelmas , he is entit- led to the half of that year ; becaufe , though the corns were fown before his entry , he was admit- ted before the terms at which they ...
... whole year's ftipend ; and if he is received after Whitfunday , and before Michaelmas , he is entit- led to the half of that year ; becaufe , though the corns were fown before his entry , he was admit- ted before the terms at which they ...
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... whole goods falling un- der communion ; and his creditors may affect them for the payment of his proper debts ; fo that the jus mariti carries all the characters of an affignation , by the wife to her husband , of her moveable eftate ...
... whole goods falling un- der communion ; and his creditors may affect them for the payment of his proper debts ; fo that the jus mariti carries all the characters of an affignation , by the wife to her husband , of her moveable eftate ...
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... whole lands of Scotland , is constituted jure corone , without feifin . In feveral parcels of land that lie contiguous to one another , one feifin ferves for all , unlets the right of the feveral parcels be either holden of different ...
... whole lands of Scotland , is constituted jure corone , without feifin . In feveral parcels of land that lie contiguous to one another , one feifin ferves for all , unlets the right of the feveral parcels be either holden of different ...
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Page 315 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. Thiscalledon me for revenge. I have sought it: I have killed many: I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country, I rejoice at the beams of peace.
Page 315 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat ; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, " Logan is the friend of white men.
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Page 181 - This natural liberty consists properly in a power of acting as one thinks fit, without any restraint or control, unless by the law of nature; being a right inherent in us by birth, and one of the gifts of God to man at his creation, when he endued him with the faculty of free will.
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Page 183 - And, lastly, to vindicate these rights, when actually violated or attacked, the subjects of England are entitled, in the first place, to the regular administration and free course of justice in the courts of law; next, to the right of petitioning the king and parliament for redress of grievances; and, lastly, to the right of having and using arms for self-preservation and defence.
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Page 380 - This pillar was set up in perpetual remembrance of the most dreadful burning of this Protestant city, begun and carried on by the treachery and malice of the Popish faction, in the beginning of September, in the year of our LORD 1666, in order to the carrying on their horrid plot for extirpating the Protestant Religion, and old English Liberty, and introducing Popery and Slavery.
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