The Nuttall encyclopædia : being a concise and comprehensive dictionary of…
10. Books of the world, especially the sacred ones, and the spiritual
import of them; in particular those of the Bible, on each of which a note
or two is given.
Chapters
- Chapter 1 Ch.1
- 1. Noted people, their nationality, the time when they flourished, and Ch.2
- 2. Epochs, important movements, and events in history, with the dates and Ch.3
- 3. Countries, provinces, and towns, with descriptions of them, their Ch.4
- 4. Heavenly bodies, especially those connected with the solar system, Ch.5
- 6. Mythologies, and the account they severally give of the divine and Ch.6
- 7. Religions of the world, with their respective credos and objects and Ch.7
- 8. Schools of philosophy, with their theories of things and of the Ch.8
- 9. Sects and parties, under the different systems of belief or polity, Ch.9
- 10. Books of the world, especially the sacred ones, and the spiritual Ch.10
- 11. Legends and fables, especially such as are more or less of world Ch.11
- 13. Fraternities, religious and other, with their symbols and Ch.12
- 15. Institutions for behoof of some special interest, secular or sacred, Ch.13
- 16. Holidays and festivals, with what they commemorate, and the rites and Ch.14
- 17. Science, literature, and art in general, but these chiefly in Ch.15
- 1847. On his release in 1852 he became a faithful friend of France Ch.16
- 32. He is said to have slept every night with his Homer and his sword Ch.17
- 1885. On a plateau 4000 ft. above sea-level, the climate is suited for Ch.18
- 79. It takes its name from a castle built on it by the Emperor Frederick Ch.19
- book did not extend to himself, for he died poor, some ten days before Ch.20
- 558. C. II., son of Siegbert and Brunhilda, king of Austrasia, Ch.21
- 1268. C. V., Bertrand de Goth, Pope from 1305 to 1314; transferred Ch.22
- 670. C. IV., king of ditto from 717 to 720. Ch.23
- introduction of English as the vehicle of instruction in the Christian Ch.24
- BOOK III. CHAP. I. Ch.25
- episode which incensed his father, and nearly brought him to the Ch.26
- 2. Capital (78) of the canton, occupies a splendid geographical position Ch.27
- 18. There are several other saints of the same name. Ch.28
- 1870. The Government is a constitutional monarchy. Franchise is Ch.29
- Introduction to the Old Testament, with Grammar, Lexicons, &c., in Ch.30
- introduction of its woollen manufacture to the settlement in it of Ch.31
- 54. The British remains are much more recent, belonging entirely to the Ch.32
- 1882. London has a University (an examining body), 700 colleges and Ch.33
- 1812. In the Civil War a hundred battles were fought within the State and Ch.34