A Compendium of the History of All Nations: Exhibiting a Concise View of the Origin, Progress, Decline and Fall of the Most Considerable Empires, Kingdoms, and States of the World, from the Earliest Times to the Present Period. Interspersed with a Short Account of the Prevailing Religions. Ornamented with a Frontispiece... and Three Other Plates |
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... John Payne . Mr. John Crookes , of New - York , has also rendered me some valuable assistance . To these gentle . men it is but common justice to acknowledge my warmest obligations for the aid which they have afford- ed me . D. FRASER ...
... John Payne . Mr. John Crookes , of New - York , has also rendered me some valuable assistance . To these gentle . men it is but common justice to acknowledge my warmest obligations for the aid which they have afford- ed me . D. FRASER ...
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... John Gottemberg , of Mentz , and America was discovered . His successor , Maximilian I. by his marriage with Mary , princess of Burgundy , added the Netherlands to his dominions . During this reign Germany was di- vided into circles ...
... John Gottemberg , of Mentz , and America was discovered . His successor , Maximilian I. by his marriage with Mary , princess of Burgundy , added the Netherlands to his dominions . During this reign Germany was di- vided into circles ...
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... John having form- ed a rebellion in his absence ) confined to a dungeon in the heart of Germany , loaded with irons , and entirely at the mercy of his enemy , the basest and most sordid of mankind ! * Upon his releasement from captivity ...
... John having form- ed a rebellion in his absence ) confined to a dungeon in the heart of Germany , loaded with irons , and entirely at the mercy of his enemy , the basest and most sordid of mankind ! * Upon his releasement from captivity ...
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... John died , universally despised , A. D. 1216. The principal barons agreed to acknow- ledge the authority of his son Henry III . and obliged Lewis to evacuate the kingdom , HENRY III . was a weak and contemptible prince.- To this reign ...
... John died , universally despised , A. D. 1216. The principal barons agreed to acknow- ledge the authority of his son Henry III . and obliged Lewis to evacuate the kingdom , HENRY III . was a weak and contemptible prince.- To this reign ...
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... John their king taken prisoner and brought to London . These splendid successes were of no real advantage to England . In the conclusion of Edward's life , his fortunes declined . An extravagant attachment to Alice Pierce , a young lady ...
... John their king taken prisoner and brought to London . These splendid successes were of no real advantage to England . In the conclusion of Edward's life , his fortunes declined . An extravagant attachment to Alice Pierce , a young lady ...
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