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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... Joseph , when overseer of the corn of Egypt , established his magazines . The LABYRINTH , according to Herodotus , was built by the twelve kings of Egypt , when the government was divided into twelve parts , and served as so many ...
... Joseph , when overseer of the corn of Egypt , established his magazines . The LABYRINTH , according to Herodotus , was built by the twelve kings of Egypt , when the government was divided into twelve parts , and served as so many ...
Page 41
... Joseph , and the kingdom was transferred to another family , the Israelites were used with great rigour ; they were ordered to cut canals for the Nile , to raise dykes , and to erect fantastical pyramids . " Jos . Ant . lib . II . chap ...
... Joseph , and the kingdom was transferred to another family , the Israelites were used with great rigour ; they were ordered to cut canals for the Nile , to raise dykes , and to erect fantastical pyramids . " Jos . Ant . lib . II . chap ...
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... Joseph I. was raised to the vacant throne . During this reign , the war was carried on against France by the Imperialists , in conjunction with Great Britain , Portugal , and the States of Holland . The duke of Marlborough commanded the ...
... Joseph I. was raised to the vacant throne . During this reign , the war was carried on against France by the Imperialists , in conjunction with Great Britain , Portugal , and the States of Holland . The duke of Marlborough commanded the ...
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... Joseph Benedict - Augus- tus II . was elected , who dying in 1790 was succeeded by Leopold duke of Tuscany . Leopold II . after a short reign of two years , died suddenly on March 1 , 1792 , and was succeeded by the present emperor Fran ...
... Joseph Benedict - Augus- tus II . was elected , who dying in 1790 was succeeded by Leopold duke of Tuscany . Leopold II . after a short reign of two years , died suddenly on March 1 , 1792 , and was succeeded by the present emperor Fran ...
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... JOSEPH II . his son , filled the throne on the death of his father , A. D. 1750. In this reign Portugal was visited by a more dreadful calamity than even war itself . A violent earthquake , November 1 , 1755 , laid the city of Lisbon in ...
... JOSEPH II . his son , filled the throne on the death of his father , A. D. 1750. In this reign Portugal was visited by a more dreadful calamity than even war itself . A violent earthquake , November 1 , 1755 , laid the city of Lisbon in ...
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