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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... Thomas Becket and the church , were additional motives to in- duce the ambitious monarch to suspend the execution of his designs against Ireland , which would probably never have been put in execution , had not accident , or rather the ...
... Thomas Becket and the church , were additional motives to in- duce the ambitious monarch to suspend the execution of his designs against Ireland , which would probably never have been put in execution , had not accident , or rather the ...
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... Thomas Jefferson as Vice - President ( A. D. 1797. ) The functions of the new president were to commence the 4th of March , previous to which he repaired to the house of represen- tatives to take the necessary oaths . At this ceremony ...
... Thomas Jefferson as Vice - President ( A. D. 1797. ) The functions of the new president were to commence the 4th of March , previous to which he repaired to the house of represen- tatives to take the necessary oaths . At this ceremony ...
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... Thomas Jefferson was elected President , and Aaron Burr Vice - President . The * Duke de la Rochefaucault Liancourt . next election took place 1804 , when Thomas Jefferson was United States of America . 279.
... Thomas Jefferson was elected President , and Aaron Burr Vice - President . The * Duke de la Rochefaucault Liancourt . next election took place 1804 , when Thomas Jefferson was United States of America . 279.
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... Thomas Jefferson was elected President , and George Clinton Vice - Presi- dent , At the time of the completion of the new constitution , and the first sitting of the new congress in 1789 , the union consisted of no more than thirteen ...
... Thomas Jefferson was elected President , and George Clinton Vice - Presi- dent , At the time of the completion of the new constitution , and the first sitting of the new congress in 1789 , the union consisted of no more than thirteen ...
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... Thomas Jef- ferson and George Clinton . Upwards of half a million of whom are slaves , or black people ! ! - But , to the honour of the two countries , and the great satisfaction of all the friends of humanity , the nefarious traffic in ...
... Thomas Jef- ferson and George Clinton . Upwards of half a million of whom are slaves , or black people ! ! - But , to the honour of the two countries , and the great satisfaction of all the friends of humanity , the nefarious traffic in ...
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