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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Page 11
... appears to have been but of short duratio , as the woman , being deceived by the subtilty of the serpent , violated the divine injunction in her own person , and afterwards enticed her husband to a participation of her crime . At this ...
... appears to have been but of short duratio , as the woman , being deceived by the subtilty of the serpent , violated the divine injunction in her own person , and afterwards enticed her husband to a participation of her crime . At this ...
Page 12
... appears that Cin , the eldest son of Adam , was born in the first year of the world ; and the second , named Abel , the year following . These persons , notwithstanding their near affinity , soon discovered symptoms of the most opposite ...
... appears that Cin , the eldest son of Adam , was born in the first year of the world ; and the second , named Abel , the year following . These persons , notwithstanding their near affinity , soon discovered symptoms of the most opposite ...
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... appears to have been spoken in the spirit of prophecy , and has been fully accom- plished in the great possessions which fell to the poste- rity of Japhet in different parts of the world : in the over- throw of the Assyrian empire by ...
... appears to have been spoken in the spirit of prophecy , and has been fully accom- plished in the great possessions which fell to the poste- rity of Japhet in different parts of the world : in the over- throw of the Assyrian empire by ...
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... appears from the sacred records that he lived to the age of four hundred and thirty - eight years . As we find no circumstance related in scripture re- specting the other sons , viz . Lud and Aram , we shall dismiss our remarks on his ...
... appears from the sacred records that he lived to the age of four hundred and thirty - eight years . As we find no circumstance related in scripture re- specting the other sons , viz . Lud and Aram , we shall dismiss our remarks on his ...
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... appears needless that he should have wandered so far from his friends , and the ancient name of the Lydians is a strong objection against this opinion . Aram , the youngest son of Shem , obtained the countries of Mesopotamia and Syria ...
... appears needless that he should have wandered so far from his friends , and the ancient name of the Lydians is a strong objection against this opinion . Aram , the youngest son of Shem , obtained the countries of Mesopotamia and Syria ...
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