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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... army , and marched into Media , af- ter conquering which , she proceeded to visit Persia , and the rest of the ... army against the rebels , whom he de- feated in three different engagements . But the coalition being strengthened by the ...
... army , and marched into Media , af- ter conquering which , she proceeded to visit Persia , and the rest of the ... army against the rebels , whom he de- feated in three different engagements . But the coalition being strengthened by the ...
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... army , against Jerusalem . While the siege was carrying on with vigor , and by Sennacherib in person , he was in- formed that Tirhaka , king of Ethiopia , was about to enter his dominions . This intelligence compelled him to raise the ...
... army , against Jerusalem . While the siege was carrying on with vigor , and by Sennacherib in person , he was in- formed that Tirhaka , king of Ethiopia , was about to enter his dominions . This intelligence compelled him to raise the ...
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... instantaneously slays both man and beast . Herodotus , the first heathen writer , takes notice of this catastrophe in the Assyrian army . down their walls , and gave the inhabitants for a 48 History of all Nations , The Persian Monarchy.
... instantaneously slays both man and beast . Herodotus , the first heathen writer , takes notice of this catastrophe in the Assyrian army . down their walls , and gave the inhabitants for a 48 History of all Nations , The Persian Monarchy.
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... army , resolved to reduce it all under his subjection : but being defeated , was killed by his own subjects , who despised him for his ill success . After which his son , ' Artaxerxes Longimanus , succeeded to the throne ; and after him ...
... army , resolved to reduce it all under his subjection : but being defeated , was killed by his own subjects , who despised him for his ill success . After which his son , ' Artaxerxes Longimanus , succeeded to the throne ; and after him ...
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... army , and intrusted Hannibal with the supreme command ; who , crossing the Alps , march- ed into Italy , and defeated the Romans in several bat- tles . Rome was threatened with instant destruction ; but Fabius Maximus , being made ...
... army , and intrusted Hannibal with the supreme command ; who , crossing the Alps , march- ed into Italy , and defeated the Romans in several bat- tles . Rome was threatened with instant destruction ; but Fabius Maximus , being made ...
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