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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... carried on before the flood with greater facility than af- terwards ; as there was but one language in the world . Yet , it is evident , they had no idea of navigation , and of extending their trade to remote parts by the assistance of ...
... carried on before the flood with greater facility than af- terwards ; as there was but one language in the world . Yet , it is evident , they had no idea of navigation , and of extending their trade to remote parts by the assistance of ...
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... carried war into foreign countries , con- ciliated the esteem of the vanquished , by treating them as subjects instead of slaves , and granting them a full par- ticipation of those comforts that were lodged in the hands of the ...
... carried war into foreign countries , con- ciliated the esteem of the vanquished , by treating them as subjects instead of slaves , and granting them a full par- ticipation of those comforts that were lodged in the hands of the ...
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... carried on with vigour after the dispersion ; as the necessities of men were greatly increased by their separation , and those who settled in new countries finding the want of many conveniences they had left behind them , and at the ...
... carried on with vigour after the dispersion ; as the necessities of men were greatly increased by their separation , and those who settled in new countries finding the want of many conveniences they had left behind them , and at the ...
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... carried on under the protection of the soldan of the Mamalukes , wasin dan- der of being snatched from them , it so far instigated that Mahomedan prince , who was likewise deeply interested in preserving such commerce in its former ...
... carried on under the protection of the soldan of the Mamalukes , wasin dan- der of being snatched from them , it so far instigated that Mahomedan prince , who was likewise deeply interested in preserving such commerce in its former ...
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... carried off ours . " " The Europeans , " answered the generous host , " who carried off our countrymen , are infamous barbarians ; kill them when ever you can find them . But he who lodges with me is a good man ; he is my friend ; my ...
... carried off ours . " " The Europeans , " answered the generous host , " who carried off our countrymen , are infamous barbarians ; kill them when ever you can find them . But he who lodges with me is a good man ; he is my friend ; my ...
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