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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... causes which contributed to their rise and splendour , as well as those which operated to their decline and ex- tinction . It is hoped that this work will prove an ac- ceptable REMEMBRANCER to those already well - versed in universal ...
... causes which contributed to their rise and splendour , as well as those which operated to their decline and ex- tinction . It is hoped that this work will prove an ac- ceptable REMEMBRANCER to those already well - versed in universal ...
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... causes have been assigned by different au- thors for this longevity . Some imputing it to the sobri- ety of the antediluvians , and the extreme simplicity of their diet : -others supposing that it resulted from the peculiar excellence ...
... causes have been assigned by different au- thors for this longevity . Some imputing it to the sobri- ety of the antediluvians , and the extreme simplicity of their diet : -others supposing that it resulted from the peculiar excellence ...
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... cause for Shem , who received his birth before the deluge , and possessed all the virtues of the antediluvians , fell short of the age of his forefathers by three hundred years , because the greater part of his life was passed after his ...
... cause for Shem , who received his birth before the deluge , and possessed all the virtues of the antediluvians , fell short of the age of his forefathers by three hundred years , because the greater part of his life was passed after his ...
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... caused a revolution in the commerce of the world , equally wonderful as his conquests , and much more permanent . After he had subdued and sub- verted Tyre , he caused its commerce to be transferred to Alexandria , which soon became the ...
... caused a revolution in the commerce of the world , equally wonderful as his conquests , and much more permanent . After he had subdued and sub- verted Tyre , he caused its commerce to be transferred to Alexandria , which soon became the ...
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... caused that ines- timable treasure of ancient literature , science , and know- ledge , which was deposited in the Alexandrian library , to be reduced to ashes . From the time of the first Ptolemy to the conquest of Egypt by the ...
... caused that ines- timable treasure of ancient literature , science , and know- ledge , which was deposited in the Alexandrian library , to be reduced to ashes . From the time of the first Ptolemy to the conquest of Egypt by the ...
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