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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... command of the Almighty , the cheerful light appeared , the firmament expanded , to divide the upper from the lower waters ; the congregated floods retired to their destined bed ; and the dry land was crowned with a rich profusion of ...
... command of the Almighty , the cheerful light appeared , the firmament expanded , to divide the upper from the lower waters ; the congregated floods retired to their destined bed ; and the dry land was crowned with a rich profusion of ...
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... command his countenance on the mortifying occasion . The Deity condescended to expostulate with him upon the ab- surdity of his impious behaviour , demanding what rea- son he could produce in justification of his anger and explicitly ...
... command his countenance on the mortifying occasion . The Deity condescended to expostulate with him upon the ab- surdity of his impious behaviour , demanding what rea- son he could produce in justification of his anger and explicitly ...
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... command Noah undertook the construction of this vessel , mentioned in the scrip- tures by the name of the ark . With respect to its di- mensions we read , that its length was three hundred cu- bits , its breadth fifty , and its height ...
... command Noah undertook the construction of this vessel , mentioned in the scrip- tures by the name of the ark . With respect to its di- mensions we read , that its length was three hundred cu- bits , its breadth fifty , and its height ...
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... Command , together with his wife , his family , and every living creature which had been intrusted to his care for one year and ten days , ac- cording to the antideluvian computation , or during the space of three hundred and sixty ...
... Command , together with his wife , his family , and every living creature which had been intrusted to his care for one year and ten days , ac- cording to the antideluvian computation , or during the space of three hundred and sixty ...
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... command of Inachus . He was styled the Son of the Ocean , be- cause his origin was not known , or on account of his coming by sea to Greece . His son Phoroneus insti- tuted the laws of government , and on that account has been called ...
... command of Inachus . He was styled the Son of the Ocean , be- cause his origin was not known , or on account of his coming by sea to Greece . His son Phoroneus insti- tuted the laws of government , and on that account has been called ...
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