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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... court , and in real magnificence vied with ancient Rome , as their equitable administration did with the reigns of Trajan and Anto- ninus . They were at last subdued by Belisarius , the general of Justinian , emperor of the east , who ...
... court , and in real magnificence vied with ancient Rome , as their equitable administration did with the reigns of Trajan and Anto- ninus . They were at last subdued by Belisarius , the general of Justinian , emperor of the east , who ...
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... court , had recourse to a public sale of indulgencies . This traffic excited just abhorrence in Martin Luther , professor of divinity at Wirtemberg , who published his Theses , Sept. 30 , 1517. The interest and power of the court of ...
... court , had recourse to a public sale of indulgencies . This traffic excited just abhorrence in Martin Luther , professor of divinity at Wirtemberg , who published his Theses , Sept. 30 , 1517. The interest and power of the court of ...
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... court of Charlemagne , united these seven independent kingdoms , A. D. 827 , and thus laid the foundation of the kingdom of England . His reign was disturbed by the Normans or Danes , who from time to time ravaged the coast , but were ...
... court of Charlemagne , united these seven independent kingdoms , A. D. 827 , and thus laid the foundation of the kingdom of England . His reign was disturbed by the Normans or Danes , who from time to time ravaged the coast , but were ...
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... courts . He encouraged learning , navigation , and commerce . On the death of Alfred , A. D. 899 , England relapsed ... court of his brother - in- law , Richard , duke of Normandy , A. D. 1013 . His son , EDMOND IRONSIDE , after having ...
... courts . He encouraged learning , navigation , and commerce . On the death of Alfred , A. D. 899 , England relapsed ... court of his brother - in- law , Richard , duke of Normandy , A. D. 1013 . His son , EDMOND IRONSIDE , after having ...
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... court of justice , proceeded with deliberate solemnity to the trial of his sovereign . The execution of this unfortu- nate prince , A. D. 1649 , was followed by the dissolu- tion of monarchy . The commons passed an act , abolishing ...
... court of justice , proceeded with deliberate solemnity to the trial of his sovereign . The execution of this unfortu- nate prince , A. D. 1649 , was followed by the dissolu- tion of monarchy . The commons passed an act , abolishing ...
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