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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... died in the six hundredth year of his age , leaving behind him five sons ; viz . Elam , Ashur , Arphaxad , Lud , and Aram ; the second of whom became the founder of the Assyrian kingdom , according to this ex- press declaration of Moses ...
... died in the six hundredth year of his age , leaving behind him five sons ; viz . Elam , Ashur , Arphaxad , Lud , and Aram ; the second of whom became the founder of the Assyrian kingdom , according to this ex- press declaration of Moses ...
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... died in the country distinguished by his name , where his tomb was formerly shewn in a cave of the mountain of Leopards , at a small distance from Je rusalem . We are equally at a loss to ascertain the time of his birth , and the length ...
... died in the country distinguished by his name , where his tomb was formerly shewn in a cave of the mountain of Leopards , at a small distance from Je rusalem . We are equally at a loss to ascertain the time of his birth , and the length ...
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... died . Xerxes invaded Greece with an innumerable 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 ...
... died . Xerxes invaded Greece with an innumerable 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 ...
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... died at Babylon , of a fever , or as some historians say by poison , in the 33d year of his age and 12th of his reign . The untimely death of Alexander having prevented him from the nomination of a successor ; the Macedonian chiefs ...
... died at Babylon , of a fever , or as some historians say by poison , in the 33d year of his age and 12th of his reign . The untimely death of Alexander having prevented him from the nomination of a successor ; the Macedonian chiefs ...
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... possessing unlimited power , he used it with moderation , resigned the dictatorship , and died a private citizen . After the death of this unfeeling tyrant , the flame of civil discord again burst out , and raged with fury Rome . 61.
... possessing unlimited power , he used it with moderation , resigned the dictatorship , and died a private citizen . After the death of this unfeeling tyrant , the flame of civil discord again burst out , and raged with fury Rome . 61.
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