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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Page 11
... established those names which were then imposed by his especial favorite on the various objects presented to his view . Their felicity , however , appears to have been but of short duratio , as the woman , being deceived by the subtilty ...
... established those names which were then imposed by his especial favorite on the various objects presented to his view . Their felicity , however , appears to have been but of short duratio , as the woman , being deceived by the subtilty ...
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... establish themselves and their families on some other part of the earth . With this design they tra- velled from the east till they arrived at a plain in the land of Shinaar , which they immediately designed for their future abode . On ...
... establish themselves and their families on some other part of the earth . With this design they tra- velled from the east till they arrived at a plain in the land of Shinaar , which they immediately designed for their future abode . On ...
Page 35
... the Christians . This prince established a body of troops in Egypt , somewhat like the present janizaries , to whom he gave the name of Mamalukes ; these became a very intrepid and powerful body of men . The posteri- Egypt . 35.
... the Christians . This prince established a body of troops in Egypt , somewhat like the present janizaries , to whom he gave the name of Mamalukes ; these became a very intrepid and powerful body of men . The posteri- Egypt . 35.
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... established the fourth general monarchy , up- on the destruction of the Grecian empire ; it will be necessary for us to take a brief view of the rise , various changes and declensions of the other principalities , which , with Macedon ...
... established the fourth general monarchy , up- on the destruction of the Grecian empire ; it will be necessary for us to take a brief view of the rise , various changes and declensions of the other principalities , which , with Macedon ...
Page 51
... established excellent rules of justice , order , and discipline . Scarcely had Athens tasted the fruits of these new regulations , when , Pisistratus an opulent citizen , usurped the supreme power which he and his posterity exercised ...
... established excellent rules of justice , order , and discipline . Scarcely had Athens tasted the fruits of these new regulations , when , Pisistratus an opulent citizen , usurped the supreme power which he and his posterity exercised ...
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