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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... formed out of the side of the man , who was cast into a profound slumber for that purpose . Thus , by the creating influence of the Eternal Spirit , were the heavens and the earth finished in the space of six days , when that which at ...
... formed out of the side of the man , who was cast into a profound slumber for that purpose . Thus , by the creating influence of the Eternal Spirit , were the heavens and the earth finished in the space of six days , when that which at ...
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... formed upon the subject . Thus the oriental chris- tians affirm that he was embalmed by four of his descen- dants , and deposited according to his desire , in a certain cave on the summit of a mountain : St. Jerome stations his remains ...
... formed upon the subject . Thus the oriental chris- tians affirm that he was embalmed by four of his descen- dants , and deposited according to his desire , in a certain cave on the summit of a mountain : St. Jerome stations his remains ...
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... formed Nineveh , and other ci- ties in Assyria . Various conjectures have been formed , concerning the time and manner of Nimrod's death ; some pretending that he fell by the hand of Esau , whom they make his contemporary ; and others ...
... formed Nineveh , and other ci- ties in Assyria . Various conjectures have been formed , concerning the time and manner of Nimrod's death ; some pretending that he fell by the hand of Esau , whom they make his contemporary ; and others ...
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... formed a kingdom of greater or smaller extent , in proportion to his ambition , ability , and success . These first conquerors regulated their mode of beha- viour at these times according to their different inter- ests and dispositions ...
... formed a kingdom of greater or smaller extent , in proportion to his ambition , ability , and success . These first conquerors regulated their mode of beha- viour at these times according to their different inter- ests and dispositions ...
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... formed . This being a dry and useless controversy , we shall merely observe ; -- that in all probability the Hebrew tongue was that which God first gave to his creatures , or at least we may venture to affirm , that if the Hebrew cannot ...
... formed . This being a dry and useless controversy , we shall merely observe ; -- that in all probability the Hebrew tongue was that which God first gave to his creatures , or at least we may venture to affirm , that if the Hebrew cannot ...
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