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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... hands , played the man and his wife , who were named Adam and Eve , in the garden of Eden ( b . C. 4004 ) giving them instructions to dress and keep it , allowing them the free use of the fruit with which it abounded , with this single ...
... hands , played the man and his wife , who were named Adam and Eve , in the garden of Eden ( b . C. 4004 ) giving them instructions to dress and keep it , allowing them the free use of the fruit with which it abounded , with this single ...
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... hands of his murderer . This sentence , though comparatively lenient , was deemed so harsh by the criminal , that ... hand of some fellow creature , in consequence of the wretched condition to which the Almighty had reduc- ed him . This ...
... hands of his murderer . This sentence , though comparatively lenient , was deemed so harsh by the criminal , that ... hand of some fellow creature , in consequence of the wretched condition to which the Almighty had reduc- ed him . This ...
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... hands of his Maker , in the nine hundred and thirtieth year of his age- ( b . C. 3074. ) The place of his sepulchre is not mentioned in scripture , yet various conjectures have been formed upon the subject . Thus the oriental chris ...
... hands of his Maker , in the nine hundred and thirtieth year of his age- ( b . C. 3074. ) The place of his sepulchre is not mentioned in scripture , yet various conjectures have been formed upon the subject . Thus the oriental chris ...
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... hand of Esau , whom they make his contemporary ; and others affirming that he perished amidst the ruins of Babel , which was over- thrown by a violent hurricane . Scripture is , however , silent upon these points ; and the ancient ...
... hand of Esau , whom they make his contemporary ; and others affirming that he perished amidst the ruins of Babel , which was over- thrown by a violent hurricane . Scripture is , however , silent upon these points ; and the ancient ...
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... hands of a tender and affectionate pa- rent . Considering Noah as the common father of the new world during his life , we may suppose that his posterity regarded him as their supreme governor , and that his sons Shem , Ham , and Japhet ...
... hands of a tender and affectionate pa- rent . Considering Noah as the common father of the new world during his life , we may suppose that his posterity regarded him as their supreme governor , and that his sons Shem , Ham , and Japhet ...
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