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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... - It is little more than three thousand years since the books of MOSES , the most ancient and the only genuine record of what passed in the early ages of the world , were written . iv Herodotus is the oldest of heathen.
... - It is little more than three thousand years since the books of MOSES , the most ancient and the only genuine record of what passed in the early ages of the world , were written . iv Herodotus is the oldest of heathen.
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... passed after his egression from the ark . From these considerations , therefore , we are inclined to impute this longevity rather to the salubrious constitu- tion of the antediluvian air than to any other cause ; and , upon the ...
... passed after his egression from the ark . From these considerations , therefore , we are inclined to impute this longevity rather to the salubrious constitu- tion of the antediluvian air than to any other cause ; and , upon the ...
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... passing over the deserts , is sometimes carried into the fertile provinces , and instantaneously slays both man and beast . Herodotus , the first heathen writer , takes notice of this catastrophe in the Assyrian army . down their walls ...
... passing over the deserts , is sometimes carried into the fertile provinces , and instantaneously slays both man and beast . Herodotus , the first heathen writer , takes notice of this catastrophe in the Assyrian army . down their walls ...
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... passed thence into other countries , triumphed wherever they went , left memorials of their victories in many parts of Europe and Asia , and arrived at Greece within the space of four months after their departure . Such is the ...
... passed thence into other countries , triumphed wherever they went , left memorials of their victories in many parts of Europe and Asia , and arrived at Greece within the space of four months after their departure . Such is the ...
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... passed from time to time , under the title of the Agrarian . By these laws it had been ordained , that no citizen should possess more than 500 acres ; but the richer citizens getting possession of large tracts of waste land , and adding ...
... passed from time to time , under the title of the Agrarian . By these laws it had been ordained , that no citizen should possess more than 500 acres ; but the richer citizens getting possession of large tracts of waste land , and adding ...
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