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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... prince of the Arphaxadeans , at present called Chaldeans . It has been already observed , that he was born in the year . of the world 1658 , and it appears from the sacred records that he lived to the age of four hundred and thirty ...
... prince of the Arphaxadeans , at present called Chaldeans . It has been already observed , that he was born in the year . of the world 1658 , and it appears from the sacred records that he lived to the age of four hundred and thirty ...
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... prince , who soon after built the ce- lebrated city of Alexandria . That wonderful man pos- sessed talents which qualified him not merely to con- quer , but to govern the world , had not his pas- sions enslaved him when every thing ...
... prince , who soon after built the ce- lebrated city of Alexandria . That wonderful man pos- sessed talents which qualified him not merely to con- quer , but to govern the world , had not his pas- sions enslaved him when every thing ...
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... from 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.
... from 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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... prince , who was likewise deeply interested in preserving such commerce in its former channel , that he addressed Julius II . who was then pope , and Emanu- el , king of Portugal , in a haughty tone , requiring them to relinquish their ...
... prince , who was likewise deeply interested in preserving such commerce in its former channel , that he addressed Julius II . who was then pope , and Emanu- el , king of Portugal , in a haughty tone , requiring them to relinquish their ...
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... prince , were introduced there at the same time ; this he is convinced of from having observed two holes , one toward the north , the other toward the east , which are elevated three feet and an half above the pave- ment , one in an ...
... prince , were introduced there at the same time ; this he is convinced of from having observed two holes , one toward the north , the other toward the east , which are elevated three feet and an half above the pave- ment , one in an ...
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