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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... sovereign command of the Almighty , the cheerful light appeared , the firmament expanded , to divide the upper from the lower waters ; the congregated floods retired to their destined bed ; and the dry land was crowned with a rich ...
... sovereign command of the Almighty , the cheerful light appeared , the firmament expanded , to divide the upper from the lower waters ; the congregated floods retired to their destined bed ; and the dry land was crowned with a rich ...
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... of Adam might look on it , and contemplate the ef- fects of his sovereign mercy . Having received the warmest blessings and the most inestimable marks 18 History of all Nations ' , From the Deluge to the Building of Babel, ·
... of Adam might look on it , and contemplate the ef- fects of his sovereign mercy . Having received the warmest blessings and the most inestimable marks 18 History of all Nations ' , From the Deluge to the Building of Babel, ·
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... sovereign , who being attentive to the welfare of his subjects rather than the aggrandisement of his own name , restrained his am- bition within the precincts of his own dominions , with- out attempting to invade or annoy his neighbours ...
... sovereign , who being attentive to the welfare of his subjects rather than the aggrandisement of his own name , restrained his am- bition within the precincts of his own dominions , with- out attempting to invade or annoy his neighbours ...
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... sovereigns of Egypt , till about the year 807 , when the Egyptians set up a ca- liph of their own , called the caliph of Cairo , to whom the Saracens of Africa and Spain were subject ; but the governors of the provinces , under the ...
... sovereigns of Egypt , till about the year 807 , when the Egyptians set up a ca- liph of their own , called the caliph of Cairo , to whom the Saracens of Africa and Spain were subject ; but the governors of the provinces , under the ...
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... sovereign . Magistrates , called Archons , succeeded the kings of Athens , and were entrusted with the supreme authority , This office , at first hereditary , and during life , was after- wards changed into a decennial , or ten years ...
... sovereign . Magistrates , called Archons , succeeded the kings of Athens , and were entrusted with the supreme authority , This office , at first hereditary , and during life , was after- wards changed into a decennial , or ten years ...
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