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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... successes in Italy , Scotland , • · . : : • 218 :: 224 Scots and Picts ..... Kenneth II ..... Bruce and Baliol .... The James's , • 236 Ireland , • • 255 United States of America , Abyssinia , • 269 · 283 Indostan , • 291 The Jews or ...
... successes in Italy , Scotland , • · . : : • 218 :: 224 Scots and Picts ..... Kenneth II ..... Bruce and Baliol .... The James's , • 236 Ireland , • • 255 United States of America , Abyssinia , • 269 · 283 Indostan , • 291 The Jews or ...
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... success ; for whilst the sacrifice of Abel , consisting of the firstlings of a flock , was graciously accepted , the fruits of the ground , presented by Cain , were disregarded . This occurrence was sufficient to rouse the native ...
... success ; for whilst the sacrifice of Abel , consisting of the firstlings of a flock , was graciously accepted , the fruits of the ground , presented by Cain , were disregarded . This occurrence was sufficient to rouse the native ...
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... success of the popular undertaking , and to have obtained the sovereignty of Phenicia ; this opinion is at least con- sistent with the idea of Ham and Cronus being the same person ; but , according to those who imagine him the same with ...
... success of the popular undertaking , and to have obtained the sovereignty of Phenicia ; this opinion is at least con- sistent with the idea of Ham and Cronus being the same person ; but , according to those who imagine him the same with ...
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... success . These first conquerors regulated their mode of beha- viour at these times according to their different inter- ests and dispositions . Some of them regarding the objects of their conquests as creatures unworthy the smallest com ...
... success . These first conquerors regulated their mode of beha- viour at these times according to their different inter- ests and dispositions . Some of them regarding the objects of their conquests as creatures unworthy the smallest com ...
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... successful ; but , at length Stabro- bates , king of India , checked her career and compelled her to sue for peace , and returned to her own country , where she shortly after expired . Semiramis was succeeded by her son Ninyas , a pu ...
... successful ; but , at length Stabro- bates , king of India , checked her career and compelled her to sue for peace , and returned to her own country , where she shortly after expired . Semiramis was succeeded by her son Ninyas , a pu ...
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