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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... taken a progressive , brief , but comprehensive , view of the state of mankind from the earliest ages , of which we have any authentic ac- count , to the present period ; and have attempted to de- lineate the origin of States and ...
... taken a progressive , brief , but comprehensive , view of the state of mankind from the earliest ages , of which we have any authentic ac- count , to the present period ; and have attempted to de- lineate the origin of States and ...
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... taken . At the conclusion of this awful sentence , the Creator , temper- ing judgment with mercy , clothed his fallen creatures , and compelled them to quit the confines of paradise , From the Creation to the Deluge . 11.
... taken . At the conclusion of this awful sentence , the Creator , temper- ing judgment with mercy , clothed his fallen creatures , and compelled them to quit the confines of paradise , From the Creation to the Deluge . 11.
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... taken as the pyramid ascends , inclin- ing , then the height is equal to the breadth of the base . It is a circumstance pretty generally known , that the square of Lincoln's - inn - fields , in London , was laid out by Inigo Jones ...
... taken as the pyramid ascends , inclin- ing , then the height is equal to the breadth of the base . It is a circumstance pretty generally known , that the square of Lincoln's - inn - fields , in London , was laid out by Inigo Jones ...
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... taken with a degree of accuracy . What supports this opinion is , that two of the sides of every one of these buildings stand exactly north and south , so as to be true meridian lines , and the other two sides stand ex- actly east and ...
... taken with a degree of accuracy . What supports this opinion is , that two of the sides of every one of these buildings stand exactly north and south , so as to be true meridian lines , and the other two sides stand ex- actly east and ...
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... taken to preserve the body from pu- trefaction , and that endeavours were used to retain even its form , by means of spices , bandages , and every kind of preservative against corrodation . Volney's Travels , I. 277 . In so symbolical a ...
... taken to preserve the body from pu- trefaction , and that endeavours were used to retain even its form , by means of spices , bandages , and every kind of preservative against corrodation . Volney's Travels , I. 277 . In so symbolical a ...
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