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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... tion . The accounts of the origin and progress in popula- tion of all countries , are involved in great obscurity.- It is little more than three thousand years since the books of MOSES , the most ancient and the only genuine record of ...
... tion . The accounts of the origin and progress in popula- tion of all countries , are involved in great obscurity.- It is little more than three thousand years since the books of MOSES , the most ancient and the only genuine record of ...
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... Jews or Hebrews , • 329 Japan or Siphon , 338 Venice , 364 A Chronological Table of Principal Events , from the Crea- tion to the present Period , 377 Appendix . DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER . Frontispiece to face the Title CONTENTS . 7.
... Jews or Hebrews , • 329 Japan or Siphon , 338 Venice , 364 A Chronological Table of Principal Events , from the Crea- tion to the present Period , 377 Appendix . DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER . Frontispiece to face the Title CONTENTS . 7.
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... tion with the Babylonians ; and , finally , in the subjuga- tion of the Canaanites , the Babylonians , the Egyptians , and other descendants of Ham , to the children of his eldest brother . Of the children of Shem there is little more ...
... tion with the Babylonians ; and , finally , in the subjuga- tion of the Canaanites , the Babylonians , the Egyptians , and other descendants of Ham , to the children of his eldest brother . Of the children of Shem there is little more ...
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... tion , nor is it likely that its observance was ever wholly discontinued ) and devoted a portion of their property to the maintainance of their priests . Their politics and civil constitutions are hid in impen- etrable darkness , and ...
... tion , nor is it likely that its observance was ever wholly discontinued ) and devoted a portion of their property to the maintainance of their priests . Their politics and civil constitutions are hid in impen- etrable darkness , and ...
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... tion of the antediluvian air than to any other cause ; and , upon the supposition that this air became contaminated and unwholesome after the flood , it will appear consistent that the pristine crasis of the human body should have been ...
... tion of the antediluvian air than to any other cause ; and , upon the supposition that this air became contaminated and unwholesome after the flood , it will appear consistent that the pristine crasis of the human body should have been ...
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