A New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar: And Present State of the Several Kingdoms of the World, to which are Added, I. A Geographical Index, with the Names and Places Alphabetically Arranged. II. A Table of the Coins of All Nations, and Their Value in English Money. III. A Chronological Table of Remarkable Events, from the Creation to the Present Time |
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... mentioned only such facts as are interesting , either in themselves , or from their relation to objects of importance . Instead of a meagre index of incoherent incidents , we have drawn up a regular and connected epitome of the history ...
... mentioned only such facts as are interesting , either in themselves , or from their relation to objects of importance . Instead of a meagre index of incoherent incidents , we have drawn up a regular and connected epitome of the history ...
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... mentioned , divides it into the northern and fouthern hemifpheres . It is divided into three hundred and fixty degrees , the use of which will foon appear . HORIZON . ] This great circle is reprefented by a broad circular piece of wood ...
... mentioned , divides it into the northern and fouthern hemifpheres . It is divided into three hundred and fixty degrees , the use of which will foon appear . HORIZON . ] This great circle is reprefented by a broad circular piece of wood ...
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... mentioned came to be known , it was found that the earth , by means of them , might be divided into five portions , and confequently that the places on its furface might be diftinguished according as they lay in one or other of thefe ...
... mentioned came to be known , it was found that the earth , by means of them , might be divided into five portions , and confequently that the places on its furface might be diftinguished according as they lay in one or other of thefe ...
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... mentioned in the facred writings . It is fcarcely to be fuppofed that the ancient cities , both in Afia and Egypt , ( whofe foundation , as we have already mentioned , afcends to the remoteft antiquity ) could have been built , unless ...
... mentioned in the facred writings . It is fcarcely to be fuppofed that the ancient cities , both in Afia and Egypt , ( whofe foundation , as we have already mentioned , afcends to the remoteft antiquity ) could have been built , unless ...
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... mentioned by Jacob in his laft words to his children ; and , according to Herodotus , the Phoenicians had by this time navigated the coafts of Greece , and carried off the daughter of Inachus . The arts of agriculture , commerce , and ...
... mentioned by Jacob in his laft words to his children ; and , according to Herodotus , the Phoenicians had by this time navigated the coafts of Greece , and carried off the daughter of Inachus . The arts of agriculture , commerce , and ...
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