A View of Universal History, from the Creation to the Present Time: Including an Account of the Celebrated Revolutions in France, Poland, Sweden, Geneva &c. &c. Together with an Accurate and Impartial Narrative of the Late Military Operations; and Other Important Events, Том 1G. Kearsley, 1795 |
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... engaged ; and rehearses , in wild ftrains , the bat- tles of his fathers . A mound of earth , a pillar of ftones , popular traditions and tales , are the firft hiftorical regifters . As poetry is the firft language of mankind , the ...
... engaged ; and rehearses , in wild ftrains , the bat- tles of his fathers . A mound of earth , a pillar of ftones , popular traditions and tales , are the firft hiftorical regifters . As poetry is the firft language of mankind , the ...
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... engaged in military expeditions , they conducted them in the manner of barbarians , by fudden irruptions , and for the fake of plunder . When Nebuckadnezzar marched against Jeru- falem , he knew not whither he was going . Having come to ...
... engaged in military expeditions , they conducted them in the manner of barbarians , by fudden irruptions , and for the fake of plunder . When Nebuckadnezzar marched against Jeru- falem , he knew not whither he was going . Having come to ...
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... engaged the Babylonians to follow the example of the Medes . These powerful provinces , aided by the Perfians and other allies , who defpifed the effeminacy , or dreaded the tyranny of their Affyrian lords , attacked the empire on all ...
... engaged the Babylonians to follow the example of the Medes . These powerful provinces , aided by the Perfians and other allies , who defpifed the effeminacy , or dreaded the tyranny of their Affyrian lords , attacked the empire on all ...
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... engaged became another fource of their wealth . The tributes were exacted only from the conquered nations ; and Darius was the first who , after many precautions , impofed a tax upon his own fubjects . The manner of living , also , in ...
... engaged became another fource of their wealth . The tributes were exacted only from the conquered nations ; and Darius was the first who , after many precautions , impofed a tax upon his own fubjects . The manner of living , also , in ...
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... engaged all the princes of Greece to revenge the affront , and make it a national caufe . This gave rife to the war between the Greeks and the Trojans , which at laft ended in the total deftruction of Troy ; and Menelaus carried Helen ...
... engaged all the princes of Greece to revenge the affront , and make it a national caufe . This gave rife to the war between the Greeks and the Trojans , which at laft ended in the total deftruction of Troy ; and Menelaus carried Helen ...
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