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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... hundred years . Moreover , the family of Seth , inter- marrying with that of Cain , gave birth to a gigantic race of men , who degenerating into impious practices , broke through all the restraints of modefty and duty . The depra- vity ...
... hundred years . Moreover , the family of Seth , inter- marrying with that of Cain , gave birth to a gigantic race of men , who degenerating into impious practices , broke through all the restraints of modefty and duty . The depra- vity ...
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... hundred miles thick . According to the theory of the learned Whifton , the de- luge was owing to the near approach of a Comet , which , in its defcent towards the fun , involved the earth in its tail and atmosphere for a confiderable ...
... hundred miles thick . According to the theory of the learned Whifton , the de- luge was owing to the near approach of a Comet , which , in its defcent towards the fun , involved the earth in its tail and atmosphere for a confiderable ...
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... hundred feet , on each fide ; and out of the middle of it rofe a folid tower or pyramid , of a fquare figure alfo , fix hundred and fixty feet high , and of an equal width at the bafe . On the top of that tower was formed a fpacious ...
... hundred feet , on each fide ; and out of the middle of it rofe a folid tower or pyramid , of a fquare figure alfo , fix hundred and fixty feet high , and of an equal width at the bafe . On the top of that tower was formed a fpacious ...
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... hundred thousand infantry , twenty - four thousand cavalry , and seven and twenty thousand armed chari- ots , correfponded with the grandeur of fuch an undertaking * . Having put that vaft body , or whatever might be his force , in ...
... hundred thousand infantry , twenty - four thousand cavalry , and seven and twenty thousand armed chari- ots , correfponded with the grandeur of fuch an undertaking * . Having put that vaft body , or whatever might be his force , in ...
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... hundred feet high , having fifteen hundred- towers , two hundred feet in height , to ferve equally for its ornament and defence . The circumference of the whole city was four hundred and eighty ftadia , or fixty miles . Ninus appears to ...
... hundred feet high , having fifteen hundred- towers , two hundred feet in height , to ferve equally for its ornament and defence . The circumference of the whole city was four hundred and eighty ftadia , or fixty miles . Ninus appears to ...
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