The History of Ancient Europe: With a View of the Revolutions in Asia and Africa. In a Series of Letters to a Young Nobleman, Volume 1G.G.J and J. Robinson, 1793 - History, Ancient |
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... whose reign forms the first æra in Ptolemy's Aftronomical Canon ; and , therefore , is fupposed to be the first we can fix with certainty , in tracing the line of Oriental history . Æra 1 . THE Medes , after they had recovered their ...
... whose reign forms the first æra in Ptolemy's Aftronomical Canon ; and , therefore , is fupposed to be the first we can fix with certainty , in tracing the line of Oriental history . Æra 1 . THE Medes , after they had recovered their ...
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... whose reign is generally placed by chro nologers in the fix hundred and feventieth year before the Christian æra . Nor does it interfere with the subsequent narration of that venerable historian , unless in one particular ; and , in ...
... whose reign is generally placed by chro nologers in the fix hundred and feventieth year before the Christian æra . Nor does it interfere with the subsequent narration of that venerable historian , unless in one particular ; and , in ...
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... whose reign LETTER forms the æra of the military power and glory of the ancient Egyptians , is faid to have proposed no less an object for his ambition , than the conqueft of the world 107. And an army of fix hundred thousand in- fantry ...
... whose reign LETTER forms the æra of the military power and glory of the ancient Egyptians , is faid to have proposed no less an object for his ambition , than the conqueft of the world 107. And an army of fix hundred thousand in- fantry ...
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... whose unbounded reign , " And legislative Will all things obey : " The heavenly orbs , that round this Earthly Sphere " Inceffant wheel , thy Sovereign Law admit , " And roll fpontaneous , where THOυ point'ft the way , " Through all the ...
... whose unbounded reign , " And legislative Will all things obey : " The heavenly orbs , that round this Earthly Sphere " Inceffant wheel , thy Sovereign Law admit , " And roll fpontaneous , where THOυ point'ft the way , " Through all the ...
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... whose jurisdiction lay on the fea - coast , excited the jealousy of his colleagues 276. Id . ibid . 283 277. Heredot . ubi fup . This building is alfo defcribed by Diodo- rus and Strabo ; but I have confined myself to the description of ...
... whose jurisdiction lay on the fea - coast , excited the jealousy of his colleagues 276. Id . ibid . 283 277. Heredot . ubi fup . This building is alfo defcribed by Diodo- rus and Strabo ; but I have confined myself to the description of ...
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