General Biography: Or Lives, Critical And Historical, Of The Most Eminent Persons Of All Ages, Countries, Conditions And Professions, Arranged According To Alphabetical Order, Volume 9Robinson, 1814 - 644 pages |
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... reign of Semi- ramis , as Porphyry affirms , if the early date of that queen's reign be correct , since he mentions the founding of Tyre as an ancient event . He is commonly referred to the age of the Trojan war . Sanchoniathon composed ...
... reign of Semi- ramis , as Porphyry affirms , if the early date of that queen's reign be correct , since he mentions the founding of Tyre as an ancient event . He is commonly referred to the age of the Trojan war . Sanchoniathon composed ...
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... reign . He was now left at liberty to pursue his schemes of aggrandisement in other quar- ters ; and marching into Armenia in 365 , by the combination of force and treachery he get possession of the person of King Arsaces Tiranus , whom ...
... reign . He was now left at liberty to pursue his schemes of aggrandisement in other quar- ters ; and marching into Armenia in 365 , by the combination of force and treachery he get possession of the person of King Arsaces Tiranus , whom ...
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... reign are only known from dubious relations , and can scarcely be formed into a consistent narrative . Chronologists differ much in the era to which they assign him : that preferred by Blair is B. C. 740. He is said to have been a ...
... reign are only known from dubious relations , and can scarcely be formed into a consistent narrative . Chronologists differ much in the era to which they assign him : that preferred by Blair is B. C. 740. He is said to have been a ...
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... reign over them , that their form of government might be like that of other nations , Saul was pointed out to him by God , as the person whom he had selected for that dignity . He was about 40 years of age , and was em- ployed with a ...
... reign over them , that their form of government might be like that of other nations , Saul was pointed out to him by God , as the person whom he had selected for that dignity . He was about 40 years of age , and was em- ployed with a ...
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... reign Saul was called upon to exhibit proofs of his talents as a king and a warrior . Jabesh - Gilead was besieged by the Ammonites , and reduced to such distress , that the surrender of the inhabitants and their cruel usage , after a ...
... reign Saul was called upon to exhibit proofs of his talents as a king and a warrior . Jabesh - Gilead was besieged by the Ammonites , and reduced to such distress , that the surrender of the inhabitants and their cruel usage , after a ...
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General Biography: Or Lives, Critical And Historical, Of The Most ..., Volume 8 John Aikin,William Johnston No preview available - 2019 |
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