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... celebrated British heroine , who being defeated and ill used by the Romans , poifoned herfelf , A. D. 61 . Matilda defeated king Stephen , and took him prifoner at the battle of Lincoln , in 1141 . Margaret of Anjou , wife of Henry VI ...
... celebrated British heroine , who being defeated and ill used by the Romans , poifoned herfelf , A. D. 61 . Matilda defeated king Stephen , and took him prifoner at the battle of Lincoln , in 1141 . Margaret of Anjou , wife of Henry VI ...
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... celebrated Dr. Jortin's refpecting Pharaoh . " This defpot , fays that learned writer , tyrant and perfecutor as he was , never compelled the Hebrews to forfake the religion of their fathers and to adopt that of the Egyptians . Such ...
... celebrated Dr. Jortin's refpecting Pharaoh . " This defpot , fays that learned writer , tyrant and perfecutor as he was , never compelled the Hebrews to forfake the religion of their fathers and to adopt that of the Egyptians . Such ...
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... celebrated town of Egypt on the Western banks of the Nile ; in its neighbourhood the famous pyramids were built . Gofhen was the best and most fertile portion in the district of Ramefis , which bordered upon the banks of the Nile near ...
... celebrated town of Egypt on the Western banks of the Nile ; in its neighbourhood the famous pyramids were built . Gofhen was the best and most fertile portion in the district of Ramefis , which bordered upon the banks of the Nile near ...
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... celebrated Greek , who flourished about 340 years after the fiege , and is commonly accounted a native of Smyrna . The fubject of the Iliad is the wrath of Achilles , which proved fo fatal to the Greeks , when befieging Troy . The ...
... celebrated Greek , who flourished about 340 years after the fiege , and is commonly accounted a native of Smyrna . The fubject of the Iliad is the wrath of Achilles , which proved fo fatal to the Greeks , when befieging Troy . The ...
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... celebrated temple of Diana , at Ephefus , in Afia , on the confines of the Archi- pelago , was reckoned one of the wonders of the world . This fa- mous building was erected at the common charge of all the Afiatic ftates , and CTESIPHON ...
... celebrated temple of Diana , at Ephefus , in Afia , on the confines of the Archi- pelago , was reckoned one of the wonders of the world . This fa- mous building was erected at the common charge of all the Afiatic ftates , and CTESIPHON ...
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