A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Том 22Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... inhabitants slaughtered for several hours , after which the buildings were destroyed . See MACEDON . Thebes was rebuilt by Cassander , but never afterwards made any considerable figure among the states of Greece . About the year 146 ...
... inhabitants slaughtered for several hours , after which the buildings were destroyed . See MACEDON . Thebes was rebuilt by Cassander , but never afterwards made any considerable figure among the states of Greece . About the year 146 ...
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... inhabitants over the walls . The prisoners are treated in the same barbarous manner , and the captive monarch appears fas- tened to the conqueror's chariot , for the purpose of being dragged , like Hector , round the walls . Others ...
... inhabitants over the walls . The prisoners are treated in the same barbarous manner , and the captive monarch appears fas- tened to the conqueror's chariot , for the purpose of being dragged , like Hector , round the walls . Others ...
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... inhabitants , which opened a way for pluralities . Ayliffe's Parergon . Already Cæsar Has ravaged more than half the globe ; and sees Mankind grown thin by his destructive sword . Addison . ' Tis Cæsar's sword has made Rome's senate ...
... inhabitants , which opened a way for pluralities . Ayliffe's Parergon . Already Cæsar Has ravaged more than half the globe ; and sees Mankind grown thin by his destructive sword . Addison . ' Tis Cæsar's sword has made Rome's senate ...
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... inhabitants . In 1793 it was taken possession of by a Prussian garrison : in 1806 it suffered from the invasion of the French , and remained in their hands until the disastrous retreat from Moscow . The well known Copernicus was born ...
... inhabitants . In 1793 it was taken possession of by a Prussian garrison : in 1806 it suffered from the invasion of the French , and remained in their hands until the disastrous retreat from Moscow . The well known Copernicus was born ...
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... inhabitants of Greece with their eloquence and melody , and persuaded them to exchange their fierceness for a sociable life and peaceful manners ; nay , a great part of Greece was anciently peopled by the Thracians . Tereus , a Thracian ...
... inhabitants of Greece with their eloquence and melody , and persuaded them to exchange their fierceness for a sociable life and peaceful manners ; nay , a great part of Greece was anciently peopled by the Thracians . Tereus , a Thracian ...
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