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... foon after , by a total darkness , under which he laboured till he was directed by the oracle at Butus , in the eleventh year of his blindnefs , to pay particular devotions to the God at He- liopolis , and to wash his eyes with the ...
... foon after , by a total darkness , under which he laboured till he was directed by the oracle at Butus , in the eleventh year of his blindnefs , to pay particular devotions to the God at He- liopolis , and to wash his eyes with the ...
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... foon fill both his country and his coffers . He reigned fifty - four years , and was fucceeded by his fon Nechus , whom the feripture calls Pharoah Necho . Who , purfuing his father's plan of policy , became a powerful Prince both by ...
... foon fill both his country and his coffers . He reigned fifty - four years , and was fucceeded by his fon Nechus , whom the feripture calls Pharoah Necho . Who , purfuing his father's plan of policy , became a powerful Prince both by ...
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... foon perceived that his fubjects began to repent of having raised him to be their Sovereign , on ac- count of the meanness of his extraction , which they thought was not deferving of the refpect due to a King he order- ed a golden ...
... foon perceived that his fubjects began to repent of having raised him to be their Sovereign , on ac- count of the meanness of his extraction , which they thought was not deferving of the refpect due to a King he order- ed a golden ...
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... foon put them to flight , and cut the greateft part of them to pieces . The remain- der fled to Memphis , who there , being followed by a Perfian herald , fent in a fhip of Mytilene , from the conque- ror , deftroyed the fhip , tore the ...
... foon put them to flight , and cut the greateft part of them to pieces . The remain- der fled to Memphis , who there , being followed by a Perfian herald , fent in a fhip of Mytilene , from the conque- ror , deftroyed the fhip , tore the ...
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... foon came to a period ; for Alexander's Generals and Favourites , looking upon themfelves to have the beft right to the conquered countries , for which they had hazarded their lives ; and being fupported by the army ; divided them ...
... foon came to a period ; for Alexander's Generals and Favourites , looking upon themfelves to have the beft right to the conquered countries , for which they had hazarded their lives ; and being fupported by the army ; divided them ...
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