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... the fortune of the field doubtful , when Tamerlane was seen advancing under the green flag , at the head of 50,000 chosen cavalry , the splendid guards of the con- queror of the east . At that moment the battle 14 AN HISTORICAL COMPEND .
... the fortune of the field doubtful , when Tamerlane was seen advancing under the green flag , at the head of 50,000 chosen cavalry , the splendid guards of the con- queror of the east . At that moment the battle 14 AN HISTORICAL COMPEND .
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... and all the resources of a great and numerous people were exhausted in various struggles , while it still seemed doubtful whether the scale would turn in favor of " protestantism or of Rome . Murders , assassinations , AN HISTORICAL ...
... and all the resources of a great and numerous people were exhausted in various struggles , while it still seemed doubtful whether the scale would turn in favor of " protestantism or of Rome . Murders , assassinations , AN HISTORICAL ...
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... doubtful , whether , if he had possessed the mental powers of some of his pre- decessors , he would not have suppressed the revolu . tionizing spirit , and preserved the tranquillity of his dominions . So far from doing that , when the ...
... doubtful , whether , if he had possessed the mental powers of some of his pre- decessors , he would not have suppressed the revolu . tionizing spirit , and preserved the tranquillity of his dominions . So far from doing that , when the ...
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... doubtful whether this vast debt can ever be paid it is doubtful how long it may continue to accumulate consistent with national tranquillity ; and it is equally doubtful , whether to annihilate it by a revolution would not be fatal to ...
... doubtful whether this vast debt can ever be paid it is doubtful how long it may continue to accumulate consistent with national tranquillity ; and it is equally doubtful , whether to annihilate it by a revolution would not be fatal to ...
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... doubtful ground . Trace over the map of Europe , and see what it presents . - Turkey is in her dotage ; but were it otherwise , she is the hereditary foe of all christian powers - by her condition perfectly unable , and equally ...
... doubtful ground . Trace over the map of Europe , and see what it presents . - Turkey is in her dotage ; but were it otherwise , she is the hereditary foe of all christian powers - by her condition perfectly unable , and equally ...
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Page 71 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
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Page 95 - Redeemer shall, in his own time and way, show who is the blessed and only potentate, the King of kings and the Lord of lords.