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... empire ; and ; next to Great - Britain , is the most surprising proof which any age affords of the power of commerce . When Maximin , the Roman emperor , besieged the ancient city of Aquileia , the inhabitants , perceiving that the ...
... empire ; and ; next to Great - Britain , is the most surprising proof which any age affords of the power of commerce . When Maximin , the Roman emperor , besieged the ancient city of Aquileia , the inhabitants , perceiving that the ...
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... empire . But the Aquileians stepped in , and wresting the territory from both , built wharves , and dikes , and bridges ; and at length , with incredible industry and almost unknown to the world , they raised a noble city , which may be ...
... empire . But the Aquileians stepped in , and wresting the territory from both , built wharves , and dikes , and bridges ; and at length , with incredible industry and almost unknown to the world , they raised a noble city , which may be ...
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... empire , the seat of which was to be at Jerusalem . It occurred , therefore , that it was a duty , the performance of which would attach illustrious merit , to rescue the holy land from the hands of infidels , in order to be in ...
... empire , the seat of which was to be at Jerusalem . It occurred , therefore , that it was a duty , the performance of which would attach illustrious merit , to rescue the holy land from the hands of infidels , in order to be in ...
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... empire of Rome ; nor would they have fallen short in Europe but for the in- tervention of unexpected causes . 1 Othoman was succeeded by his son Orchanes .... he by Amurath I. and he by Bajazet I. Amurath led a great army over the ...
... empire of Rome ; nor would they have fallen short in Europe but for the in- tervention of unexpected causes . 1 Othoman was succeeded by his son Orchanes .... he by Amurath I. and he by Bajazet I. Amurath led a great army over the ...
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... empire in the cap- ture of Constantinople , But providence had raised up a power before which this haughty conqueror must fall , in the midst of his pride , prosperity , and glory . 3 Tamerlane was , by inheritance , prince of a Tartar ...
... empire in the cap- ture of Constantinople , But providence had raised up a power before which this haughty conqueror must fall , in the midst of his pride , prosperity , and glory . 3 Tamerlane was , by inheritance , prince of a Tartar ...
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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.