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... would carry the city by storm , found means to make their escape in the night , and fled to the marshy grounds which lie at the head of the Adriatic gulph . Those grounds are said to be accessible only AN HISTORICAL COMPEND .
... would carry the city by storm , found means to make their escape in the night , and fled to the marshy grounds which lie at the head of the Adriatic gulph . Those grounds are said to be accessible only AN HISTORICAL COMPEND .
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... heads and feet bare . * They flew with incredible speed from kingdom to kingdom , promising to each soldier of the cross at least the eternal blessing of heaven , and threatening such as remained inactive with the endless wrath of Deity ...
... heads and feet bare . * They flew with incredible speed from kingdom to kingdom , promising to each soldier of the cross at least the eternal blessing of heaven , and threatening such as remained inactive with the endless wrath of Deity ...
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... head in Asia , and at length became the terror of all Europe . We have spoken particularly , in the former part of this Compend , of the irruptions of the Scythians from the interior parts of Asia . A warlike tribe , sprung from this ...
... head in Asia , and at length became the terror of all Europe . We have spoken particularly , in the former part of this Compend , of the irruptions of the Scythians from the interior parts of Asia . A warlike tribe , sprung from this ...
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... head of the empire of Ghenghis Khan ; -and inflamed by the glory of that great conqueror , he invaded and subdued India , ex- tending his empire to the eastern ocean . From the conquest of India he had just returned , enriched with ...
... head of the empire of Ghenghis Khan ; -and inflamed by the glory of that great conqueror , he invaded and subdued India , ex- tending his empire to the eastern ocean . From the conquest of India he had just returned , enriched with ...
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... 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 .
... 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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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.