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... prosperity which result from commerce . They were equally astonished and in flamed with the idea . They transmitted accounts of the glory of Italy back to the countries whence they came , and inspired their countrymen with a spirit of ...
... prosperity which result from commerce . They were equally astonished and in flamed with the idea . They transmitted accounts of the glory of Italy back to the countries whence they came , and inspired their countrymen with a spirit of ...
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... prosperity and power . By all these means the eyes of mankind are opened - an extensive portion of the nations of the earth received , at the same time , im- portant lessons of instruction - the genius of Europe was roused and stood ...
... prosperity and power . By all these means the eyes of mankind are opened - an extensive portion of the nations of the earth received , at the same time , im- portant lessons of instruction - the genius of Europe was roused and stood ...
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... prosperity , and glory . 3 Tamerlane was , by inheritance , prince of a Tartar clan . But nature had endowed him with a mind ca- pable of forming and executing the grandest enter- prizes . He early showed that superiority in council and ...
... prosperity , and glory . 3 Tamerlane was , by inheritance , prince of a Tartar clan . But nature had endowed him with a mind ca- pable of forming and executing the grandest enter- prizes . He early showed that superiority in council and ...
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... prosperous , and his dominions are thought to have been nearly as extensive as those of Russia , comprehending a considerable portion of the known world . The emperor of Hindostan claims di- rect descent from Tamerlane , whose lineal ...
... prosperous , and his dominions are thought to have been nearly as extensive as those of Russia , comprehending a considerable portion of the known world . The emperor of Hindostan claims di- rect descent from Tamerlane , whose lineal ...
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... prosperous , and powerful , and , in little more than one century , the country became the most flourishing and happy of any in the universe . Spain has had the advantage of very few men of uncommon learning or genius . The revival of ...
... prosperous , and powerful , and , in little more than one century , the country became the most flourishing and happy of any in the universe . Spain has had the advantage of very few men of uncommon learning or genius . The revival of ...
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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.