 | Robert Heron - Voyages and travels - 1797 - 522 pages
...emotions. This ifland formerly contained nine kingdoms, tributary to Egypt, and foon after to Rome. From the emperors of the Weft it pafled to thofe of the Eaft, but it was wrefted from the latter by the Arabs, under the reign of Heraclius. Ifaac, a prince of the family of... | |
 | Clement Cruttwell - 1798 - 668 pages
...poets, under that of Cvibtra. The lauer made it the birth-place of Venus, and the abode of the Graces. This ifland contained formerly nine kingdoms, tributary...after to the Romans. From the emperors of the weft it parted to thole of the call ; but it was taken from them by the Arabs, under the reign of He-radium... | |
 | 1793 - 648 pages
...I have drilled all my wheat, viz. forty acres. ACCOUNT of the ISLAND of CYPRUS. BY THE ABBE MAR1TI. THIS ifland contained formerly nine kingdoms, tributary...after to the Romans. From the emperors of the weft it pafted to thofe of the eaft : but was taken from them by the Arabs, under the reign of Heraclius. Ifaac,... | |
 | History - 1791 - 508 pages
...and hiflorians ; the former or whom made it the birth-place of Venus, and the abode of the Graces. This ifland contained formerly nine kingdoms, tributary...after to the Romans. From the emperors of the Weft it paffed to thoie of the Kail ; but was taken from them by the Arabs, under the reign of Heraclius. A... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1791 - 608 pages
...and hiftorians ; the former of whom made it the birth-place of Venus, and the abode of the Graces. This ifland contained formerly nine kingdoms, tributary...after to the Romans. From the emperors of the Weft it palled to thofe of the Eaft ; but was taken from them by the Arabs, under the reign of Heraclius. A... | |
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It was anciently known by many different names, both among poets and hiftorians ; the former of whom made it the birth-place of Venus, and the abode of the Graces. This ifland contained formerly nine kingdoms, tributary to Egypt, and foon after to the... 