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The HISTORY of THUCYDIDES; newly translated into English, and illustrated with very copious Annotations, Exegetical, Philological, Historical, and Geographical. By the Rev. S. T. BLOOMFIELD, D.D. F.S.A. of Sidney College, Cambridge; Vicar of Bisbrooke, in Rutland; Author of "Recensio Synoptica Annotationis Sacræ." 3 vols. 8vo. with Maps, price 21. 5s.

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The HISTORY of THUCYDIDES; newly translated into English, and illustrated with very copious Annotations, Exegetical, Philological, Historical, and Geographical. By the Rev. S. T. BLOOMFIELD, D.D. F.S.A. of Sidney College, Cambridge; Vicar of Bisbrooke, in Rutland; Author of "Recensio Synoptica Annotationis Sacræ." 3 vols. 8vo. with Maps, price 21. 5s.

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The HISTORY of the RISE of the MAHOMEDAN POWER in INDIA, till the year A.D. 1612. Translated from the Original Persian of MAHOMED KASIM FERISHTA, by JOHN BRIGGS, M.R.A.S. Lieut.-Colonel in the Madras Army. 4 vols. 8vo. 41. 4s.

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