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... PRINTED FOR LONGMAN , REES , ORME , BROWN , & GREEN , PATERNOSTER ROW ; AND JOHN TAYLOR , UPPER GOWER STREET : 1830 . MBCC ADVERTISEMENT . THE object of the writer of the. " gave his horse the spur and sprang across the stream !
... PRINTED FOR LONGMAN , REES , ORME , BROWN , & GREEN , PATERNOSTER ROW ; AND JOHN TAYLOR , UPPER GOWER STREET : 1830 . MBCC ADVERTISEMENT . THE object of the writer of the. " gave his horse the spur and sprang across the stream !
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... gave the Kings to the Chinese , long ere any lawgiver arose in Greece , Moses , directed by God , gave to Israel , in the wastes of Arabia , a constitution , the wonder of succeeding ages , and ever memorable for the influence it has ...
... gave the Kings to the Chinese , long ere any lawgiver arose in Greece , Moses , directed by God , gave to Israel , in the wastes of Arabia , a constitution , the wonder of succeeding ages , and ever memorable for the influence it has ...
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... gave them up into the power of their enemies . At times there arose among them heroes , denominated judges , who , inspired with patriotism and zeal for the law , aroused the slumbering tribes , and led them to victory . Then , too ...
... gave them up into the power of their enemies . At times there arose among them heroes , denominated judges , who , inspired with patriotism and zeal for the law , aroused the slumbering tribes , and led them to victory . Then , too ...
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... gave the nation a queen , in the daughter of the king of Egypt , for whom he built a particular palace . He brought horses and cha- riots out of Egypt to increase the strength and the glory of his empire . Trade and commerce deeply ...
... gave the nation a queen , in the daughter of the king of Egypt , for whom he built a particular palace . He brought horses and cha- riots out of Egypt to increase the strength and the glory of his empire . Trade and commerce deeply ...
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... gave name to Peloponnesus ; Cadmus , the Phoenician , founded Thebes . Little reliance is to be placed on these accounts : there is no evidence of any race of the inhabitants of Greece having been in the sa- vage state . The Phoenicians ...
... gave name to Peloponnesus ; Cadmus , the Phoenician , founded Thebes . Little reliance is to be placed on these accounts : there is no evidence of any race of the inhabitants of Greece having been in the sa- vage state . The Phoenicians ...
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