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" ... and delivered it to be pillaged by his soldiers. This calamity befel Palmyra about the year of our Lord 272; and though Aurelian did not then burn or destroy the buildings, yet the damage it sustained was never retrieved, so as to make any considerable... "
Miscellanea Curiosa: Containing a Collection of Some of the Principal ... - Page 166
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Miscellanea Curiosa: Being a Collection of Some of the Principal Phaenomena ...

Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1707 - 462 pages
...than ppu'ewc, yet it appears to have been an Archbifliop's See, under the Metropolitan of Damafcus, To fay in what Age, or from what Hand it received...appears in, there is no light in any of our Hiftorians j but it is probable it perim'd long fince, in the obfcure Ages of the World, during the. Wars of the...
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Miscellanea Curiosa: Being a Collection of Some of the Principal ..., Volume 3

Edmond Halley - 1707 - 456 pages
...than <ppx'c"i', yet it appears to have been an Archbifhop's See, under the Metropolitan of Damafcus. To fay in what Age, or from what Hand it received its final Qverthroiv, which reduced it to the miferable Condition it now appears in, there is no light in any...
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The Philosophical Transactions and Collections, to the End of the Year 1700 ...

Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1716 - 748 pages
...in what Age, or from what Hand, it receiv'd its Final Overthrow, which Reduc'd it to the Miierable Condition it now appears in, there is no Light in any of our Hiftcrians, but it is probable, it Periiht long fince in the Obfcitre Agn of the World, during the...
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An Historical Geography of the Old and New Testament: In Two Volumes, Volume 2

Edward Wells - 1801 - 394 pages
...of a garrifon, yet it appears to have been an archbifhop's fee, under the metropolitan of Damafcus. To fay in what age, or from what hand, it received...light in any of our hiftorians. But it is probable, it perifhed long fince in the obfcure ages of the world, during the wars of the Saracen empire. And being...
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The Wonders of Nature and Art: Or, A Concise Account of Whatever ..., Volume 4

Thomas Smith - 1803 - 362 pages
...building, yet thedamage itsustained was never retrieved, so as to make any considerable figure ever utter. In what age, or from what hand it received its final overthrow, which reduced it to the miserable condition it now appears in, we cannot gather from history ; but it was probably burnt and...
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An Historical Geography of the Old and New Testament ...

Edward Wells - 1819 - 398 pages
...garrison, yet it appears to have been an archbishop's see, under the metropolitan of Damascus. To say in what age, or from what hand, it received its final overthrow, which reduced it to the miserable condition it now appears in, there is no light in any of our historians. But it is probable,...
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The Cabinet of Curiosities; Or, Wonders of the World Displayed: Forming a ...

1833 - 448 pages
...yet the damage it sustained was never retrieved, so as to make any considerable figure ever after. In what age, or from what hand it received its final overthrow, which reduced it to its present miserable condition, we cannot gather from history ; but it was probably burnt and desolated...
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The Wonders of Nature and Art: Comprising Upwards of Three Hundred of the ...

Joseph Taylor - 1838 - 672 pages
...yet the damage it sustained was never retrieved, so as to make any considerable figure ever after. In what ag-e, or from what hand it received its final overthrow, which reduced it to its present miserable condition, we cannot gather from history; but it was probably burnt and desolated...
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The Children's Magazine and Missionary Repository, Volume 9

1846 - 872 pages
...Aurelian did not then burn or destroy the buildings, yet the damage it sustained was never retrieved. In what age, or from what hand it received its final overthrow, which reduced it to its present miserable condition, we cannot gather from history ; but it was probably burnt and desolated...
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The Wonders of the World, in Nature, Art, and Mind ...

Robert Sears - 1856 - 566 pages
...yet the damage it sustained was never retrieved, so as to mak. any considerable figure ever after. In what age, or from what hand it received its final overthrow, which reduced it to its present miserable condition. we can not gather from history ; but it was probably burnt and desolated...
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