An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time: Compiled from Original Authors; and Illustrated with Maps, Cuts, Notes, &c. With a General Index to the Whole. ...T. Osborne, in Gray's-Inn; A. Millar, in the Strand; and J. Osborn, in Pater-noster Row., 1747 |
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... kingdom will , by this means , precede the difperfion of mankind ; which can hardly be fuppofed , unless it be allowed , that the Egyp- tians reckoned the years of the government of their first ancestors over their defcendants before ...
... kingdom will , by this means , precede the difperfion of mankind ; which can hardly be fuppofed , unless it be allowed , that the Egyp- tians reckoned the years of the government of their first ancestors over their defcendants before ...
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... kingdoms , of Thebes , This , Memphis , and the Lower Egypt , befides fome of leffer note , which arofe afterwards ... kingdom there till Menes , who began his • De doctr . tempor . 1. ix . c . 15 . SERIUS , & JAC . CAPELLUS . teen or ...
... kingdoms , of Thebes , This , Memphis , and the Lower Egypt , befides fome of leffer note , which arofe afterwards ... kingdom there till Menes , who began his • De doctr . tempor . 1. ix . c . 15 . SERIUS , & JAC . CAPELLUS . teen or ...
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... kingdoms in Egypt at once , feems to be very probable , the Scripture raentioning the kings of the Egyptians in the plural , even fo late as the time of Jehoram . The king- doms of Thebes and Memphis divided Egypt between them for ...
... kingdoms in Egypt at once , feems to be very probable , the Scripture raentioning the kings of the Egyptians in the plural , even fo late as the time of Jehoram . The king- doms of Thebes and Memphis divided Egypt between them for ...
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... kingdom of Egypt , than he reclaimed the inhabitants from their favage and brutal way of living , fhewed them the fruits of the earth , and instituted divine worship b ; build- ing the city of Thebes , as is ( with great uncertainty ) ...
... kingdom of Egypt , than he reclaimed the inhabitants from their favage and brutal way of living , fhewed them the fruits of the earth , and instituted divine worship b ; build- ing the city of Thebes , as is ( with great uncertainty ) ...
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... the fame character , was left behind to afliit Ifis in the government of the kingdom . count . CLEM . ALEX . ftrom . 1. vi . p . 633 . MORE MOREOVER , Hercules was appointed over the forces at home ૩૦ B. 1 . The Hiftory of Egypt-
... the fame character , was left behind to afliit Ifis in the government of the kingdom . count . CLEM . ALEX . ftrom . 1. vi . p . 633 . MORE MOREOVER , Hercules was appointed over the forces at home ૩૦ B. 1 . The Hiftory of Egypt-
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