Universal History: From the Creation of the World to the Decease of George III., 1820, Том 5Harper & brothers, 1854 |
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... attempt something of the same kind , and soon conceived that it would not be difficult to surpass such rude performances . His works were the admiration of his time ; he had his scholars and his imitators , among these were Ghiotto ...
... attempt something of the same kind , and soon conceived that it would not be difficult to surpass such rude performances . His works were the admiration of his time ; he had his scholars and his imitators , among these were Ghiotto ...
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... attempt upon Vienna ; but turning his arms eastward against the Persians , he made himself master of Bagdad and subdued Georgia . He concluded a treaty of alliance with the French , which subsisted for two centuries . His son Selim II ...
... attempt upon Vienna ; but turning his arms eastward against the Persians , he made himself master of Bagdad and subdued Georgia . He concluded a treaty of alliance with the French , which subsisted for two centuries . His son Selim II ...
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... attempt by the Chinese to expel these foreigners . One of the grandsons of Gengis Khan was , indeed , assassinated in his imperial palace , but it was by one of his own countrymen , a Tartar ; and his next heir succeeded to the throne ...
... attempt by the Chinese to expel these foreigners . One of the grandsons of Gengis Khan was , indeed , assassinated in his imperial palace , but it was by one of his own countrymen , a Tartar ; and his next heir succeeded to the throne ...
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... attempt was favoured by an insurrection in some of the provinces ; the Tartars met with very little resistance . The rebel Chinese , headed by a mandarin of the name of Listching , joined themselves to the Tartarian army , and both ...
... attempt was favoured by an insurrection in some of the provinces ; the Tartars met with very little resistance . The rebel Chinese , headed by a mandarin of the name of Listching , joined themselves to the Tartarian army , and both ...
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... attempted to imitate them in it , is the man- ufacture of porcelain or China ware . The superior * This suspicion , however , is without foundation . It is Known , with considerable certainty , that the wall of China was built in the ...
... attempted to imitate them in it , is the man- ufacture of porcelain or China ware . The superior * This suspicion , however , is without foundation . It is Known , with considerable certainty , that the wall of China was built in the ...
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