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THE HISTORY OF THE
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THE HISTORY OF MODERN
EUROPE; with a View
of the Progress of Society, from
the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms
to the Peace of Paris, in
1763. By William Russell,
LL.D.: and a Continuation of
the History to the Present Time,
by William Jones, Esq. With
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THE HISTORY OF THE
DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT
OF AMERICA.
By William Robertson, D.D.
With an Account of his Life
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THE HISTORY OF THE
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CHARLES V. With a View
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AN HISTORICAL DISQUISITION
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THE HISTORY OF THE
JEWS. From the Earliest
Period to the Present Time.
By the Rev. H. H. Milman. In
3 vols. 18mo. With Maps and
Engravings.
Until the appearance of Professor Milman's
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found in various Universal Histories are meager
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Christian and liberal in its tone, spirited and
elegant in its language, and adequately depieting
the manners, wars, religion, and policy of
the most remarkable of nations, was still wanting.
The nature of the present work is strictly
historical—not theological—yet it elucidates
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employs with great skill the casual evidence of
heathen writers, and throws new light on the
manners and customs of the Hebrews by frequent
references to the pages of the oldest
travellers.
LETTERS ON DEMONOLOGY
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most ingenious theories, occurrences which
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HISTORY OF CHIVALRY
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By G. P. R. James, Esq. 18mo.
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NARRATIVE OF DISCOVERY
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NARRATIVE OF DISCOVERY
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PALESTINE, OR THE
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