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... began to fall , which continued without intermission for forty days and forty nights . The waters also increased gradually during the space of five months , when they rose to the elevation of twenty - seven feet above the summits of the ...
... began to fall , which continued without intermission for forty days and forty nights . The waters also increased gradually during the space of five months , when they rose to the elevation of twenty - seven feet above the summits of the ...
Page 100
... began to destroy , with their own hands , that magnificent edifice which he had preserved .秦 11. The Roman commander had determined in council not to burn the temple , considering the existence of so proud a structure an honor to ...
... began to destroy , with their own hands , that magnificent edifice which he had preserved .秦 11. The Roman commander had determined in council not to burn the temple , considering the existence of so proud a structure an honor to ...
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... began to make successful inroads into the Roman empire , the plunder of its provinces put them in possession of part of its riches ; and gold and silver , with which they had before been almost wholly unacquainted , began by those ...
... began to make successful inroads into the Roman empire , the plunder of its provinces put them in possession of part of its riches ; and gold and silver , with which they had before been almost wholly unacquainted , began by those ...
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