The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... Semiramis : for we have no particulars of Ninus , but that he made im- mense and rapid conquests , which doubtless were not compassed without the usual carnage . We see an army of about three millions employed by this martial queen in a ...
... Semiramis : for we have no particulars of Ninus , but that he made im- mense and rapid conquests , which doubtless were not compassed without the usual carnage . We see an army of about three millions employed by this martial queen in a ...
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... Semiramis had other wars ) in this single reign , and in this one spot of the globe , did three millions of souls expire , with all the horrid and shocking circumstances which attend all wars , and in a quarrel , in which none of the ...
... Semiramis had other wars ) in this single reign , and in this one spot of the globe , did three millions of souls expire , with all the horrid and shocking circumstances which attend all wars , and in a quarrel , in which none of the ...
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