The ruins: or A survey of the revolutions of empires  By C-F. Volney. One of the deputies of the National Assembly of 1789, and author of Travels into Syria and Egypt. A new translation from the French. [Nine lines from Volney].

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The ruins: or A survey of the revolutions of empires By C-F. Volney. One of the deputies of the National Assembly of 1789, and author of Travels into Syria and Egypt. A new translation from the French. [Nine lines from Volney].