A New Universal Biography, Containing Interesting Accounts

CONTAINING
INTERESTING ACCOUNTS,
CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL,

s-9821 LIVES AND CHARACTERS, LABOURS AND ACTIONS,

OF THE

EMINENT PERSONS,
IN ALL AGES AND COUNTRIES, CONDITIONS AND PROFESSIONS ;
CLASSED ACCORDING TO THEIR VARIOUS TALENTS AND PURSUITS;

AND

ARRANGED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER ;

SHOWING

THE PROGRESS OF MEN AND THINGS, FROM THE BEGINNING OF

THE WORLD TO THE PRESENT TIME.

TO WHICH IS ADDED

AN ALPHABETICAL INDEX FOR REFERENCE.

BY THE
REV. JOHN PLATTS,
AUTHOR OF THE NEW SELF-INTERPRETING TESTAMENT,

&c. &c.

LONDON:
PRINTED FOR SHERWOOD, JONES, AND Co.

PATERNOSTER-ROW,

LONDON: PRINTED BY R. GILBERT,

ST. JOHN'S SQUARE.

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