UNIVERSAL BIOGRAPHY,

CONTAINING
INTERESTING ACCOUNTS,
CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL,

OF THE
LIVES AND CHARACTERS, LABOURS AND ACTIONS,

OF
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.

THE FIRST SERIES:
FROM THE CREATION TO THE BIRTH OF CHRISTIAN

by Joseph Cornet.

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