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Title: The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended
To which is Prefix'd, A Short Chronicle from the First
Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by
Alexander the Great
Author: Isaac Newton
Release Date: May 7, 2005 [EBook #15784]
Language: English
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THE
CHRONOLOGY
OF
ANCIENT KINGDOMS
AMENDED.
To which is Prefix'd,
_A _SHORT CHRONICLE_ from the First
Memory of Things in _Europe_, to the Conquest
of _Persia_ by _Alexander_ the Great._
* * * * *
By Sir _ISAAC NEWTON_.
* * * * *
_LONDON_:
Printed for J. TONSON in the _Strand_, and J. OSBORN
and T. LONGMAN in _Pater-noster Row_.
MDCCXXVIII.
* * * * *
TO THE
QUEEN.
MADAM,
_As I could never hope to write any thing my self, worthy to be laid before
YOUR MAJESTY; I think it a very great happiness, that it should be my lot
to usher into the world, under Your Sacred Name, the last work of as great
a Genius as any Age ever produced: an Offering of such value in its self,
as to be in no danger of suffering from the meanness of the hand that
presents it._
_The impartial and universal encouragement which YOUR MAJESTY has always
given to Arts and Sciences, entitles You to the best returns the learned
world is able to make: And the many extraordinary Honours YOUR MAJESTY
vouchsafed the Author of the following sheets, give You a just right to his
Productions. These, above the rest, lay the most particular claim to Your
Royal Protection; For the _Chronology_ had never appeared in its present
Form without YOUR MAJESTY's Influence; and the _Short Chronicle_, which
precedes it, is entirely owing to the Commands with which You were pleased
to honour him, out of your singular Care for the education of the Royal
Issue, and earnest desire to form their minds betimes, and lead them
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