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 CHRIST

Resented at they

LONDON:

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