The Ruins
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- Or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature
C.-F. (Constantin-François) Volney
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1. OR, MEDITATION ON THE REVOLUTIONS OF EMPIRES: AND THE LAW OF NATURE, by C. F. VOLNEY,2. PUBLISHER'S PREFACE.3. TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE4. PREFACE OF THE LONDON EDITION.*5. PREFACE OF THE AMERICAN EDITION.*6. ADVERTISEMENT OF THE AMERICAN EDITION.7. PARIS TRANSLATION,8. LONDON TRANSLATION.9. PHILADELPHIA TRANSLATION.10. LIFE OF VOLNEY11. CHAPTER I.12. CHAPTER II.13. CHAPTER III.14. CHAPTER IV.15. CHAPTER V.16. CHAPTER VI.17. CHAPTER VII.18. CHAPTER VIII.19. CHAPTER IX.20. CHAPTER X.21. CHAPTER XI.22. CHAPTER XII.23. CHAPTER XIII.24. CHAPTER XIV.25. CHAPTER XV.26. CHAPTER XVI.27. CHAPTER XVII.28. CHAPTER XVIII.29. CHAPTER XIX.30. CHAPTER XX.31. CHAPTER XXI.32. CHAPTER XXII.33. CHAPTER XXII. (continued 2)34. CHAPTER XXIII.35. CHAPTER XXIV.36. CHAPTER 1.37. CHAPTER II.38. CHAPTER III.39. CHAPTER IV.40. CHAPTER V.41. CHAPTER VI.42. CHAPTER VII.43. CHAPTER VIII.44. CHAPTER IX.45. CHAPTER X.46. CHAPTER XI.47. CHAPTER XII.48. VOLNEY'S ANSWER TO DR. PRIESTLY.*