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Excerpt from History of Egypt, Vol. 3 of 3: From the Earliest Accounts of That Country, Till the Expulsion of the French From Alexandria in the Year 1801
The difi'erence between the seemingly opo posito situations, which have been as signed to Soliman, is not in reality so vast as a slight consideration might lead us to suppose. In the revolutionary movements of that age and country, sovereign princes were scarcely estab lished by conquest, when newly created powers overthrew them and the gene ral of successful warriors, was sometimes only raised to a throne, to be instantly cast down by a triumphant adventurer. Where there was no claim by inherit ance, and where family possession had created no preference in the sentiments of nations, the supreme authority was ?eeting in its nature; and there was little ceremony in bestowing the sceptre, or divesting princes of the regal power.
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