The Scriptural History of the Earth and of Mankind: Compared with the Cosmogonies, Chronologies, and Original Traditions of Ancient Nations; an Abstract and Review of Several Modern Systems; with an Attempt to Explain Philosophically, the Mosaical Account of the Creation and Deluge, and to Deduce from this Last Event the Causes of the Actual Structure of the Earth, in a Series of LettersR. Faulder, 1797 - 602 |
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... Earth . - Reflections on the Syftem of Mr. de Buffon , and of divers other modern Philofophers . Notes and Illustrations to Letter IV . I. ETTER V. Various Opinions on the Nature of Light , Heat , and Fire .. Notes and Illuftrations to ...
... Earth . - Reflections on the Syftem of Mr. de Buffon , and of divers other modern Philofophers . Notes and Illustrations to Letter IV . I. ETTER V. Various Opinions on the Nature of Light , Heat , and Fire .. Notes and Illuftrations to ...
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... earth ; and particularly agree with fuch as , like his accounts , are confined to a small number of simple facts . What attestation more authen- tic than that which is given by the general refult of all antient traditions ? The more we ...
... earth ; and particularly agree with fuch as , like his accounts , are confined to a small number of simple facts . What attestation more authen- tic than that which is given by the general refult of all antient traditions ? The more we ...
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... earth ; in the next , the firmament which appears to us , calling it heaven ; in the third , the fea and all the waters that are in the earth ; in the fourth , the fun , moon , and stars ; in the fifth , every volatile , reptile , and ...
... earth ; in the next , the firmament which appears to us , calling it heaven ; in the third , the fea and all the waters that are in the earth ; in the fourth , the fun , moon , and stars ; in the fifth , every volatile , reptile , and ...
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... earth , who reigned together , and furnish a long lift of generations . Who are thefe kings of the earth ? Are they not the antediluvian patriarchs , who , on account of the length of their lives , almost be faid to have lived at the ...
... earth , who reigned together , and furnish a long lift of generations . Who are thefe kings of the earth ? Are they not the antediluvian patriarchs , who , on account of the length of their lives , almost be faid to have lived at the ...
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... earth ; which families appeared immediately after the liquid mafs , whofe birth terminated the Tayku , or the highest antiquity . Here again he may be Noah fucceed- ing the antediluvian kings of the earth ; or elfe this whole paffage ...
... earth ; which families appeared immediately after the liquid mafs , whofe birth terminated the Tayku , or the highest antiquity . Here again he may be Noah fucceed- ing the antediluvian kings of the earth ; or elfe this whole paffage ...
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Strona 494 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Strona 495 - And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness : and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Strona 493 - And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Strona 502 - These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.
Strona 249 - They were all men of good morals, excellent in virtue and virtuous deeds, skilled in the use of weapons to strike with or to be thrown ; brave men, eager for victory in battle. 3. " But SATYAVARMAN, being continually delighted with devout meditation, and seeing his sons fit for dominion, laid upon them the burden of government. 4.
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Strona 408 - Wind-gap," a place several miles to the westward, and about a hundred feet higher than the present bed of the river. This Wind-gap is about a mile broad, and the stones in it such as seem to have been washed for ages by water running over them. Should this have been the case, there must have been a large lake behind that mountain, and by some uncommon swell in the waters, or by some convulsion of nature, the river must have opened its way through a different...
Strona 408 - Wind-gap is about a mile broad, and the stones in it such as seem to have been washed for ages by water running over them. Should this have been the case, there must have been a large lake behind that mountain, and by some uncommon swell in the waters, or by some convulsion of nature, the river must have opened its way through a different part of the mountain, and meeting there with less...
Strona 447 - To us invifible, or dimly feen In thefe thy loweft works ; yet thefe declare Thy goodnefs beyond thought, and pow'r divine. Speak ye who beft can tell, ye fons of light...
Strona 409 - ... collection of waters to which this new passage gave vent. There are still remaining, and daily discovered, innumerable instances of such a deluge on both sides of the river, after it passed the hills above the falls of Trenton, and reached the champaign. On the...