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 ページ |
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... firft ages by a fucceffion of gods and of Pidar devata . Their last kings and their ftill exifting rajahs call themselves of the race of the fun , or of the moon . The creation of these fuperior beings , as well as that of men and of ...
... firft ages by a fucceffion of gods and of Pidar devata . Their last kings and their ftill exifting rajahs call themselves of the race of the fun , or of the moon . The creation of these fuperior beings , as well as that of men and of ...
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... firft covered the whole furface of the earth - the fucceffive formation of fish and birds , of terrestrial animals , and finally of man , are recorded in the mythologies and traditions of all antient nations . The antient Etrufcans and ...
... firft covered the whole furface of the earth - the fucceffive formation of fish and birds , of terrestrial animals , and finally of man , are recorded in the mythologies and traditions of all antient nations . The antient Etrufcans and ...
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... firft existence of men ( aa ) , From the foundation of Tyre , according to Herodotus , 2783 I shall not diffemble , that according to my opinion feveral centu- ries must still be defalcated from all of thefe fupputations : but should we ...
... firft existence of men ( aa ) , From the foundation of Tyre , according to Herodotus , 2783 I shall not diffemble , that according to my opinion feveral centu- ries must still be defalcated from all of thefe fupputations : but should we ...
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... firft ages of these chronologies ; but above all- the ftate , progrefs , and establishment of nations , and a general review of the state of the world in times more recent and con- fequently better known . From these we may regulate our ...
... firft ages of these chronologies ; but above all- the ftate , progrefs , and establishment of nations , and a general review of the state of the world in times more recent and con- fequently better known . From these we may regulate our ...
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... firft miffionaries , willing to exalt the glory and importance of a people whom they firft brought to the knowledge of Europeans , and who had received them with such distinction , contributed , from felf - vanity ( dd ) , to give ...
... firft miffionaries , willing to exalt the glory and importance of a people whom they firft brought to the knowledge of Europeans , and who had received them with such distinction , contributed , from felf - vanity ( dd ) , to give ...
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494 ページ - 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,
495 ページ - 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.
493 ページ - 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.
502 ページ - 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.
249 ページ - 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.
408 ページ - 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...
408 ページ - 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...
447 ページ - 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...
409 ページ - ... 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...