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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... reasons for giving a much longer duration to the prefent ftate of things ; whilft others , perceiving no- thing but doubt and monftrous fables in its whole texture , entirely reject the testimony of hiftory . Some perfons , attributing ...
... reasons for giving a much longer duration to the prefent ftate of things ; whilft others , perceiving no- thing but doubt and monftrous fables in its whole texture , entirely reject the testimony of hiftory . Some perfons , attributing ...
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... reasons the first progenitors and fettlers of nations were at first honoured as their re- presentatives on earth , and through lapfe of time became identified in persons as well as names with their prototypes . In confequence of this ...
... reasons the first progenitors and fettlers of nations were at first honoured as their re- presentatives on earth , and through lapfe of time became identified in persons as well as names with their prototypes . In confequence of this ...
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... reason . Even from the duration which they give to the human race much must be deducted , on account of years very different from ours . The greatest difficulty arifes from the circumftance that thefe years , varying from 365 days to 24 ...
... reason . Even from the duration which they give to the human race much must be deducted , on account of years very different from ours . The greatest difficulty arifes from the circumftance that thefe years , varying from 365 days to 24 ...
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... reason- ably suppose every eighth man capable of bearing arms , or every thirtieth inhabitant , would embark . It appears indeed that Greece long felt the lofs of fuch numbers . This fuppofition would give us about three millions for ...
... reason- ably suppose every eighth man capable of bearing arms , or every thirtieth inhabitant , would embark . It appears indeed that Greece long felt the lofs of fuch numbers . This fuppofition would give us about three millions for ...
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... reasons which I fhall hereafter deduce , I am inclined to believe it more exact than either the Samaritan or Septuagint in the third era . The examination of the two laft pe- riods belongs properly to our present purpose .. Noah lived ...
... reasons which I fhall hereafter deduce , I am inclined to believe it more exact than either the Samaritan or Septuagint in the third era . The examination of the two laft pe- riods belongs properly to our present purpose .. Noah lived ...
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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...