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 pàgines |
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Pàgina 41
... contained fif- teen millions of people . Even at this day , after 400 years oppreffion under the depopulating government of the Ottomans ; at this day , when the astonishing number of cities flourishing under their repub- lics , long ...
... contained fif- teen millions of people . Even at this day , after 400 years oppreffion under the depopulating government of the Ottomans ; at this day , when the astonishing number of cities flourishing under their repub- lics , long ...
Pàgina 46
... contained within itself the power and riches of a kingdom , whose ships of war or commerce a few ages after filled every port in the Mediterranean , adorned not as yet the cultivated plains of fertile Sicily . Armies of 2 and 300,000 ...
... contained within itself the power and riches of a kingdom , whose ships of war or commerce a few ages after filled every port in the Mediterranean , adorned not as yet the cultivated plains of fertile Sicily . Armies of 2 and 300,000 ...
Pàgina 77
... contain dubious . As we ascend in antiquity , they become the history of allegorical or imaginary beings ; that of men appears every where circumfcribed within very narrow bounds . Their pretended chronologies , interfperfed with long ...
... contain dubious . As we ascend in antiquity , they become the history of allegorical or imaginary beings ; that of men appears every where circumfcribed within very narrow bounds . Their pretended chronologies , interfperfed with long ...
Pàgina 135
... contain more than 75,000 . He pretends , that if Pekin is built on the fame model , it would require 50 leagues in circumference , instead of fix , to contain the two millions of inhabitants which are allotted to it . He has probably ...
... contain more than 75,000 . He pretends , that if Pekin is built on the fame model , it would require 50 leagues in circumference , instead of fix , to contain the two millions of inhabitants which are allotted to it . He has probably ...
Pàgina 137
... contain more than 75,000 . He pretends , that if Pekin is built on the fame model , it would require 50 leagues in circumference , inftead of fix , to contain the two millions of inhabitants which are allotted to it . He has probably ...
... contain more than 75,000 . He pretends , that if Pekin is built on the fame model , it would require 50 leagues in circumference , inftead of fix , to contain the two millions of inhabitants which are allotted to it . He has probably ...
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Pàgina 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,
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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...