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 |
Des de l'interior del llibre
Resultats 1 - 5 de 100.
Pàgina 11
... 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 , allegorical ...
... 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 , allegorical ...
Pàgina 13
... first attributed to one fupreme God . As em- racing all visible nature , the names of Coelum , of Uranus , of Tien , were frequently given to him . From thence the transition was easy , and one cannot be furprifed that nations plunged ...
... first attributed to one fupreme God . As em- racing all visible nature , the names of Coelum , of Uranus , of Tien , were frequently given to him . From thence the transition was easy , and one cannot be furprifed that nations plunged ...
Pàgina 29
... First Dynafty , which commences with the emperor Yu 2217 years before Chrift . This indeed may very probably be the era of the first establishment of a colony in China under fome of the defcendants of Noah . Those authors who have been ...
... First Dynafty , which commences with the emperor Yu 2217 years before Chrift . This indeed may very probably be the era of the first establishment of a colony in China under fome of the defcendants of Noah . Those authors who have been ...
Pàgina 31
... first colonization it ventures to indicate as having taken place at feveral diftant epochs fubfequent to that period . Of the population of the northern and interior parts of Europe in those times no account is given . From hence we may ...
... first colonization it ventures to indicate as having taken place at feveral diftant epochs fubfequent to that period . Of the population of the northern and interior parts of Europe in those times no account is given . From hence we may ...
Pàgina 35
... first introduced the ufe of letters to its inhabitants , in 1493 ( kk ) . It is not until 1480 that Dardanus , another chief of Egyptian adventu- rers , plants the firft civilized colony on thecoafts of Phrygia , at Dar- dania . His ...
... first introduced the ufe of letters to its inhabitants , in 1493 ( kk ) . It is not until 1480 that Dardanus , another chief of Egyptian adventu- rers , plants the firft civilized colony on thecoafts of Phrygia , at Dar- dania . His ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
The Scriptural History of the Earth and of Mankind: Compared with the ... Philip Howard Visualització completa - 1797 |
The Scriptural History of the Earth and of Mankind: Compared With the ... Previsualització no disponible - 2020 |
The Scriptural History of the Earth and of Mankind: Compared with the ... Philip Howard Previsualització no disponible - 2015 |
Frases i termes més freqüents
afferts Afia againſt ages alfo almoſt alſo amongſt antediluvian antient antiquity Bailly becauſe Buffon calcareous caufe cauſe Chineſe Chrift chronology coafts compofed confequently confiderable convulfion courſe defcendants deluge depofited diftinct earth Egypt Egyptian eſtabliſhed exifting exiſtence faid fame fays feems feparation feven feveral fhall fhew fhould fince fire firft firſt fituation folar fome foon formed fouthern ftate ftill ftrata fubftances fubject fucceeded fucceffive fuch fufficient fuppofed furely furface fyftem globe greateſt Greece heat Herodotus higheſt himſelf hiſtory increaſe inhabitants interfected iſlands itſelf kings laft land laſt leaſt lefs leſs Manetho mankind matter Mofes moft moſt mountains muft muſt nations nature neceffary notwithſtanding obfervations occafioned Ogyges paffage philofophers planets poffible prefent preferved probably purpoſe raiſed reaſon reign ſea ſeems Septuagint ſeveral ſhall ſmall ſpace ſtate ſtill ſubſtances ſuch ſyſtem terreftrial thefe themſelves thence theſe thofe thoſe tion univerfal Wallerius waters whilft whofe whole whoſe
Passatges populars
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...