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 5
... ftill proves the exiftence of a real body . The vanity of nations and of authors has nearly buried it under a heap of apocryphal tales . The physical properties of nature and of the seasons , and the hiftory of the labours appropriated ...
... ftill proves the exiftence of a real body . The vanity of nations and of authors has nearly buried it under a heap of apocryphal tales . The physical properties of nature and of the seasons , and the hiftory of the labours appropriated ...
Pàgina 11
... of the Cretan Ju- piter was fhewn long after this historian . Chronology fuffered ftill more from this ftrange mixture and con- C 2 fufion fusion of fictive and real perfonages and actions . The STRUCTURE OF THIS GLOBE .
... of the Cretan Ju- piter was fhewn long after this historian . Chronology fuffered ftill more from this ftrange mixture and con- C 2 fufion fusion of fictive and real perfonages and actions . The STRUCTURE OF THIS GLOBE .
Pàgina 13
... 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 the whole universe , seems to have been very generally at first attributed to one ...
... 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 the whole universe , seems to have been very generally at first attributed to one ...
Pàgina 21
... ftill higher the origin of the world , let us remark , that it is no longer for the habitation of man , but for that of beings un- known to and rejected by reason . Even from the duration which they give to the human race much must be ...
... ftill higher the origin of the world , let us remark , that it is no longer for the habitation of man , but for that of beings un- known to and rejected by reason . Even from the duration which they give to the human race much must be ...
Pàgina 25
... ftill remain of determining whether , in fact , the epocha of the deluge should be carried higher or brought lower , These are , the examination of the events which are pretended to fill up the spaces of this high antiquity , and of the ...
... ftill remain of determining whether , in fact , the epocha of the deluge should be carried higher or brought lower , These are , the examination of the events which are pretended to fill up the spaces of this high antiquity , and of the ...
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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...