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 páginas |
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... probably the last peopled region . The fact of the reftorer of mankind , not un- known to profane authors under his Hebrew name , or such as are evidently flight deviations from it , faved from the waters in a ship ( m ) , is repeated ...
... probably the last peopled region . The fact of the reftorer of mankind , not un- known to profane authors under his Hebrew name , or such as are evidently flight deviations from it , faved from the waters in a ship ( m ) , is repeated ...
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... 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 the moft prone to exalt the antient splendour of that nation yet agree , that in the time of this ...
... 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 the moft prone to exalt the antient splendour of that nation yet agree , that in the time of this ...
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... probably , as we fhall hereafter fhew , uniting its waters with those of the Caspian . Such of them as did not choose to fettle amongst the lateral branches of the great chain of mount Caucafus were obliged to turn either to the eaft or ...
... probably , as we fhall hereafter fhew , uniting its waters with those of the Caspian . Such of them as did not choose to fettle amongst the lateral branches of the great chain of mount Caucafus were obliged to turn either to the eaft or ...
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... probably the fame as Iavan , feem to have been the first inhabitants of Greece . The Dorians , Eolians , and feveral other little colonies from the Mediterranean iflands , or from the coafts of the greater Afia , mix- ing with these ...
... probably the fame as Iavan , feem to have been the first inhabitants of Greece . The Dorians , Eolians , and feveral other little colonies from the Mediterranean iflands , or from the coafts of the greater Afia , mix- ing with these ...
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... probably fome foundation in truth , though , like all those that preceded it in Europe , obfcured under a veil of fabulous circumftances . In confequence , these ages , as well as thofe that immediately follow them , are , by the Greeks ...
... probably fome foundation in truth , though , like all those that preceded it in Europe , obfcured under a veil of fabulous circumftances . In confequence , these ages , as well as thofe that immediately follow them , are , by the Greeks ...
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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
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Página 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,
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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...