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 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 67
עמוד 6
... space of a century or two . This will clearly prove that the coincidence of fortunate circumftances , and of a few happy geniuses which met in those countries , had given them an energetic growth which no number of ages has been able to ...
... space of a century or two . This will clearly prove that the coincidence of fortunate circumftances , and of a few happy geniuses which met in those countries , had given them an energetic growth which no number of ages has been able to ...
עמוד 25
... spaces of this high antiquity , and of the perfonages who appear to occupy the firft ages of these chronologies ; but above all- the ftate , progrefs , and establishment of nations , and a general review of the state of the world in ...
... spaces of this high antiquity , and of the perfonages who appear to occupy the firft ages of these chronologies ; but above all- the ftate , progrefs , and establishment of nations , and a general review of the state of the world in ...
עמוד 41
... space of time the population of North America , which , like Greece , has received into its bofom fucceffive troops of adventurers , rifes not to three millions . But the new Grecian colonies had the advantage which those of America ...
... space of time the population of North America , which , like Greece , has received into its bofom fucceffive troops of adventurers , rifes not to three millions . But the new Grecian colonies had the advantage which those of America ...
עמוד 42
... space . From this fur- vey , and these prefumptive evidences , certainly as legitimate as those that can be derived from chronologies fraught , as we have seen , with fuch uncertainties and fallacies , I think myfelf entitled to con ...
... space . From this fur- vey , and these prefumptive evidences , certainly as legitimate as those that can be derived from chronologies fraught , as we have seen , with fuch uncertainties and fallacies , I think myfelf entitled to con ...
עמוד 43
... space . That ingenious author has endeavoured to give to the man- ners of his heroes all the fimplicity of antient times ; but he has pro- bably lent to the arts all that perfection they had acquired in his own times , added to all that ...
... space . That ingenious author has endeavoured to give to the man- ners of his heroes all the fimplicity of antient times ; but he has pro- bably lent to the arts all that perfection they had acquired in his own times , added to all that ...
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
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
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 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,
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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...
עמוד 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...
עמוד 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...
עמוד 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...