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 pagina's |
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Pagina 18
... lan- guage , call that language Gomraag , and themselves Gomerai . the antient inhabitants of Europe claimed Japhet as their first father , All as as is attested by the Latin proverb , Japeto vetuftior 18 THOUGHTS ON THE.
... lan- guage , call that language Gomraag , and themselves Gomerai . the antient inhabitants of Europe claimed Japhet as their first father , All as as is attested by the Latin proverb , Japeto vetuftior 18 THOUGHTS ON THE.
Pagina 19
... inhabitants ; and the name of Egypt is a variation of Ai - caphtor , the island of Caphtor , from whence its old inhabitants are yet called Cophts . The Ruffians and Mufcovites , whofe frozen climates have never invited conquerors to ...
... inhabitants ; and the name of Egypt is a variation of Ai - caphtor , the island of Caphtor , from whence its old inhabitants are yet called Cophts . The Ruffians and Mufcovites , whofe frozen climates have never invited conquerors to ...
Pagina 34
... inhabitants , or at least the wandering tribes who traversed thefe tracts are perfectly unknown . Civil fociety began not there till about the time of the fiege of Troy . Greece and Afia minor , fo full of civilifed nations , fo crowded ...
... inhabitants , or at least the wandering tribes who traversed thefe tracts are perfectly unknown . Civil fociety began not there till about the time of the fiege of Troy . Greece and Afia minor , fo full of civilifed nations , fo crowded ...
Pagina 35
... 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 fucceffors extend themselves inwards , and ...
... 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 fucceffors extend themselves inwards , and ...
Pagina 39
... inhabitants , with their genealogies and manners . In the Iliad it appears that the continent of Greece , as far as the mountains of Macedonia , the adjacent ifles , whether of the Egean or Adriatic feas , with thofe of Crete and Rhodes ...
... inhabitants , with their genealogies and manners . In the Iliad it appears that the continent of Greece , as far as the mountains of Macedonia , the adjacent ifles , whether of the Egean or Adriatic feas , with thofe of Crete and Rhodes ...
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Pagina 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,
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 249 - Charma, and by him were his two brothers called.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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...