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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Página 47
... lake Avernus . That lake was probably formed in the funken crater of a former volcano . Environed with barren and uninhabitable grounds , where at every step ftill gaped hideous caverns fending forth flames and deadly vapours , the spot ...
... lake Avernus . That lake was probably formed in the funken crater of a former volcano . Environed with barren and uninhabitable grounds , where at every step ftill gaped hideous caverns fending forth flames and deadly vapours , the spot ...
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... lake . Homer as a poet availed himself of the licence to adopt every ancient popular story which might give embellishment to his poems by the marvellous , and in confequence inferted fables which more recent difcoveries had already ...
... lake . Homer as a poet availed himself of the licence to adopt every ancient popular story which might give embellishment to his poems by the marvellous , and in confequence inferted fables which more recent difcoveries had already ...
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... lake which , according to Herodo- tus , antiently covered the plains of Theffaly , or that of other lakes which he fuppofes , from the indications of nature in his time , to have existed in fome of the opposite valleys of Afia minor ...
... lake which , according to Herodo- tus , antiently covered the plains of Theffaly , or that of other lakes which he fuppofes , from the indications of nature in his time , to have existed in fome of the opposite valleys of Afia minor ...
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... lake , on the oppofite fide of which judgment was pronounced on the life of the deceased - a moft antient cuftom in Egypt . ( PP ) Page 39 . The picture which this poet draws of Greece in his time has incontesta- ble right to our ...
... lake , on the oppofite fide of which judgment was pronounced on the life of the deceased - a moft antient cuftom in Egypt . ( PP ) Page 39 . The picture which this poet draws of Greece in his time has incontesta- ble right to our ...
Página 149
... lake of was dug to a vast depth , as a refervoir of water and fertility in cafet . Herodotus informs us , that the ... lakes and marshes of Batavia , and , were it not for the affiduous care of the Dutch , would foon fill up the ...
... lake of was dug to a vast depth , as a refervoir of water and fertility in cafet . Herodotus informs us , that the ... lakes and marshes of Batavia , and , were it not for the affiduous care of the Dutch , would foon fill up the ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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 249 - Charma, and by him were his two brothers called.
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...