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 psl. |
Knygos viduje
Rezultatai 1–5 iš 46
5 psl.
... greatest part of those facts which they were meant to convey to pofterity , are and will remain covered by a thick veil not to be removed . But , amidst all this darkness , perfevering criticism still difcerns from time to time fome ...
... greatest part of those facts which they were meant to convey to pofterity , are and will remain covered by a thick veil not to be removed . But , amidst all this darkness , perfevering criticism still difcerns from time to time fome ...
16 psl.
... greatest part of the globe , must evidently have been occasion- ed either by the revolution he describes , or by fome fuch event , the date of which could not in his time be very far removed . All the general facts of which he speaks ...
... greatest part of the globe , must evidently have been occasion- ed either by the revolution he describes , or by fome fuch event , the date of which could not in his time be very far removed . All the general facts of which he speaks ...
21 psl.
... greatest difficulty arifes from the circumftance that thefe years , varying from 365 days to 24 hours , being no where accurately distinguished in profane chronology , can never be applied with certainty to any period . A few words ...
... greatest difficulty arifes from the circumftance that thefe years , varying from 365 days to 24 hours , being no where accurately distinguished in profane chronology , can never be applied with certainty to any period . A few words ...
40 psl.
... greatest part of those states , whofe leaders warred at Troy , were not formed into focieties 220 years before its fiege , and many of them much later . Priam , whofe power and opulence fo much furpaffed thofe any of these petty kings ...
... greatest part of those states , whofe leaders warred at Troy , were not formed into focieties 220 years before its fiege , and many of them much later . Priam , whofe power and opulence fo much furpaffed thofe any of these petty kings ...
51 psl.
... greatest part of Africa . Civilization was only introduced into them by colonies from Afia or from Egypt ; and upon mature confi- deration it will appear that the first of these arrived not more than 300 years before the fiege of Troy ...
... greatest part of Africa . Civilization was only introduced into them by colonies from Afia or from Egypt ; and upon mature confi- deration it will appear that the first of these arrived not more than 300 years before the fiege of Troy ...
Kiti leidimai - Peržiūrėti viską
The Scriptural History of the Earth and of Mankind– Compared with the ... Philip Howard Visos knygos peržiūra - 1797 |
The Scriptural History of the Earth and of Mankind– Compared with the ... Philip Howard Peržiūra negalima - 2015 |
Pagrindiniai terminai ir frazės
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
Populiarios ištraukos
494 psl. - 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,
495 psl. - 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.
493 psl. - 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.
502 psl. - 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.
249 psl. - 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.
408 psl. - 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...
408 psl. - 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...
447 psl. - 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...
409 psl. - ... 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...