The Doctrine of the Deluge: Vindicating the Scriptural Account from the Doubts which Have Recently Been Cast Upon it by Geological Speculations, Volume 1Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1838 - Bible |
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... says he , " brought back by the dove , seems as clear an indication to us , that the vegetation was not destroyed , as it was then to Noah , that the dry land was about to re - appear . ' At least this argument appears to me a clear ...
... says he , " brought back by the dove , seems as clear an indication to us , that the vegetation was not destroyed , as it was then to Noah , that the dry land was about to re - appear . ' At least this argument appears to me a clear ...
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... says , is the same word with ' head ' for in German it is ' kopf ' and ' haupt , ' in Danish it is ' hoved , ' and in Gothic heafod . ' ' Oculus ' is the same as ' eye ; ' for it is only the diminutive of a word preserved in ' ex - æcus ...
... says , is the same word with ' head ' for in German it is ' kopf ' and ' haupt , ' in Danish it is ' hoved , ' and in Gothic heafod . ' ' Oculus ' is the same as ' eye ; ' for it is only the diminutive of a word preserved in ' ex - æcus ...
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... say , James the Less , was reported , by a cunningly devised fable of the priests , to have been transported in a ... says Holinshed , love brevity , and so have cut off all but the last two syllables . We have already seen that James ...
... say , James the Less , was reported , by a cunningly devised fable of the priests , to have been transported in a ... says Holinshed , love brevity , and so have cut off all but the last two syllables . We have already seen that James ...
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... say , that the languages of Greece and India are too far separated to admit of the hypothesis that any affinity ... says Cuvier , in his Lectures on the Natural Sciences , " were originally from India , of which the Sanscrit roots ...
... say , that the languages of Greece and India are too far separated to admit of the hypothesis that any affinity ... says Cuvier , in his Lectures on the Natural Sciences , " were originally from India , of which the Sanscrit roots ...
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... says he , we recognise a multitude of affinities.1 A very striking example of these affinities may be seen in the following table of the changes in the persons of the present and perfect tenses of the verb substantive , a most necessary ...
... says he , we recognise a multitude of affinities.1 A very striking example of these affinities may be seen in the following table of the changes in the persons of the present and perfect tenses of the verb substantive , a most necessary ...
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Ammon ancient antiquity Apollodorus Arabic Ararat Arkite Ayeen Akbery Baris Bochart Budha bull called Celtic Celts Chaldee Champollion character crescent Cronus dæmon deity deluge derived Deucalion diluvian divine Doorga dragon earth Edition Egypt Egyptian emblem etymology fable father fire flood gods Grecian Greeks head Hebrew hence Hercules hieroglyphic hill Hindoos Hist honour horns Horus Ibid idol idolatry Indian Irish Isis island Jupiter king lake language lettered Lycophron meaning Menu Mizraim moon Moor's Hindu Pantheon Mount mountain mysteries mythology Neptune Nile Noah observes ocean Ogyges origin Orion Osiris Ovid Patriarch Pausanias Pelasgi Persian Phut Pleiades Plutarch preserved priests religion remarkable Remphan represented rites river rock sacred Sanscrit Saturn says serpent ship signifies Siva stars stone Strabo superstition supposed temple Thoth tradition Typhon Vallancey word worship zodiac δὲ καὶ τὴν τῆς τὸ τοῦ τῶν
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Page 228 - In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
Page 311 - I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou boldest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.
Page 209 - And behold I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh wherein is the breath of life from under heaven, and every thing that is in the earth shall die, but with thee will I establish My Covenant, and thou shalt come into the ark, thou and thy sons and thy wife, and thy sons
Page 180 - Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name: that strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
Page 233 - And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field: upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life...
Page 383 - I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?