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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... Egypt . ' The same historian cites a passage from Cantacuzene , concerning the first wife of Andronicus the younger , who ascended the throne of Constantinople in 1328. She was the daughter denoσ vτi μπρesain ; in which letters the ...
... Egypt . ' The same historian cites a passage from Cantacuzene , concerning the first wife of Andronicus the younger , who ascended the throne of Constantinople in 1328. She was the daughter denoσ vτi μπρesain ; in which letters the ...
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... Egypt , were naturally enemies to the ruling caste of priests " , the observation indeed is true , but in quite another sense than that which he intended . The antipathy to which he alludes was the effect , far more of re- ligious ...
... Egypt , were naturally enemies to the ruling caste of priests " , the observation indeed is true , but in quite another sense than that which he intended . The antipathy to which he alludes was the effect , far more of re- ligious ...
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... Egypt are to be considered only as so many colleges of priests , succeeding and subverting one another . For , at a much later period , we are as- sured that a religious dispute was sufficient at any time to kindle a sedition among the ...
... Egypt are to be considered only as so many colleges of priests , succeeding and subverting one another . For , at a much later period , we are as- sured that a religious dispute was sufficient at any time to kindle a sedition among the ...
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... Egypt . Again , in Hindostan , the sacerdotal caste enjoyed the same high station in society , and com- manded the same respect from the military chiefs . Thus it is related , that in 1798 , Bajee Rao , the Peishwa , laid his head at ...
... Egypt . Again , in Hindostan , the sacerdotal caste enjoyed the same high station in society , and com- manded the same respect from the military chiefs . Thus it is related , that in 1798 , Bajee Rao , the Peishwa , laid his head at ...
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... Egypt down to the present time , can boast of no inconsiderable dura- tion . But when it shall have been shown who the deity was whom they worshipped at Canopus , it will be seen that the custom is connected by an uninterrupted chain ...
... Egypt down to the present time , can boast of no inconsiderable dura- tion . But when it shall have been shown who the deity was whom they worshipped at Canopus , it will be seen that the custom is connected by an uninterrupted chain ...
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Ammon ancient antiquity Apollodorus Arabic Ararat Arkite Ayeen Akbery Baris Bochart Budha bull called Celtic Celts Chaldee Champollion character constellation crescent Cronus dæmon deity deluge derived Deucalion diluvian divine Doorga dragon earth 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 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 Pelasgian Persian Phut Pleiades Plutarch preserved priests religion remarkable Remphan represented rites river rock sacred Sanscrit Saturn says serpent ship signifies Siva sometimes stars stone Strabo superstition supposed temple Thebes Thoth tradition Typhon Vallancey word worship zodiac δὲ καὶ τὴν τῆς τὸ τοῦ τῶν