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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... characters most widely different , that to refuse the help furnished by the corruption of languages in illustrating ancient history , would be no less absurd than to refuse the help of our eyes in ascer- taining the bulk of bodies ...
... characters most widely different , that to refuse the help furnished by the corruption of languages in illustrating ancient history , would be no less absurd than to refuse the help of our eyes in ascer- taining the bulk of bodies ...
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... handed down from generation to generation ; in which were rehearsed the deeds of their ancestors ; some were of a sacred character , containing have indulged in a little poetic licence ; but in D 2 TRADITIONS OF THE FLOOD . 35.
... handed down from generation to generation ; in which were rehearsed the deeds of their ancestors ; some were of a sacred character , containing have indulged in a little poetic licence ; but in D 2 TRADITIONS OF THE FLOOD . 35.
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... characters , customs , and relations of social life , and ancient history was so much compounded of tales half ... character of each people with which it was interwoven.2 In order to extricate themselves from this em- barrassment ...
... characters , customs , and relations of social life , and ancient history was so much compounded of tales half ... character of each people with which it was interwoven.2 In order to extricate themselves from this em- barrassment ...
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... character will be better understood , if we bear in " 6 1 Τὰς μὲν δὴ πέτρας σέβουνὶ τε μάλιστα . Boot . c . xxxviii . 2 Clarke's Travels , vii . 216 . 3 Ιεροπρεπὴς δὲστὶ πᾶς ὁ Παρνασσός . Geog . l . ix . 604 . VOL . I. E 999 2 mind that ...
... character will be better understood , if we bear in " 6 1 Τὰς μὲν δὴ πέτρας σέβουνὶ τε μάλιστα . Boot . c . xxxviii . 2 Clarke's Travels , vii . 216 . 3 Ιεροπρεπὴς δὲστὶ πᾶς ὁ Παρνασσός . Geog . l . ix . 604 . VOL . I. E 999 2 mind that ...
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... character of their respective rites it may not be difficult to conjecture , when it is considered , that Deva is the name given by the sacred books of the Brahmins to the sun , and that Danava is the plural of Danu , who is also said to ...
... character of their respective rites it may not be difficult to conjecture , when it is considered , that Deva is the name given by the sacred books of the Brahmins to the sun , and that Danava is the plural of Danu , who is also said to ...
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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