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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... earth . If there are any who by dwell- ing too much on that difficulty have been led to conclusions unfavourable to the scriptural account , it is to be hoped that by weighing in the contrary scale the preponderance of testimony that ...
... earth . If there are any who by dwell- ing too much on that difficulty have been led to conclusions unfavourable to the scriptural account , it is to be hoped that by weighing in the contrary scale the preponderance of testimony that ...
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... earth . Dr. Buck- land throws it aside as a feeble agent , and can find no phænomena worth recording produced by " the comparatively tranquil inundation described in the VOL . I. 17 B inspired narrative ; " and he adds : " It THE ...
... earth . Dr. Buck- land throws it aside as a feeble agent , and can find no phænomena worth recording produced by " the comparatively tranquil inundation described in the VOL . I. 17 B inspired narrative ; " and he adds : " It THE ...
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... earth . " It seems not to have been sufficiently considered , that a wind passing over the retreating waters does not present an image of great tranquillity . He who has ever seen upon the sea - shore the effects of a single tide ...
... earth . " It seems not to have been sufficiently considered , that a wind passing over the retreating waters does not present an image of great tranquillity . He who has ever seen upon the sea - shore the effects of a single tide ...
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... earth , would generate volcanic action : neither do I contend , that all vallies of denudation , and banks of sand and gravel were the effect of that catas- trophe : but following the guidance of the inspired historian , I find , that a ...
... earth , would generate volcanic action : neither do I contend , that all vallies of denudation , and banks of sand and gravel were the effect of that catas- trophe : but following the guidance of the inspired historian , I find , that a ...
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... earth was considerably modified by the deluge , though not to the same extent as by former revolutions , it is to be lamented , that Mr. Lyell should have carried his theory of tranquillity to a degree which borders upon ridicule ...
... earth was considerably modified by the deluge , though not to the same extent as by former revolutions , it is to be lamented , that Mr. Lyell should have carried his theory of tranquillity to a degree which borders upon ridicule ...
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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