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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... Islands it is pronounced ' Atua , ' and the initial vowel being quite unneces- sary , as in the instance of Otaheite , ' which Ellis spells Tahiti , ' it becomes Tua , ' and then we per- ceive the affinity which it bears to ' Tev ...
... Islands it is pronounced ' Atua , ' and the initial vowel being quite unneces- sary , as in the instance of Otaheite , ' which Ellis spells Tahiti , ' it becomes Tua , ' and then we per- ceive the affinity which it bears to ' Tev ...
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... island , which Captain Cook called ' Owhyhee , ' which it is very difficult to recognise in the dress given it by the missionary . He writes it ' Hawaii . ' In like manner , English writers on Hin- doo mythology are accustomed to ...
... island , which Captain Cook called ' Owhyhee , ' which it is very difficult to recognise in the dress given it by the missionary . He writes it ' Hawaii . ' In like manner , English writers on Hin- doo mythology are accustomed to ...
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... island of the West , is the ' Hesperia ' of the western classics ; and that the ' Az - burj , ' the mountain at which , in Persian romance , the sun sets , is the ' Asburg " or Asgard ' 1 History of Maritime and Inland Discovery , 114 ...
... island of the West , is the ' Hesperia ' of the western classics ; and that the ' Az - burj , ' the mountain at which , in Persian romance , the sun sets , is the ' Asburg " or Asgard ' 1 History of Maritime and Inland Discovery , 114 ...
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... islands of ' Greece , ' ' Crete , ' ' Teios , ' ' Cynthus , ' ' Scyrus , ' and ' Patmos . ' For it would be a great mistake to say , that the languages of Greece and India are too far separated to admit of the hypothesis that any ...
... islands of ' Greece , ' ' Crete , ' ' Teios , ' ' Cynthus , ' ' Scyrus , ' and ' Patmos . ' For it would be a great mistake to say , that the languages of Greece and India are too far separated to admit of the hypothesis that any ...
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... Islands , the remarkable events of their history are preserved in songs , committed to memory by persons who held the hereditary office of bard , and therefore the poet may be supposed to 1 Franklin's Journey to the Polar Ocean , p ...
... Islands , the remarkable events of their history are preserved in songs , committed to memory by persons who held the hereditary office of bard , and therefore the poet may be supposed to 1 Franklin's Journey to the Polar Ocean , p ...
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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