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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Page 27
... stone , in Rishworth , much esteemed by the country people , though in truth not remarkable for any one good quality , derives its reputation from the Indian Boudha . ' It is not at all more extraordinary that the language of India ...
... stone , in Rishworth , much esteemed by the country people , though in truth not remarkable for any one good quality , derives its reputation from the Indian Boudha . ' It is not at all more extraordinary that the language of India ...
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... stones about their necks , which are superstitiously re- garded . It is a superstition noticed by Pausanias 1700 years ago , and it then belonged to an age equally remote , as I shall have occasion to show ; but its continuance during ...
... stones about their necks , which are superstitiously re- garded . It is a superstition noticed by Pausanias 1700 years ago , and it then belonged to an age equally remote , as I shall have occasion to show ; but its continuance during ...
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... stone column sustaining a brazen serpent was removed to Constantinople . Now the serpent was an ancient symbol of the deluge , and therefore belonged very properly to Parnassus ; but after it came in contact with the Jewish history , it ...
... stone column sustaining a brazen serpent was removed to Constantinople . Now the serpent was an ancient symbol of the deluge , and therefore belonged very properly to Parnassus ; but after it came in contact with the Jewish history , it ...
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... stone that had the mark of a crescent . The figure of the Virgin in the sky appears fastening the hoof to the rock , where it has left the impression of the shoe . The inscription , jealous of the Turkish symbol , transfers the honour ...
... stone that had the mark of a crescent . The figure of the Virgin in the sky appears fastening the hoof to the rock , where it has left the impression of the shoe . The inscription , jealous of the Turkish symbol , transfers the honour ...
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... stones , or otherwise disturb them . " 3 The real cause why these knolls and mounds were so much respected will be shown in the sequel . But before we take our leave of this writer , another 1 Malæ nubent Maiâ . 2 Demonology , 93 , 94 ...
... stones , or otherwise disturb them . " 3 The real cause why these knolls and mounds were so much respected will be shown in the sequel . But before we take our leave of this writer , another 1 Malæ nubent Maiâ . 2 Demonology , 93 , 94 ...
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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