The Sacred History of the World: Attempted to be Philosophically Considered, in a Series of Letters to a Son, Հատոր 2Harper & Bros., 1838 |
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... DELUGE , and on the State of our historical information con- cerning it 230 LETTER XVI . ANCIENT TRADITIONS of the DELUGE in Chaldea X CONTENTS .
... DELUGE , and on the State of our historical information con- cerning it 230 LETTER XVI . ANCIENT TRADITIONS of the DELUGE in Chaldea X CONTENTS .
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... DELUGE in Chaldea , Assyria , Egypt , Greece , Rome , Phenicia , Syria , Armenia , and Per- sia LETTER XVII . Page 238 The Traditions of the Flood in China - In the Parsee Books- In the Sanscrit - In Arabia and Turkey - In Africa - And ...
... DELUGE in Chaldea , Assyria , Egypt , Greece , Rome , Phenicia , Syria , Armenia , and Per- sia LETTER XVII . Page 238 The Traditions of the Flood in China - In the Parsee Books- In the Sanscrit - In Arabia and Turkey - In Africa - And ...
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... deluge . By the operation of this destructive revolution , the ancient surface and state of the earth were changed , and a new surface was in most parts imposed , suited to the existence of the renewed human population , for the ...
... deluge . By the operation of this destructive revolution , the ancient surface and state of the earth were changed , and a new surface was in most parts imposed , suited to the existence of the renewed human population , for the ...
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... is never exceeded . Each live and die within these appointed limits . No horse can equal a man in lon- gevity , and no human being since the deluge has reached to 200 years . The usual proportion of even a long K2 OF THE WORLD . 113.
... is never exceeded . Each live and die within these appointed limits . No horse can equal a man in lon- gevity , and no human being since the deluge has reached to 200 years . The usual proportion of even a long K2 OF THE WORLD . 113.
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... deluge of waters that should over- whelm all that was living , was the chosen instrument of effecting this awful dispensation . LETTER XIV . Farther Reflections on the Conduct of our First Parents , and its Natu- ral Causes : and on the ...
... deluge of waters that should over- whelm all that was living , was the chosen instrument of effecting this awful dispensation . LETTER XIV . Farther Reflections on the Conduct of our First Parents , and its Natu- ral Causes : and on the ...
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Էջ 176 - What was so fugitive ! The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction : not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest ; Delight and liberty, the simple creed Of childhood, whether busy or at rest, With new-fledged hope still fluttering in his...
Էջ 176 - But for those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain-light of all our day, Are yet a master-light of all our seeing; Uphold us, cherish, and have power to make Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence...
Էջ 219 - And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering : but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect.
Էջ 428 - For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
Էջ 386 - For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord : and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee, Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God.
Էջ 160 - Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus. On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine...
Էջ 173 - I HEARD a thousand blended notes, While in a grove I sat reclined, In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts Bring sad thoughts to the mind.
Էջ 175 - There was a time when meadow, grove and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore ; — Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night or day, The things which I have seen I now can see no more.
Էջ 217 - Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right ; if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die. None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
Էջ 174 - STAY near me — do not take thy flight ! A little longer stay in sight ! Much converse do I find in Thee, Historian of my Infancy ! Float near me; do not yet depart! Dead times revive in thee : Thou bring'st, gay Creature as thou art ! A solemn image to my heart...