The Scriptural History of the Earth and of Mankind: Compared with the Cosmogonies, Chronologies, and Original Traditions of Ancient Nations; an Abstract and Review of Several Modern Systems; with an Attempt to Explain Philosophically, the Mosaical Account of the Creation and Deluge, and to Deduce from this Last Event the Causes of the Actual Structure of the Earth, in a Series of Letters |
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Page 494 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Page 495 - And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness : and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Page 493 - And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 502 - These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.
Page 249 - They were all men of good morals, excellent in virtue and virtuous deeds, skilled in the use of weapons to strike with or to be thrown ; brave men, eager for victory in battle. 3. " But SATYAVARMAN, being continually delighted with devout meditation, and seeing his sons fit for dominion, laid upon them the burden of government. 4.
Page 408 - Wind-gap," a place several miles to the westward, and about a hundred feet higher than the present bed of the river. This Wind-gap is about a mile broad, and the stones in it such as seem to have been washed for ages by water running over them. Should this have been the case, there must have been a large lake behind that mountain, and by some uncommon swell in the waters, or by some convulsion of nature, the river must have opened its way through a different...
Page 408 - Wind-gap is about a mile broad, and the stones in it such as seem to have been washed for ages by water running over them. Should this have been the case, there must have been a large lake behind that mountain, and by some uncommon swell in the waters, or by some convulsion of nature, the river must have opened its way through a different part of the mountain, and meeting there with less...
Page 447 - To us invifible, or dimly feen In thefe thy loweft works ; yet thefe declare Thy goodnefs beyond thought, and pow'r divine. Speak ye who beft can tell, ye fons of light...
Page 409 - ... collection of waters to which this new passage gave vent. There are still remaining, and daily discovered, innumerable instances of such a deluge on both sides of the river, after it passed the hills above the falls of Trenton, and reached the champaign. On the...
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| Title | The Scriptural History of the Earth and of Mankind: Compared with the Cosmogonies, Chronologies, and Original Traditions of Ancient Nations; an Abstract and Review of Several Modern Systems; with an Attempt to Explain Philosophically, the Mosaical Account of the Creation and Deluge, and to ... The Scriptural History of the Earth and of Mankind: Compared with the Cosmogonies, Chronologies, and Original Traditions of Ancient Nations; an Abstract and Review of Several Modern Systems; with an Attempt to Explain Philosophically, the Mosaical Account of the Creation and Deluge, and to Deduce from this Last Event the Causes of the Actual Structure of the Earth, in a Series of Letters, Philip Howard |
| Author | Philip Howard |
| Publisher | R. Faulder, 1797 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 23 juuni 2006 |
| Length | 602 pages |
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