Letters on the Physical History of the Earth, Addressed to Professor Blumenbach: Containing Geological and Historical Proofs of the Divine Mission of MosesC.J.G. and F. Rivington, 1831 - 422 sidor |
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... evident that they must have commenced ; their action still continues , and is carried on before our eyes ' . " Every natural object upon our continents , " he says , " is a chronometer ; and that , from the same general cause , viz ...
... evident that they must have commenced ; their action still continues , and is carried on before our eyes ' . " Every natural object upon our continents , " he says , " is a chronometer ; and that , from the same general cause , viz ...
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... valleys of the Pyrenees and the Alps , of Caucasus , of Atlas and the Andes . " Journ . de Physique , tom . xli . ( part ii . ) p . 334. 1792 . Further - It has been rendered evident by De Luc 14 [ SECT . II . INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
... valleys of the Pyrenees and the Alps , of Caucasus , of Atlas and the Andes . " Journ . de Physique , tom . xli . ( part ii . ) p . 334. 1792 . Further - It has been rendered evident by De Luc 14 [ SECT . II . INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
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... evident by De Luc , that the action of the sea ' has a tendency to efface the original indentations of coasts , by diminishing the promontories , filling up creeks and bays , and reducing cliffs to gentle declivities . These ...
... evident by De Luc , that the action of the sea ' has a tendency to efface the original indentations of coasts , by diminishing the promontories , filling up creeks and bays , and reducing cliffs to gentle declivities . These ...
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... over desert tracts ; of this my present travels will contain additional examples . " That our continents have successively emerged from the waters of 2 * " the evident In that Letter , §§ 20 , 18 [ SECT . II . INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
... over desert tracts ; of this my present travels will contain additional examples . " That our continents have successively emerged from the waters of 2 * " the evident In that Letter , §§ 20 , 18 [ SECT . II . INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
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... evident In that Letter , §§ 20 , 21 , he says , history of the cultivators of our land , comes in as a support to those facts that relate to spontaneous vegetation , to set aside the fabulous pretensions of some nations to antiquity ...
... evident In that Letter , §§ 20 , 21 , he says , history of the cultivators of our land , comes in as a support to those facts that relate to spontaneous vegetation , to set aside the fabulous pretensions of some nations to antiquity ...
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Sida 174 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Sida 190 - And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you ; and with every living creature that Is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you ; 15 from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
Sida 196 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Sida 177 - Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air...
Sida 174 - And the flood was forty days upon the earth ; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
Sida 190 - And of every living thing of all flesh two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark to keep them alive with thee ; they shall be male and female.
Sida 191 - And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Sida 91 - To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts : as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness ; When your fathers tempted me : proved me, and saw my works.
Sida 90 - These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God mad* the earth and the heavens.
Sida 189 - Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.