A History of the World from the Earliest Records to the Present Time, Volume 1Walton and Maberly, 1864 - History, Ancient |
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... Probably these missing names were purposely left out to make the number for the interval equal to that of the other intervals , such an omission being obvious , and not liable to cause error . " + Ezra vii . 1-5 . + Genesis xxix . 5 ...
... Probably these missing names were purposely left out to make the number for the interval equal to that of the other intervals , such an omission being obvious , and not liable to cause error . " + Ezra vii . 1-5 . + Genesis xxix . 5 ...
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... probably exhibited to Moses in vision , simply as phenomena , leaving their interpretation to the discoveries of science . Only these leading points were clearly revealed : -that the matter of the world - the visible earth and sky ...
... probably exhibited to Moses in vision , simply as phenomena , leaving their interpretation to the discoveries of science . Only these leading points were clearly revealed : -that the matter of the world - the visible earth and sky ...
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... for cement . The motive thus assigned , and their movement from their original seats , prove that the necessity for a dispersion was already obvious even to themselves . identified with the Temple of Nebo at Borsippa ( probably.
... for cement . The motive thus assigned , and their movement from their original seats , prove that the necessity for a dispersion was already obvious even to themselves . identified with the Temple of Nebo at Borsippa ( probably.
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Philip Smith. identified with the Temple of Nebo at Borsippa ( probably the Chaldæan Barsip , or Tower of Tongues ) , which the Talmudists identified with the Tower of Babel . This temple of the " Seven Lights of the Earth " was rebuilt ...
Philip Smith. identified with the Temple of Nebo at Borsippa ( probably the Chaldæan Barsip , or Tower of Tongues ) , which the Talmudists identified with the Tower of Babel . This temple of the " Seven Lights of the Earth " was rebuilt ...
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... probably view the ancient Egyptians as nearest to the pure type of a Hamite race . That this type is to be found in the negro is a prejudice as unfounded as the attempt to wrest Noah's prophecy of the sub- jection of the Canaanites to ...
... probably view the ancient Egyptians as nearest to the pure type of a Hamite race . That this type is to be found in the negro is a prejudice as unfounded as the attempt to wrest Noah's prophecy of the sub- jection of the Canaanites to ...
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Page 231 - Chaldees' excellency, Shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, Neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation : Neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there ; Neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there ; And their houses shall be full of doleful creatures ; And owls shall dwell there, And satyrs shall dance there.
Page 412 - Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations ; — all were his ! He counted them at break of day — And when the sun set, where were they ? And where are they, and where art thou, My country?
Page 26 - These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
Page 220 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 42 - These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
Page 234 - Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high, but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
Page 222 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
Page 158 - In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
Page 134 - Tunes her nocturnal note: thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Page i - Yet I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns.