Remains of Japhet: Being Historical Enquiries Into the Affinity and Origin of the European Languagesauthor: and sold, 1767 - 419 pages |
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... doubt of Your condefcenfion ( whofe continual progrefs through life is em- ployed for that noble end ) , to fulfil the wishes of him , who is , with the most respectful gratitude , Your Lordship's moft obedient and moft obliged humble ...
... doubt of Your condefcenfion ( whofe continual progrefs through life is em- ployed for that noble end ) , to fulfil the wishes of him , who is , with the most respectful gratitude , Your Lordship's moft obedient and moft obliged humble ...
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... doubt ; to which may be added , that the notion , enter- tained by fome hiftorians of eminence , of Shefbac and Se- foftris being the fame perfon , is proved to be erroneous . THE next advance was , to find out something of the first ...
... doubt ; to which may be added , that the notion , enter- tained by fome hiftorians of eminence , of Shefbac and Se- foftris being the fame perfon , is proved to be erroneous . THE next advance was , to find out something of the first ...
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... doubt , he well underftood all his life before , for he planted a vineyard and made wine . Now if there had been any material deftruction upon the face of the earth , there could have been no tillage of any kind ; whence it would feem ...
... doubt , he well underftood all his life before , for he planted a vineyard and made wine . Now if there had been any material deftruction upon the face of the earth , there could have been no tillage of any kind ; whence it would feem ...
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... doubt , gave them at the fame time all the requifites to enable them speedily to make fuch increase ; as longevity , health , and ftrength , as well as the ufe of all the animal and vegetable worlds for their fuftenance and comfort ...
... doubt , gave them at the fame time all the requifites to enable them speedily to make fuch increase ; as longevity , health , and ftrength , as well as the ufe of all the animal and vegetable worlds for their fuftenance and comfort ...
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... to continue the line down to Abram , and no doubt these were all righteous men in succeffion to one another down to Noah , and from him to Abram . THIS THIS is easily proved to be the cafe , if 6 CHAP . I. THE REMAINS.
... to continue the line down to Abram , and no doubt these were all righteous men in succeffion to one another down to Noah , and from him to Abram . THIS THIS is easily proved to be the cafe , if 6 CHAP . I. THE REMAINS.
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Page 19 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the...
Page 22 - And the Lord said, Behold the people is one, and they have all one language ; and this they begin to do : and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
Page 27 - 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 4 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Page 22 - So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of the earth: and they left off to build the city. Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth : and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.—Gen.
Page 32 - And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords...
Page 14 - And Cush begat Nimrod : he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Page 33 - Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil ? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil...
Page 32 - Gomer and all his bands: the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands, and many people with thee.
Page 27 - And unto Eber were born two sons : the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided : and his brother's name was Joktan.