The Sacred History of the World, as Displayed in the Creation and Subsequent Events to the Deluge: Attempted to be Philosophically Considered, in a Series of Letters to a Son, Том 1J. & J. Harper, no. 82 Cliff-Street. And sold by the booksellers throughout the United States, 1832 |
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... present au- thor never understood or duly appreciated the ancient history of mankind until he viewed it with this asso- ciation , and had traced such of their mutual relations as he was enabled to discern . New light and intel ...
... present au- thor never understood or duly appreciated the ancient history of mankind until he viewed it with this asso- ciation , and had traced such of their mutual relations as he was enabled to discern . New light and intel ...
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... present publication would be absurd and unbecoming on such a subject . Not a line has been written with any reference to human reputation ; and if that had presented itself as the actuating motive to its com- position , not a line ought ...
... present publication would be absurd and unbecoming on such a subject . Not a line has been written with any reference to human reputation ; and if that had presented itself as the actuating motive to its com- position , not a line ought ...
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... present scene , in which these are to be acquired , so long as we remain in it . Here also we are to fit and prepare ourselves for securing the continuation of these blessings in the unknown regions of ethereal space into which we are ...
... present scene , in which these are to be acquired , so long as we remain in it . Here also we are to fit and prepare ourselves for securing the continuation of these blessings in the unknown regions of ethereal space into which we are ...
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... present is distinguished by a more than ordinary sensibility of existing errors and imper- fections , and by a diffusing desire to avoid or correct them . This tendency has spread , or is spreading , into every topic which has ...
... present is distinguished by a more than ordinary sensibility of existing errors and imper- fections , and by a diffusing desire to avoid or correct them . This tendency has spread , or is spreading , into every topic which has ...
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... present composition . My purpose in these letters will be to review the sacred history of the world from the creation to the deluge , as it has been narrated to us in the most ancient history and book now existing ; and which has been ...
... present composition . My purpose in these letters will be to review the sacred history of the world from the creation to the deluge , as it has been narrated to us in the most ancient history and book now existing ; and which has been ...
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Стр. 34 - But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Стр. 261 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Стр. 120 - Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages. Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.
Стр. 118 - With charm of earliest Birds ; pleasant the Sun When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew ; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful Evening mild, then silent Night With this her solemn Bird and this fair Moon, And these the gems of Heaven, her starry train...
Стр. 118 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening" mild; then silent night With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train...
Стр. 118 - But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds; nor rising sun On this delightful land; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers; Nor grateful evening mild; nor silent night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering starlight, without thee is sweet But wherefore all night long shine these?
Стр. 225 - Created hugest that swim the ocean stream : Him, haply, slumbering on the Norway foam, The pilot of some small night-foundered skiff Deeming some island, oft, as seamen tell, With fixed anchor in his scaly rind Moors by his side under the lee, while night Invests the sea, and wished morn delays...
Стр. 120 - For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell, Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Стр. 80 - While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Стр. 330 - ... walks elate, and as it were on tiptoe, feeding with great earnestness in a morning, so sure will it rain before night. It is totally a diurnal animal, and never pretends to stir after it becomes dark. The tortoise...