Sacred History of the World: Attempted to be Philosophically Considered, in a Series of Letters to a Son, Volume 3, Issue 84Harper, 1844 |
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... corn is still what it was in the days of the Pharaohs ; and the trees of our present forests are not dissimilar to those which sheltered our Anglo - Saxon an- cestors . * The periodical returns of the comets seem to me to show to us ...
... corn is still what it was in the days of the Pharaohs ; and the trees of our present forests are not dissimilar to those which sheltered our Anglo - Saxon an- cestors . * The periodical returns of the comets seem to me to show to us ...
Page 47
... corn and grass grow , whether men , sheep , or cattle are or are not in their vicinity ; and animals multiply from their own bodies , under laws and circumstances quite dissim ilar to those of vegetable reproduction . This fact is ...
... corn and grass grow , whether men , sheep , or cattle are or are not in their vicinity ; and animals multiply from their own bodies , under laws and circumstances quite dissim ilar to those of vegetable reproduction . This fact is ...
Page 109
... corn and nutriment from the abundant regions to those where the relieving cargoes are required . There seem to be some other ancient laws about birth which deserve our attentive study , to see if they are well founded . One of these is ...
... corn and nutriment from the abundant regions to those where the relieving cargoes are required . There seem to be some other ancient laws about birth which deserve our attentive study , to see if they are well founded . One of these is ...
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... either wheat , oats , or rye , nor any bread - corn , except the barley of Siberia . - For . Quart . Rev. , No. 26 , p . 275 . VOL . III . - L suits both the local and general plans of Providence that OF THE WORLD . 121.
... either wheat , oats , or rye , nor any bread - corn , except the barley of Siberia . - For . Quart . Rev. , No. 26 , p . 275 . VOL . III . - L suits both the local and general plans of Providence that OF THE WORLD . 121.
Page 154
... corn ; the manufacturers fabri cate more goods ; the builders erect fresh houses or cottages ; artisans of all sorts must make more of their commodities ; and there must be everywhere more shopkeepers to sell them . part Thus increasing ...
... corn ; the manufacturers fabri cate more goods ; the builders erect fresh houses or cottages ; artisans of all sorts must make more of their commodities ; and there must be everywhere more shopkeepers to sell them . part Thus increasing ...
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Page 411 - That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee : shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
Page 434 - Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself...
Page 410 - And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him ? For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 396 - And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall, he corrupt by flatteries ; but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
Page 435 - Sing, O ye heavens; for the Lord hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
Page 413 - And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth...
Page 415 - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it ; if it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
Page 429 - And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord ; and they shall be afraid of thee.
Page 440 - As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria ; shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
Page 444 - Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.