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... produced an abund- ant sufficiency for the purposes which he medi- tated . Yet I may be allowed to state , that in his work there is a very material defect ; a defect not as to that which he has done , but as to that which he has not ...
... produced an abund- ant sufficiency for the purposes which he medi- tated . Yet I may be allowed to state , that in his work there is a very material defect ; a defect not as to that which he has done , but as to that which he has not ...
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... constituting the exterior portion of the globe were effected , will receive irresistible proof , when we advance to other results equally or more astonishing , which those convulsions produced . Agitating with kin dred impetuosity the 27.
... constituting the exterior portion of the globe were effected , will receive irresistible proof , when we advance to other results equally or more astonishing , which those convulsions produced . Agitating with kin dred impetuosity the 27.
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Thomas Gisborne. those convulsions produced . Agitating with kin dred impetuosity the summits of the mountains and the abysses of the ocean , they confounded lands and seas in commingled devastation ; and dislodg ing from one quarter of ...
Thomas Gisborne. those convulsions produced . Agitating with kin dred impetuosity the summits of the mountains and the abysses of the ocean , they confounded lands and seas in commingled devastation ; and dislodg ing from one quarter of ...
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... which it is plain , from the unfractured condition of many tender shells imbedded in them , that these masses were piled together , if produced by the deluge . Attention to some common phenomena may suf- fice to show 33.
... which it is plain , from the unfractured condition of many tender shells imbedded in them , that these masses were piled together , if produced by the deluge . Attention to some common phenomena may suf- fice to show 33.
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... Iceland by Von Troil , second edi- tion , p . 342 , & c . ; and the description of the boiling foun- tains of Geyser in the recent publication by Sir James Mackenzie . ously produce , by their union , a visible and 35.
... Iceland by Von Troil , second edi- tion , p . 342 , & c . ; and the description of the boiling foun- tains of Geyser in the recent publication by Sir James Mackenzie . ously produce , by their union , a visible and 35.
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Page 238 - I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. 7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so ; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
Page 120 - If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men ; then the Lord hath not sent me. But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit ; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.
Page 239 - For of a truth, against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together, for to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
Page 252 - For scarcely for a righteous man will one die ; yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Page 154 - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat :
Page 65 - All the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 139 - And the Lord God having formed out of the ground all the beasts of the earth, and all the fowls of the air, brought them to Adam to see what he would call them: for whatsoever Adam called any living creature the same is its name.
Page 154 - ... and God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat...