The Truth of Revelation, Demonstrated by an Appeal to Existing Monuments, Sculptures, Gems, Coins, and MedalsLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1831 - 276 pages |
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Page viii
... researches of Mr. Rich , on the ruins of Babylon , in the Mines d'orient , not to mention a host of pre- ceding travellers - it struck me as remarkable , that while the scenes of ruin which they visited were most faithfully described in ...
... researches of Mr. Rich , on the ruins of Babylon , in the Mines d'orient , not to mention a host of pre- ceding travellers - it struck me as remarkable , that while the scenes of ruin which they visited were most faithfully described in ...
Page x
... researches in quest of illustration have cost me not a little anxious labour , I must also admit that the task has been a very delightful one - Labor ipse voluptas , - and as the proofs rose before me in review , “ I thanked GOD and ...
... researches in quest of illustration have cost me not a little anxious labour , I must also admit that the task has been a very delightful one - Labor ipse voluptas , - and as the proofs rose before me in review , “ I thanked GOD and ...
Page xii
... researches in pursuit of physical truth . In the following pages our object has been to condense and to collect into a focus , what appeared to us scattered rays of remark- able evidence , only regretting , though we can most ...
... researches in pursuit of physical truth . In the following pages our object has been to condense and to collect into a focus , what appeared to us scattered rays of remark- able evidence , only regretting , though we can most ...
Page xiii
... researches of discovery are not yet finished ; many a wonder may yet be revealed to the keen scrutiny of man . It is not yet enough , nor has restless enterprize completed its task . On the other hand , should our present labours not ...
... researches of discovery are not yet finished ; many a wonder may yet be revealed to the keen scrutiny of man . It is not yet enough , nor has restless enterprize completed its task . On the other hand , should our present labours not ...
Page xiv
... research , if our reason and our senses do not alike deceive us , give no colour or pretext to the artifices of scepticism or infidelity . Their as- sumptions rest on false grounds ; —postulata , which , we hesitate not to say , are a ...
... research , if our reason and our senses do not alike deceive us , give no colour or pretext to the artifices of scepticism or infidelity . Their as- sumptions rest on false grounds ; —postulata , which , we hesitate not to say , are a ...
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