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 82
... antediluvian age : or , some volcanic shock , in its messenger the earth- quake , has upheaved , from the depths of the ocean , a monument where we may read the story of the past : the same terrific agency rends the mountain , and thus ...
... antediluvian age : or , some volcanic shock , in its messenger the earth- quake , has upheaved , from the depths of the ocean , a monument where we may read the story of the past : the same terrific agency rends the mountain , and thus ...
Page 83
... antediluvian ages , and the periods of time that have rolled away since that eventful epocha , left sufficient impressions of their power . We may not be able to weigh the evidence in the balance of a rigorous induction , in such a ...
... antediluvian ages , and the periods of time that have rolled away since that eventful epocha , left sufficient impressions of their power . We may not be able to weigh the evidence in the balance of a rigorous induction , in such a ...
Page 87
... antediluvian world , have in modern times been proved adequate to this . No mineral substance can resist the energy of a flame the elements of which are the constituents of water . Platinum , one of the most refractory of the metals ...
... antediluvian world , have in modern times been proved adequate to this . No mineral substance can resist the energy of a flame the elements of which are the constituents of water . Platinum , one of the most refractory of the metals ...
Page 97
... antediluvian age is unfolded for our inspection , and shall we feel no anxiety to know the flora and the fauna , the botany and the zoology , which adorned and peopled the ages of primeval history , the wreck , superinduced by the ...
... antediluvian age is unfolded for our inspection , and shall we feel no anxiety to know the flora and the fauna , the botany and the zoology , which adorned and peopled the ages of primeval history , the wreck , superinduced by the ...
Page 101
... antediluvian fossil from pieces obtained here and there , some on the Continent and some in Britain ; but , on the supposition of an anomalous struc- ture like that of the ichthyosaurus or plesiosaurus , this reasoning would scarcely be ...
... antediluvian fossil from pieces obtained here and there , some on the Continent and some in Britain ; but , on the supposition of an anomalous struc- ture like that of the ichthyosaurus or plesiosaurus , this reasoning would scarcely be ...
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