Remains of Japhet: Being Historical Enquiries Into the Affinity and Origin of the European Languagesauthor: and sold, 1767 - 419 pages |
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... north - west rout ; and others , afterwards , from fome parts of Afia Minor , through the Mediterranean ; and by taking notice of the government , laws , bards and language of the inhabitants , we shall be able to fhew from whence they ...
... north - west rout ; and others , afterwards , from fome parts of Afia Minor , through the Mediterranean ; and by taking notice of the government , laws , bards and language of the inhabitants , we shall be able to fhew from whence they ...
Page xvii
... North - eastern Tartary to the North Ame- rican fhore are very fhort , in several places , and easily passed over : whereas , heretofore , the distances of longitude between these parts were laid down by geographers to be fo great , as ...
... North - eastern Tartary to the North Ame- rican fhore are very fhort , in several places , and easily passed over : whereas , heretofore , the distances of longitude between these parts were laid down by geographers to be fo great , as ...
Page xxv
... north- ' ward and weftward CHA P. II . Page I The progress of the Gomerians , or offspring of Gomer 44 CHA P. III . The progress of the Magogians , or offspring of Magog , with that of his brothers , Meshech and Tubal CHA P. IV . 58 An ...
... north- ' ward and weftward CHA P. II . Page I The progress of the Gomerians , or offspring of Gomer 44 CHA P. III . The progress of the Magogians , or offspring of Magog , with that of his brothers , Meshech and Tubal CHA P. IV . 58 An ...
Page xxvii
... North - East ; and fome animadverfions upon the first inhabitants of Mexico and Peru . CHA P. IX . 218 The Welsh and Irish languages compared ; the cause of the degeneracy and changes made in them ; of their close affinity ; as alfo of ...
... North - East ; and fome animadverfions upon the first inhabitants of Mexico and Peru . CHA P. IX . 218 The Welsh and Irish languages compared ; the cause of the degeneracy and changes made in them ; of their close affinity ; as alfo of ...
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... north - eaft , all that vaft extent of land , the Northern Tartary and part of Ruffia ; to the north- weft , all Western Ruffia , Poland , Sweden , Denmark , Norway , and to Ireland , the ne plus of the British Isles ; to the fouth east ...
... north - eaft , all that vaft extent of land , the Northern Tartary and part of Ruffia ; to the north- weft , all Western Ruffia , Poland , Sweden , Denmark , Norway , and to Ireland , the ne plus of the British Isles ; to the fouth east ...
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Page 19 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the...
Page 22 - And the Lord said, Behold the people is one, and they have all one language ; and this they begin to do : and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
Page 27 - These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations : and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
Page 4 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Page 22 - So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of the earth: and they left off to build the city. Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth : and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.—Gen.
Page 32 - And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords...
Page 14 - And Cush begat Nimrod : he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Page 33 - Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil ? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil...
Page 32 - Gomer and all his bands: the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands, and many people with thee.
Page 27 - And unto Eber were born two sons : the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided : and his brother's name was Joktan.