Outlines of Geology: Intended as a Popular Treatise on the Most Interesting Parts of the Science. Together with an Examination of the Question, Whether the Days of Creation Were Indefinite Periods. Designed for the Use of Schools of General ReadersRobinson, Pratt, 1841 - 384 pages |
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... respect to the matter of the following treatise , it is perhaps sufficient to say , that almost every recent systematic geological writer in the English language , as well as many periodical publi- cations , have been consulted . The ...
... respect to the matter of the following treatise , it is perhaps sufficient to say , that almost every recent systematic geological writer in the English language , as well as many periodical publi- cations , have been consulted . The ...
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... respect to what has been advanced on the subject of the days of creation , we are aware that the opinions of several Ameri- can , and some foreign geologists of high standing , are against us . But having examined several learned ...
... respect to what has been advanced on the subject of the days of creation , we are aware that the opinions of several Ameri- can , and some foreign geologists of high standing , are against us . But having examined several learned ...
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... respect . For these notices the author is indebted to a variety of American publi- cations , but more particularly to Professor Hitchcock's " Report on the Geology of Massachusetts , " and Dr. Hildreth's Communi- cation on the Valley of ...
... respect . For these notices the author is indebted to a variety of American publi- cations , but more particularly to Professor Hitchcock's " Report on the Geology of Massachusetts , " and Dr. Hildreth's Communi- cation on the Valley of ...
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... - trines of heathen philosophy . Civilization and experience never yet corrected the speculative philosophy , or the religious opinions of heathenism . With respect to the knowledge which the ancients pos- sessed GEOLOGICAL THEORIES . 15.
... - trines of heathen philosophy . Civilization and experience never yet corrected the speculative philosophy , or the religious opinions of heathenism . With respect to the knowledge which the ancients pos- sessed GEOLOGICAL THEORIES . 15.
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... respect to the knowledge which the ancients pos- sessed of geology , nothing of importance can be said . The Greek naturalists , and the Arabian physicians and philo- sophers have recorded some few geological facts , and se- veral Latin ...
... respect to the knowledge which the ancients pos- sessed of geology , nothing of importance can be said . The Greek naturalists , and the Arabian physicians and philo- sophers have recorded some few geological facts , and se- veral Latin ...
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Page 365 - Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field...
Page 337 - These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.
Page 314 - Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth"; 1 VOID : empty.
Page 331 - And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. 6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
Page 324 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Page 317 - And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day, and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Page 99 - And behold I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh wherein is the breath of life from under heaven, and every thing that is in the earth shall die, but with thee will I establish My Covenant, and thou shalt come into the ark, thou and thy sons and thy wife, and thy sons
Page 100 - And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shall thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
Page 323 - And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Page 319 - And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth and in the open firmament of heaven.