The Migration from Shinar: Or, the Earliest Links Between the Old and New ContinentsHodder and Stoughton, 1879 - 251 pages |
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... civilization . The two nations that were most advanced in civilization in America at the time of the Conquista , were the Mexicans and Peruvians , but they had been preceded by at least one , if not more , nations that had passed away ...
... civilization . The two nations that were most advanced in civilization in America at the time of the Conquista , were the Mexicans and Peruvians , but they had been preceded by at least one , if not more , nations that had passed away ...
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... civilization , -their hand against every man , and every man's hand against them . а Not so those people who had gone before them ; their remains were everywhere to be found scattered throughout a vast extent of country , in much the ...
... civilization , -their hand against every man , and every man's hand against them . а Not so those people who had gone before them ; their remains were everywhere to be found scattered throughout a vast extent of country , in much the ...
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... civilization once possessed the country , and ruled over those lands where now in many places an almost impenetrable wilderness exists . This circumstance , however , is not peculiar to America , for we have but to glance at the Old ...
... civilization once possessed the country , and ruled over those lands where now in many places an almost impenetrable wilderness exists . This circumstance , however , is not peculiar to America , for we have but to glance at the Old ...
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... greatest difficulty , if indeed it be now possible , to break through the spell which for centuries has enveloped with doubt and uncertainty those interesting monuments of ancient civilization . It is EARLY MIGRATIONS TO AMERICA . 59.
... greatest difficulty , if indeed it be now possible , to break through the spell which for centuries has enveloped with doubt and uncertainty those interesting monuments of ancient civilization . It is EARLY MIGRATIONS TO AMERICA . 59.
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... civilization . It is necessary , while examining the different conjectures that have been made as to the early migrations of the three typical races of the human family , to bear in mind that it is possible the geographical aspect of ...
... civilization . It is necessary , while examining the different conjectures that have been made as to the early migrations of the three typical races of the human family , to bear in mind that it is possible the geographical aspect of ...
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Alleghans ancient Antiquities appears arrived Aryan Asia Asiatic Aymaraes Aztecs belong Berber Bible called Canaan Canary canoes Caribs Carthaginian Central America century Chaldæa chap Chinese Cholula civilization coast conquest crania custom Cuzco Deluge descended dialects discovered early migrations earth east Egypt Egyptians existed feet flattened Genesis Hamites head hieroglyphic Hindoos History human race Humboldt hundred Iceland Incas inhabitants interparietal bone Japheth Lake Titicaca language Lord Kingsborough Manco Capac Mexican Mexico miles Mississippi monuments mounds namely nations Noah North American Indians occipital bone Old Continent origin Pachacamac Pacific peat peculiar period Persians Peru Peruvian Phoenicians Polynesian Prescott probable pyramid Quetzatcoatl Quichua quippus religion remarks Researches resemblance river ruins says Semitic serpent Shem shores similar singular skull son of Noah South America Spaniards stone suture temples Toltecs traces traditions tribes Tschudi Turanian Votan voyages word worship Yucatan
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Page 42 - God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
Page xi - For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me : for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
Page 53 - Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; Thou crownedst him with glory and honour, And didst set him over the works of thy hands: Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet.
Page 247 - The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained...
Page 141 - And the Sun stood still, and the Moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies: is not this written in the book of Jasher ? so the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
Page 192 - In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
Page 98 - Man was in ancient days of grosser mould, And Hercules might blush to learn how far Beyond the limits he had vainly set, The dullest seaboat soon shall wing her way. Men shall descry another hemisphere, Since to one common centre all things tend; So earth, by curious mystery divine Well balanced, hangs amid the starry spheres. At our antipodes are cities, states, And thronged empires, ne'er divined of yore. But see, the sun speeds on his western path To glad the nations with expected light.
Page 27 - Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. 7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
Page 3 - And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth : and Ham is the father of Canaan. 19 These are the three sons of Noah : and of them was the whole earth overspread.
Page 98 - Know that this theory is false, his bark The daring mariner shall urge far o'er The Western wave, a smooth and level plain, Albeit the earth is fashion'd like a wheel. Man was in ancient days of grosser mould, And Hercules might blush to learn how far Beyond the limits he had vainly set, The dullest seaboat soon shall wing her way. Men shall descry another hemisphere...