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... perfect of all models , the Temple at Jerusalem , the entire plan of which was given to David by God himself . The hiero- glyphics of the ancient Egyptians were never brought to such a state of perfection as to consti- tute a system of ...
... perfect of all models , the Temple at Jerusalem , the entire plan of which was given to David by God himself . The hiero- glyphics of the ancient Egyptians were never brought to such a state of perfection as to consti- tute a system of ...
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... perfect state when this inspired author wrote the Pentateuch . Dr. Winder , in his History of knowledge , maintains the position , that the art of alphabetical writing was communicated to Moses when the Great Lawgiver gave him the law ...
... perfect state when this inspired author wrote the Pentateuch . Dr. Winder , in his History of knowledge , maintains the position , that the art of alphabetical writing was communicated to Moses when the Great Lawgiver gave him the law ...
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... perfect silence on the sub- ject of alphabetical writing , until after the super- natural writing of the law , and whence the fre- quent notices of the art afterwards ? Is not the only answer to this question found in the fact , that ...
... perfect silence on the sub- ject of alphabetical writing , until after the super- natural writing of the law , and whence the fre- quent notices of the art afterwards ? Is not the only answer to this question found in the fact , that ...
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... perfect from the beginning ; nor has there been any improvement from the days of Moses to the present day . With one ex- ception all the Hebrew letters are found in the decalogue . Every guttural , labial , lingual , and dental sound is ...
... perfect from the beginning ; nor has there been any improvement from the days of Moses to the present day . With one ex- ception all the Hebrew letters are found in the decalogue . Every guttural , labial , lingual , and dental sound is ...
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... of friend- ship , we should recollect with gratitude that we owe the wonderful art to him from whom cometh down every good and perfect gift . LECTURE II . THE LITERARY MERIT OF THE SCRIPTURES . 42 ORAL AND WRITTEN LANGUAGE .
... of friend- ship , we should recollect with gratitude that we owe the wonderful art to him from whom cometh down every good and perfect gift . LECTURE II . THE LITERARY MERIT OF THE SCRIPTURES . 42 ORAL AND WRITTEN LANGUAGE .
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