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Page 17
... perfect of all models , the temple at Jerusalem , the entire plan of which was given to David by God himself . The hieroglyphics of the ancient Egyptians were never brought to such a state of perfection as to constitute a system of ...
... perfect of all models , the temple at Jerusalem , the entire plan of which was given to David by God himself . The hieroglyphics of the ancient Egyptians were never brought to such a state of perfection as to constitute a system of ...
Page 19
... 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 subject of alphabetical writing , until after the supernatural writing of the law , and whence the frequent notices of the art afterwards ? Is not the only answer to this question found in the fact , that the ...
... perfect silence on the subject of alphabetical writing , until after the supernatural writing of the law , and whence the frequent notices of the art afterwards ? Is not the only answer to this question found in the fact , that the ...
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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 exception 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 exception all the Hebrew letters are found in the decalogue . Every guttural , labial , lingual , and dental sound is ...
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... , or of friendship , 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 . ORAL AND WRITTEN LANGUAGE . 31.
... , or of friendship , 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 . ORAL AND WRITTEN LANGUAGE . 31.
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