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... ancient tradition ) anterior to the intro- duction of death . Deeper still are found immense beds of carbonaceous matter , which we know is the basis of vegetable substances . Lowest of all are found . strata of common rocks ...
... ancient tradition ) anterior to the intro- duction of death . Deeper still are found immense beds of carbonaceous matter , which we know is the basis of vegetable substances . Lowest of all are found . strata of common rocks ...
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... ancient pagan superstitions . One , for instance , struck with the beauty of the stars ,. said that the stars were God . Another , astonished at the splendor of the sun , said that the sun was God . Democritus , surprised at the beauty ...
... ancient pagan superstitions . One , for instance , struck with the beauty of the stars ,. said that the stars were God . Another , astonished at the splendor of the sun , said that the sun was God . Democritus , surprised at the beauty ...
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... thousand years . This premised , we pro- ceed to observe , that the ancient Cabalas of the Hin- doos , Egyptians , Chinese , Persians , Etruscans , & c . 2 * the last of whom , according to Herodotus , ' INTRODUCTORY ESSAY . 17.
... thousand years . This premised , we pro- ceed to observe , that the ancient Cabalas of the Hin- doos , Egyptians , Chinese , Persians , Etruscans , & c . 2 * the last of whom , according to Herodotus , ' INTRODUCTORY ESSAY . 17.
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... ancient As- syrian Empire , is after all no more than what he knew to be true of the Persian . As Mr. Shuckford justly remarks , those writers seem to have been possessed of " a romantic humor of magnifying ancient facts , build- ings ...
... ancient As- syrian Empire , is after all no more than what he knew to be true of the Persian . As Mr. Shuckford justly remarks , those writers seem to have been possessed of " a romantic humor of magnifying ancient facts , build- ings ...
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... ancient records , origi- nally simple and concise , soon became perverted by the embellishments of false learning ; of whom , Surmu- belus and Thuero , with the son of Thabio , were the chief instruments : the latter of these , as one ...
... ancient records , origi- nally simple and concise , soon became perverted by the embellishments of false learning ; of whom , Surmu- belus and Thuero , with the son of Thabio , were the chief instruments : the latter of these , as one ...
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