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... period of time which we claim to have elapsed since the creation of man , according to the Cosmogony of Moses ; and this , in two ways , - I. By claiming , THAT REMOTE AUTHENTIC ANTI- QUITY ASCRIBES A VASTLY GREATER AGE TO THIS GLOBE ...
... period of time which we claim to have elapsed since the creation of man , according to the Cosmogony of Moses ; and this , in two ways , - I. By claiming , THAT REMOTE AUTHENTIC ANTI- QUITY ASCRIBES A VASTLY GREATER AGE TO THIS GLOBE ...
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... period of time for the reign of the kings of Egypt from Sol the son of Vulcan , to the thirtieth Tanite dynasty , of about forty thousand years . Similar remote antiquity has been ascribed to the Chinese records , but without foundation ...
... period of time for the reign of the kings of Egypt from Sol the son of Vulcan , to the thirtieth Tanite dynasty , of about forty thousand years . Similar remote antiquity has been ascribed to the Chinese records , but without foundation ...
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... period . 1 It may here be of service to the reader to annex , in addition to the above , the following catalogue of au- thorities , as the sources , generally , whence are derived the antiquities of the Egyptians , Chinese , and ...
... period . 1 It may here be of service to the reader to annex , in addition to the above , the following catalogue of au- thorities , as the sources , generally , whence are derived the antiquities of the Egyptians , Chinese , and ...
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... period of their history , they appended the names of their sidereal and elementary deities , the philosophical opinions concerning whom , in their subsequent mythological accounts , were transferred to the life and actions of the heroes ...
... period of their history , they appended the names of their sidereal and elementary deities , the philosophical opinions concerning whom , in their subsequent mythological accounts , were transferred to the life and actions of the heroes ...
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... period fell into Idolatry , yet it appears that in the time of Abraham , they were wor- shippers of the true God , he having been received and entertained in Egypt the same as at Gerar . 5 1. Lib . ii . , § 4 : 3. Num . xiii . 22 . 4 5 ...
... period fell into Idolatry , yet it appears that in the time of Abraham , they were wor- shippers of the true God , he having been received and entertained in Egypt the same as at Gerar . 5 1. Lib . ii . , § 4 : 3. Num . xiii . 22 . 4 5 ...
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