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... intitled to very honourable mention . But he examines and shakes the foundations of this curtailing system , both physi- cal and historical , in a concise , but candid , perspicuous , and forcible manner . We select an important ...
... intitled to very honourable mention . But he examines and shakes the foundations of this curtailing system , both physi- cal and historical , in a concise , but candid , perspicuous , and forcible manner . We select an important ...
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... intitled , Elements of Sacred Geography . The author con- siders the site of paradise , the phænomenon and effects of the deluge , partial deluges , as those of Ogyges and Deu- calion , the settlements of the Noachida and their ...
... intitled , Elements of Sacred Geography . The author con- siders the site of paradise , the phænomenon and effects of the deluge , partial deluges , as those of Ogyges and Deu- calion , the settlements of the Noachida and their ...
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... intitled to attention in the descriptive department . Boileau , though a host in himself , does not fairly belong to it ; and Le Mierre , notwithstanding the numerous beauties of his poem on Painting , for the chief of which , however ...
... intitled to attention in the descriptive department . Boileau , though a host in himself , does not fairly belong to it ; and Le Mierre , notwithstanding the numerous beauties of his poem on Painting , for the chief of which , however ...
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... intitled L'Homme des Champs , ou Georgiques Françoises , which has also been respectably translated into our own tongue , and denominated " The Ru- ral Philosopher , " an awkward and paraphrastic title , and which , if it should reach a ...
... intitled L'Homme des Champs , ou Georgiques Françoises , which has also been respectably translated into our own tongue , and denominated " The Ru- ral Philosopher , " an awkward and paraphrastic title , and which , if it should reach a ...
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... intitled to our applause . The scientific descriptions , so far as they reach , are not often erroneous , and are usually conducted with the skill of a master . The same happy turns , the same point and antithesis , which so peculiarly ...
... intitled to our applause . The scientific descriptions , so far as they reach , are not often erroneous , and are usually conducted with the skill of a master . The same happy turns , the same point and antithesis , which so peculiarly ...
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Page 108 - ... sun. And behold a man bent with age coming from the way of the wilderness leaning on a staff. And Abraham arose, and met him, and said unto him, ' Turn in, I pray thee, and wash thy feet, and tarry all night ; and thou shall arise early in the morning, and go on thy way.' And the man said, 'Nay; for I will abide under this tree.