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... interesting nature of its informa- tion , had the author adhered more closely to the example of the younger Frederic Spanheim . That admirable author has enriched the tables in his Chronologia Sacra with the fruits of his various ...
... interesting nature of its informa- tion , had the author adhered more closely to the example of the younger Frederic Spanheim . That admirable author has enriched the tables in his Chronologia Sacra with the fruits of his various ...
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... interesting performance , the author enters upon the first great division of his work , The Elements of Technical Chronology . The usual points are here illustrated at great length : the na- tural and artificial measures of time , among ...
... interesting performance , the author enters upon the first great division of his work , The Elements of Technical Chronology . The usual points are here illustrated at great length : the na- tural and artificial measures of time , among ...
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... interesting , but difficult subject , of the colonization of the earth by the descendants of Noah , Dr. H. seems to coincide pretty closely with Wells . He ought , we conceive , to have taken some notice of the very different views of ...
... interesting , but difficult subject , of the colonization of the earth by the descendants of Noah , Dr. H. seems to coincide pretty closely with Wells . He ought , we conceive , to have taken some notice of the very different views of ...
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... interesting , anxiety : the frivolousness of the question is overlooked ; a momentary illusion deceives the in- quirer , and he fancies the subject to be important , in propor- tion to the difficulties which attend his researches , and ...
... interesting , anxiety : the frivolousness of the question is overlooked ; a momentary illusion deceives the in- quirer , and he fancies the subject to be important , in propor- tion to the difficulties which attend his researches , and ...
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... interesting appeals to the fancy and the heart . We cheerfully acknowledge , too , that there are many well written passages , distinguished by the simplicity and beauty of their descriptions , and not ill adapted to elucidate the ...
... interesting appeals to the fancy and the heart . We cheerfully acknowledge , too , that there are many well written passages , distinguished by the simplicity and beauty of their descriptions , and not ill adapted to elucidate the ...
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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.