The Truth of Revelation, Demonstrated by an Appeal to Existing Monuments, Sculptures, Gems, Coins, and MedalsLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1831 - 276 pages |
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John Murray. up by the aggregate strength of many minds , forms a structure of power impregnable to the assaults of flimsy wit , or maddened sophistry , and altogether such as none can gainsay or controvert . These wonderful facts are ...
John Murray. up by the aggregate strength of many minds , forms a structure of power impregnable to the assaults of flimsy wit , or maddened sophistry , and altogether such as none can gainsay or controvert . These wonderful facts are ...
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... structure and conditions that should perfectly cor- respond with the discoveries effected , by mental sagacity , in a more mature stage of its existence ; and which could be only , at best , obscurely conjectured by inter- vening ages ...
... structure and conditions that should perfectly cor- respond with the discoveries effected , by mental sagacity , in a more mature stage of its existence ; and which could be only , at best , obscurely conjectured by inter- vening ages ...
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... structure , to which the agents now in operation are unequal , the position may be reasonably granted ; but it is by no means so evident , that any class of organic remains should determine the comparative age of the stratifica- tion of ...
... structure , to which the agents now in operation are unequal , the position may be reasonably granted ; but it is by no means so evident , that any class of organic remains should determine the comparative age of the stratifica- tion of ...
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... structure of graphic granite contributed not a little to his geogony . Dr. Knight seems , in our opinion , to have been mainly indebted for his " Theory of the Earth , " to the diffusion of a portion of powdered granite in water , and ...
... structure of graphic granite contributed not a little to his geogony . Dr. Knight seems , in our opinion , to have been mainly indebted for his " Theory of the Earth , " to the diffusion of a portion of powdered granite in water , and ...
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... structure has been reared within a period of little more than EIGHTY YEARS ; and , for any thing we know to the contrary , there may be other agencies , more powerful and rapid , at work , at the present period ; or , at any rate , at ...
... structure has been reared within a period of little more than EIGHTY YEARS ; and , for any thing we know to the contrary , there may be other agencies , more powerful and rapid , at work , at the present period ; or , at any rate , at ...
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