The Sacred and Profane History of the World Connected: From the Creation of the World to the Dissolution of the Assyrian Empire at the Death of Sardanapalus, and to the Declension of the Kingdoms of Judah and Israel, Under the Reigns of Ahaz and Pekah: Including the Dissertation on the Creation and Fall of Man, Volume 1W. Baynes, 1819 |
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... sounds , which they may repeat over and over , without variation , to signify to one another what their natural instincts prompt them to ; but what they can do of this sort is not enough for us to say they have the use of language . Man ...
... sounds , which they may repeat over and over , without variation , to signify to one another what their natural instincts prompt them to ; but what they can do of this sort is not enough for us to say they have the use of language . Man ...
Page 96
... sounds or names for things , and thereby cause a different speech or language about them . It must be confessed that this is an ingenious conjecture , and might be received as probable , if we were to form our notions of the origin of ...
... sounds or names for things , and thereby cause a different speech or language about them . It must be confessed that this is an ingenious conjecture , and might be received as probable , if we were to form our notions of the origin of ...
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... sound which Psammiti- cus imagined to be a Phrygian word , and which the children on whom he tried his experiment were ... sounds , which should be to himself the names of things , according as he might think fit to call them . These he ...
... sound which Psammiti- cus imagined to be a Phrygian word , and which the children on whom he tried his experiment were ... sounds , which should be to himself the names of things , according as he might think fit to call them . These he ...
Page 99
... sounds to stand for their names . It was Adam who gave the names , and he had only to fix to himself what sound was to stand for the name of each creature , and what he so fixed , that was its name . Our next inquiry shall be , of what ...
... sounds to stand for their names . It was Adam who gave the names , and he had only to fix to himself what sound was to stand for the name of each creature , and what he so fixed , that was its name . Our next inquiry shall be , of what ...
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... sounds he might aim at ; but it is most natural to imagine , that he should express himself in monosyllables . The modelling the voice , into words of various lengths and dis- jointed sounds , seems to have been the effect of ...
... sounds he might aim at ; but it is most natural to imagine , that he should express himself in monosyllables . The modelling the voice , into words of various lengths and dis- jointed sounds , seems to have been the effect of ...
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Page 261 - And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
Page 271 - And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof.
Page 75 - By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
Page 119 - When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Page 82 - And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood ; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
Page 272 - Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 281 - Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
Page 269 - And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD ; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Page 75 - By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed ; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
Page 82 - For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.