Antediluvian Antiquities: Fragments of the Age of MethuselahMunroe and Francis, 1829 - 285 pages |
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... young man in all the country of the hills . He has erected seventeen cities , and in one of them there are two hundred houses . He has sought out many inventions , and has added two marks to those with which Zimonidah taught us to grave ...
... young man in all the country of the hills . He has erected seventeen cities , and in one of them there are two hundred houses . He has sought out many inventions , and has added two marks to those with which Zimonidah taught us to grave ...
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... young woman , two hundred and twenty - seven years old , has composed to the harp , that Jubal gave to her in honour of her beauty and virtue , a noble song in praise of Methuselah . When he shall be five hun- dred and fifty years old ...
... young woman , two hundred and twenty - seven years old , has composed to the harp , that Jubal gave to her in honour of her beauty and virtue , a noble song in praise of Methuselah . When he shall be five hun- dred and fifty years old ...
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... young men employ their time in hunting the lion and the bear , or in the pursuits of the dance , the song , or the harp , to please the gay daughters of the land , or in attending the great school of Mehujael , to learn the art of the ...
... young men employ their time in hunting the lion and the bear , or in the pursuits of the dance , the song , or the harp , to please the gay daughters of the land , or in attending the great school of Mehujael , to learn the art of the ...
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... young friend of my soul . Many days have I seen , but few have as yet fal- len to thy lot . But ah ! thou stripling of the hills of Gobar , how great have been the changes in the world , since thou didst first tend thy father's flocks ...
... young friend of my soul . Many days have I seen , but few have as yet fal- len to thy lot . But ah ! thou stripling of the hills of Gobar , how great have been the changes in the world , since thou didst first tend thy father's flocks ...
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... young men , who had been taught by Tubal - cain . to make instruments of brass and iron , forged swords , and spears , and javelins ; and the people of the land gathered themselves together in an army of many thousands , to defend their ...
... young men , who had been taught by Tubal - cain . to make instruments of brass and iron , forged swords , and spears , and javelins ; and the people of the land gathered themselves together in an army of many thousands , to defend their ...
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Page 186 - There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
Page 145 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Page 170 - O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
Page 121 - And the serpent said unto the woman, ye shall not surely die, for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof then your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Page 189 - For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him ; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Page 134 - Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
Page 182 - What aileth thee, Hagar ? fear not ; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand ; for I will make him a great nation.
Page 251 - And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Page 217 - And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Page 171 - Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.