A Compendium of the History of All Nations: Exhibiting a Concise View of the Origin, Progress, Decline and Fall of the Most Considerable Empires, Kingdoms, and States of the World, from the Earliest Times to the Present Period. Interspersed with a Short Account of the Prevailing Religions. Ornamented with a Frontispiece... and Three Other Plates |
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Page 15
... continued towards them , and he mercifully resolv- ed to grant them the space of one hundred and twenty years for repentance ; during which time he declared his spirit should strive with man , in order to awaken him to a sense of his ...
... continued towards them , and he mercifully resolv- ed to grant them the space of one hundred and twenty years for repentance ; during which time he declared his spirit should strive with man , in order to awaken him to a sense of his ...
Page 16
... continued to indulge in luxury and dissipation , till the flood came and overwhelmed them with a swift destruction ; for , in the self same day , were the fountains of the great deep bro- ken up , the windows of heaven were opened , and ...
... continued to indulge in luxury and dissipation , till the flood came and overwhelmed them with a swift destruction ; for , in the self same day , were the fountains of the great deep bro- ken up , the windows of heaven were opened , and ...
Page 17
... continued , however , in the ark till the twenty - seventh of the second month , or the eighteenth of December , when he came forth , in pursuance of the Divine Command , together with his wife , his family , and every living creature ...
... continued , however , in the ark till the twenty - seventh of the second month , or the eighteenth of December , when he came forth , in pursuance of the Divine Command , together with his wife , his family , and every living creature ...
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... continued in him . Many authors derive both the name and nation of the Chaldeans from this person ; and Josephus concurring in the same opinion , assures us , that he was the prince of the Arphaxadeans , at present called Chaldeans . It ...
... continued in him . Many authors derive both the name and nation of the Chaldeans from this person ; and Josephus concurring in the same opinion , assures us , that he was the prince of the Arphaxadeans , at present called Chaldeans . It ...
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... continued in the hands of a tender and affectionate pa- rent . Considering Noah as the common father of the new world during his life , we may suppose that his posterity regarded him as their supreme governor , and that his sons Shem ...
... continued in the hands of a tender and affectionate pa- rent . Considering Noah as the common father of the new world during his life , we may suppose that his posterity regarded him as their supreme governor , and that his sons Shem ...
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