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 2 |
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The fallacy of this argument must appear . very evident to any one who attends to
it ; for suppose we allow that Chiron did really place the Solstices as Sir Isaac
Newton " ree presents , ( though I think it most probable that he did not so place ...
The fallacy of this argument must appear . very evident to any one who attends to
it ; for suppose we allow that Chiron did really place the Solstices as Sir Isaac
Newton " ree presents , ( though I think it most probable that he did not so place ...
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Chiron ' s skill in astronomy was so imperfect , that we must suppose he could not
find the true place of the Solstices with any tolerable exactness . The Egyptians
were the first who found out , that the year consisted of more than three hundred ...
Chiron ' s skill in astronomy was so imperfect , that we must suppose he could not
find the true place of the Solstices with any tolerable exactness . The Egyptians
were the first who found out , that the year consisted of more than three hundred ...
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... s inaccuracy must fully answer it . If Chiron erred in placing the Solstices ; if
their true place in his time might be in the nineteenth or twentieth degrees , and
not ( as is he said to suppose ) in the fifteenth , then however true it be , that they
...
... s inaccuracy must fully answer it . If Chiron erred in placing the Solstices ; if
their true place in his time might be in the nineteenth or twentieth degrees , and
not ( as is he said to suppose ) in the fifteenth , then however true it be , that they
...
Page xviii
I suppose he was able to foresee that there would be one , not that he could
calculate exactly the time when ; perhaps he might guess within two or three
weeks , and perhaps he might err above twice that number , and yet be thought in
his ...
I suppose he was able to foresee that there would be one , not that he could
calculate exactly the time when ; perhaps he might guess within two or three
weeks , and perhaps he might err above twice that number , and yet be thought in
his ...
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Later authors perfected Meton ' s rude draughts of astronomy ; and Columella
might suppose the corrections made in his originals by later hands to be Meton ' s
. We now call the nineteen years cycle by his name ; but I suppose that nothing ...
Later authors perfected Meton ' s rude draughts of astronomy ; and Columella
might suppose the corrections made in his originals by later hands to be Meton ' s
. We now call the nineteen years cycle by his name ; but I suppose that nothing ...
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Page 262 - Isaac; (for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth): it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
Page 115 - By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called : Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
Page 444 - The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty ; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
Page 501 - And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night...
Page 229 - And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
Page 112 - But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
Page 499 - And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.
Page 498 - Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Page 248 - And he said, thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel : for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
Page 115 - And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham : and he said, Here am I.