The Eve of the DelugeShoberl, publisher, 1851 - 224 páginas |
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... present short - lived race of men , we should have expected that in so long a period it would have arrived at a very advanced degree of civilization , more especially since , as the residence of Cain and the direct line of his posterity ...
... present short - lived race of men , we should have expected that in so long a period it would have arrived at a very advanced degree of civilization , more especially since , as the residence of Cain and the direct line of his posterity ...
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... present purpose . I shall , therefore , further only remind my reader of the short time that elapsed between the Flood and the building of Babylon and Nineveh . The former city , in the time of Semiramis , only five hundred years after ...
... present purpose . I shall , therefore , further only remind my reader of the short time that elapsed between the Flood and the building of Babylon and Nineveh . The former city , in the time of Semiramis , only five hundred years after ...
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... present occasion , he sate at Madài's right hand , which offered an opportunity for the fulfilment of his designs too tempting to be neglected . Accordingly , towards the end of the feast , when his intended victim was partially ...
... present occasion , he sate at Madài's right hand , which offered an opportunity for the fulfilment of his designs too tempting to be neglected . Accordingly , towards the end of the feast , when his intended victim was partially ...
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... present day , immorality is veiled , thinly indeed , but still veiled . The Antediluvians had ceased to discern good from evil , had in fact become reprobate , and rushed headlong in after the indulgence of their passions , no longer ...
... present day , immorality is veiled , thinly indeed , but still veiled . The Antediluvians had ceased to discern good from evil , had in fact become reprobate , and rushed headlong in after the indulgence of their passions , no longer ...
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... present some conquered monarch . Their hands and feet were bound with massive chains of gold , and ear - rings of the same metal hung from their ears . The other three sides of the hall were lined with slabs of alabaster , on which were ...
... present some conquered monarch . Their hands and feet were bound with massive chains of gold , and ear - rings of the same metal hung from their ears . The other three sides of the hall were lined with slabs of alabaster , on which were ...
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Adah alabaster amid Antediluvians arms Arphaxad beautiful beneath blood brow Calmar cave CHAPTER city of Cain columns cried dagger dark daughter death Deluge despair diest dream earth escape evil exclaimed eyes father fear feel feet fell felt fire flames flood forest gaze gold grasp grief guards hair hand heard heart Heaven hermit HERMIT'S CAVE hour hyæna Iärban Irad Jabin Jared Jared's Javan King laugh looked magnificent Mahal mand marble mistress monarch mountain multitude nature night Opah palace passions paused pile present pride priests Prince Princess purple Ocean reached revenge Riesen rock rose rushed Salah sate seemed seized side slaves soon spirit steed stood strange summit tain temple terrible thee thou hast thou shalt threw throne tion trees turned uttered victims voice volcano waters WEEN wild beasts worship wretched young Zelma
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Página 13 - And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth ; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Página 14 - And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven ; and everything that is in the earth shall die. But with thee will I establish my covenant ; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons
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