The Philosophy of History: Or A Philosophical and Historical Dissertation, on the Origin, Manners, Customs, and Religion of the Different Nations, and People, of Antiquity; with a Clear and Concise Exposition, of the Usages, and Opinions Common Amongst Them: And, in Particular, of Their Religious Rites, Ceremonies, and Superstitions: Interspersed with a Great Variety of Other Useful and Highly Interesting Matter ...T. North, 1829 - 326 páginas |
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... Races or Kinds of Men CHAPTER III . Of the Antiquity of Nations - 6 12 CHAPTER IV . On the Knowledge of the Soul 16 CHAPTER V. Of the Religion of the First Men 19 CHAPTER VI . Of the Customs and Opinions common to almost all the Ancient ...
... Races or Kinds of Men CHAPTER III . Of the Antiquity of Nations - 6 12 CHAPTER IV . On the Knowledge of the Soul 16 CHAPTER V. Of the Religion of the First Men 19 CHAPTER VI . Of the Customs and Opinions common to almost all the Ancient ...
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... the ocean , that the two hemispheres have lost more than two thousand leagues of land on one side , which have been regained by , and added to , the other . CHAPTER II . OF THE DIFFERENT RACES , OR KINDS INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS . 5.
... the ocean , that the two hemispheres have lost more than two thousand leagues of land on one side , which have been regained by , and added to , the other . CHAPTER II . OF THE DIFFERENT RACES , OR KINDS INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS . 5.
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... RACES , OR KINDS , OF MEN . NOTHING can be more interesting to us , than the sensible difference in the species of ... race , or genus , of man . No well - informed traveller , who has passed through Leyden , but has had the curiosity ...
... RACES , OR KINDS , OF MEN . NOTHING can be more interesting to us , than the sensible difference in the species of ... race , or genus , of man . No well - informed traveller , who has passed through Leyden , but has had the curiosity ...
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... race , or species , of man : and , what demonstrates , most clearly , that this differ- ence is not owing to their climate , is , that negroes and negresses transported to the coldest climates and countries of the earth , there produce ...
... race , or species , of man : and , what demonstrates , most clearly , that this differ- ence is not owing to their climate , is , that negroes and negresses transported to the coldest climates and countries of the earth , there produce ...
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... race of men , but they are very much like the eyes of a partridge . They resem- ble the Laplanders , in point of shape ; but a great dissimilarity exists , between them and every other people , with respect to their heads ; their hair ...
... race of men , but they are very much like the eyes of a partridge . They resem- ble the Laplanders , in point of shape ; but a great dissimilarity exists , between them and every other people , with respect to their heads ; their hair ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Abraham adopted Alexander ancient animals antiquity appear Arabia Arabs Asia Assyria Babylon Bacchus barbarous believe Bramins called ceremonies Chaldeans CHAPTER Chinese Christian Colchis common custom Cyrus death Deity Deucalion devils divine doubt earth Egypt Egyptians emperors empire erected Euphrates existence fables fact father favour Flavius Josephus Gauls gods Greece Greeks heaven Hebrews Herodotus historian holy honour human hundred idea India inhabitants Jerusalem Jewish Jews Josephus king language laws learned live Lord Midhurst miracles Moses mysteries Nabonassar nature neighbours never Ogyges opinion oracles Pentateuch Persians Petræa Petworth Phoenicians possessed predictions present day pretended Priapus priests probable prodigies prophet Pulborough punishments race reign religion respect Romans Rome sacred Sanchoniathon Scythians serpent Sibyl signifies soul speak species Storrington superstition Syria temple Theocracy thing thou thousand tion truth Vespasian wandering Wisborough Green word worship Zoroaster
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Página 291 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth ; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Página 185 - And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth ; and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
Página 292 - And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness, unto the judgment of the great day.
Página 185 - ... and had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.
Página 294 - There were giants in the earth in those days ; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
Página 292 - And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands 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.
Página 264 - PLEAD thou my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me, and fight thou against them that fight against me. 2 Lay hand upon the shield and buckler, and stand up to help me. 3 Bring forth the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me : say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
Página 265 - I will bring my people again, as I did from Basan ; mine own will I bring again, as I did sometime from the deep of the sea. 23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and that the tongue of thy dogs may be red through the same.
Página 265 - God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his wickedness.
Página 291 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God...