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... speaking of the migration of mankind towards repeopling the earth , would make some mention , or give some hint or intima- tion , concerning the manner by which so large a part of the world , as the continent of America , became ...
... speaking of the migration of mankind towards repeopling the earth , would make some mention , or give some hint or intima- tion , concerning the manner by which so large a part of the world , as the continent of America , became ...
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... speak for themselves . I have somewhere seen an estimate which makes the popula- tion of the Roman empire , in the age of Augustus , to have been four thousand millions . Gibbon , I believe , reduces it to about one hundred and twenty ...
... speak for themselves . I have somewhere seen an estimate which makes the popula- tion of the Roman empire , in the age of Augustus , to have been four thousand millions . Gibbon , I believe , reduces it to about one hundred and twenty ...
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... speak chiefly of countries known to history . As to the Chinese and some other oriental nations , they may have suffered less in this respect ; and they may still serve as a specimen and index of what the pop- ulation of other nations ...
... speak chiefly of countries known to history . As to the Chinese and some other oriental nations , they may have suffered less in this respect ; and they may still serve as a specimen and index of what the pop- ulation of other nations ...
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... speak further on . Here too again our friends of Montenegro , whose chief wealth consists in flocks of sheep and goats , * might put in their claim to a Hebrew lineage on the same ground ; as might also the pastoral portions of ...
... speak further on . Here too again our friends of Montenegro , whose chief wealth consists in flocks of sheep and goats , * might put in their claim to a Hebrew lineage on the same ground ; as might also the pastoral portions of ...
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... speak the Syriac ; for the evi- dence is unquestionable , that the Syriac was once their vernacu- lar tongue , and has only been supplanted by the kindred Arabic in no very remote centuries . Indeed , the Syriac is to this day . spoken ...
... speak the Syriac ; for the evi- dence is unquestionable , that the Syriac was once their vernacu- lar tongue , and has only been supplanted by the kindred Arabic in no very remote centuries . Indeed , the Syriac is to this day . spoken ...
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Page 223 - I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good ; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
Page 353 - Who is gone into Heaven, and is on the Right Hand of God ; Angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto Him.
Page 215 - And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
Page 494 - A Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art : Comprising the History, Description, and Scientific Principles of every Branch of Human Knowledge ; with the Derivation and Definition of all the Terms in General Use.
Page 218 - Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the first born, which are written in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
Page 14 - And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man. All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
Page 210 - But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead ; much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace which is by one man Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
Page 216 - The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity ; 42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Page 408 - Two of us in the churchyard lie, My sister and my brother: And in the churchyard cottage I Dwell near them with my mother.
Page 356 - And, behold, there talked with Him two men, which were Moses and Elias: who appeared in glory, and spake of His decease which He should accomplish at Jerusalem.