The Age of Enlightenment, Volume 2Barnes & Noble Books, 1980 |
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Page 197
... deluge , all the shells were transported from the bottom of the ocean , and deposited upon the dry land ; yet , beside the difficulty of establishing this supposition , it is clear , that , as shells are found incorporated in marble and ...
... deluge , all the shells were transported from the bottom of the ocean , and deposited upon the dry land ; yet , beside the difficulty of establishing this supposition , it is clear , that , as shells are found incorporated in marble and ...
Page 214
... deluge as an effect within the compass of natural causes , although the scripture represents it as an immediate operation of the Deity . It is beyond the power of any natural cause to produce on the surface of the earth a quantity of ...
... deluge as an effect within the compass of natural causes , although the scripture represents it as an immediate operation of the Deity . It is beyond the power of any natural cause to produce on the surface of the earth a quantity of ...
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... deluge is an established fact , is it not lawful to reason upon its consequences ? True . But you must commence with acknowledging , that the deluge could not possibly be the effect of any physical cause ; you must regard it as an ...
... deluge is an established fact , is it not lawful to reason upon its consequences ? True . But you must commence with acknowledging , that the deluge could not possibly be the effect of any physical cause ; you must regard it as an ...
Contents
Laugier Essay on Architecture 1753 | 8 |
William Chambers On Civil Architecture 1759 1791 | 24 |
James Stuart | 39 |
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The Age of Enlightenment: An Anthologie of Eighteenth-century Texts, Volume 2 Simon Eliot,Beverly Stern No preview available - 1984 |
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Art in Theory 1648-1815: An Anthology of Changing Ideas Charles Harrison,Paul Wood,Jason Gaiger No preview available - 2001 |