 | 1846 - 436 Seiten
...geologists, who have certainly often unwisely and hastily generalized, be exclaims, ' Some drill and boro The solid earth, and from the strata there Extract a register, by which we learn, That he who mode it, and revealed its Halo To Mosee, was mistaken in its age.' This is severe, but, in its general... | |
 | 1846 - 586 Seiten
...generalized, he exclaims, ' Some drill and bore The «olid earth, and from (he strata there Kxtroct a register, by which we, learn. That he who made it. and revealed ita dato To Moses, was mistaken m its age.' This is severe, but, in its general application, unjust.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1847 - 556 Seiten
...his purposes, and charge His mind with meanings that he never had, Or, having, kept conceal' d. Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata...register, by which we learn, That he who made it, and reveal'd its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age. Some, more acute, and more industrious still,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 508 Seiten
...his purposes, and chargw His mind with meanings that he never had, Or, having, kept concealed. Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata...revealed its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age. Some, more acute, and more industrious still, Contrive creation ; travel nature up To the sharp peak... | |
 | 1886 - 664 Seiten
...That gentle religionist William Cowper had some years before (1782) launched his little thunderbolt against those who Drill and bore The solid earth,...by which we learn That He who made it and revealed ita date To Moses was mistaken in its age. But in 1797 scientific controversy itself had adopted the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 740 Seiten
...Popr. .Essay on Crlt. \\». 210 THE TASK. [BOOK in. Or having, kept conceal'd. Some drill and bore 150 The solid earth, and from the strata there Extract...register, by which we learn That He who made it and reveal'd its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age. Some more acute and more industrious still 155... | |
 | John Dick - 1850 - 560 Seiten
...upon it after some terrible convulsion. Thus, according to the words of a celebrated poet, — " Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata...revealed its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age." * This is manifestly a subject beyond the reach of our faculties; and geology^ as sometimes conducted,... | |
 | Thomas Lockerby - 1850 - 842 Seiten
...real facts and demonstrations are not equivalent to — Thus saith the Lord. Cowper only said, Some drill and bore the solid earth ; and from the strata...revealed its date to Moses, was mistaken in its age. If anything ever called science shall, directly or indirectly, oppose the Bible, it is profane, and... | |
 | 1879 - 566 Seiten
...Oloe's invitation to Tbenot in the first act of Fletcher's Faithful Shepherdess. A. GniKOKR HUTT. " Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata...learn That He who made it, and revealed its date To Mows, was mistaken in its age." Cowper'i Tail; bk. iii. 11. 150-4. E3TE. NOTES ON BOOKS, ic. Engliih... | |
 | William Cowper - 1850 - 516 Seiten
...his purposes, and charge His mind with meanings that he never had, Or, having, kept concealed. Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata...which we learn, That he who made it, and revealed its dateTo Moses, was mistaken in its age. Some, more acute, and more industrious still, Contrive creation... | |
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Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata there Extract a register, by which we learn That He who made it and revealed its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age. 
