 | Johnstone - 1840 - 386 Seiten
...sustain the bitterness of disappointment ? Now for a touch at geologists and astronomers : — " 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, Contrive... | |
 | John Marsh - 1840 - 480 Seiten
...through thirty and forty thousand years. The modern Chinese and Hindoos make similar pretensions. " Some drill and bore The solid earth, and, from the strata there, Extract a register by which they learn That he who made it, and revealed its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age." But the oldest... | |
 | François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - 1841 - 322 Seiten
...veiled his eyes from the bright rays that blazed on them from heaven— that he might not see. 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, Contrive... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 240 Seiten
...charge His mind with meanings that he never had, 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,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1842 - 166 Seiten
...charge His mind with meanings that he never had, 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,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1842 - 162 Seiten
...never had, Or, having, kept conseal'd. Some drill and bore 150 The solid earth, and from the Htrata there Extract a 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,... | |
 | 1861 - 1148 Seiten
...writings of Voltaire and others had created. It is to this discussion that Cowper alludes : " Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata...learn, That he who made it, and revealed its date To \! ".-,-, was mistaken in its age." * But the worthy cardinals could not put Hutton and Playfair in... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1861 - 992 Seiten
...writings of Voltaire and others had created. It is to this discussion that Cowper alludes : " Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata...which we learn, That he who made it, and revealed it« date To Moees, was mistaken in its age." * But the worthy cardinals could not put Hutton and Playfair... | |
 | 1864 - 940 Seiten
...and bore The solid earth, and from (he strata there Extract a register, by which we learn That lie who made it, and revealed its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age." and even the remark of Alexander Brozniart : J "If any suppose themselves of sufficient knowledge of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 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 revcal'd its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age. Some, more acute, and more industrious still;... | |
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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. 
