 | John Tillotson - Bible - 1871 - 748 pages
...in the position of the stars the destiny of man. Josephus tells us that, in order their discoveries might not be lost before they were sufficiently known...violence and quantity of water, they made two pillars, one of brick and the other of stone, then inscribed their discoveries on them both, that in case the... | |
 | Moses Margoliouth - Bible - 1871 - 168 pages
...that their inventions might not be could wntelost before they were sufficiently known, upon Adam,s prediction that the world was to be destroyed at one time by the force oifire, and at another by the violence and quantity of water, they made two pillars : the one of brick,... | |
 | Joseph Augustus Seiss - Pyramids - 1877 - 260 pages
...and his immediate descendants " were the inventors of that peculiar sort of wisdom which is concerned with the heavenly bodies and their order. And that...Adam's prediction that the world was to be destroyed, they made two pillars, the one of brick, the other of stone. They inscribed their discoveries on them... | |
 | Andrew (of Wyntoun) - Scotland - 1879 - 504 pages
...Jubal having erected two inscribed pillars, which may be quoted from W. Whiston's translation : — "And that their inventions might not be lost before...that the world was to be destroyed at one time by tEe force of 'fire, and at another time by the violence and quantity of water, they made two pillars... | |
 | Francis Armstrong Power - Bible - 1879 - 668 pages
...that their inventions might not wear out of the memories of men, nor perish before they were perfectly known, (upon Adam's prediction that the world was to be destroyed at one time by force of fire, and at another time by the violence and quantity of water), they made two pillars, the... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - Jews - 1889 - 562 pages
...them, till they died. They also were the inventors of that peculiar sort of wisdom which is concerned with the heavenly bodies and their order. And, that...violence and quantity of water, they made two pillars ;2 the one of brick, the other of stone ; they inscribed their discoveries on them both, that in case... | |
 | William Richard Lethaby - Architecture - 1892 - 292 pages
...those before the flood. ' The sons of Seth wrote the knowledge of things celestial upon two columns.' ' And that their inventions might not be lost before...force of fire, and at another time by the violence of water, they made two pillars, the one of brick, the other of stone; they inscribed their discoveries... | |
 | William Whiston - 1895 - 840 pages
...which is concerned with the heavenly bodies and their .»rder. And, that their inventions might not he lost before they were sufficiently known, upon Adam's...world was to be destroyed at one time by the force offre, and at another time by the violence and ([tiamity of icoier, they made two pillars;* the one... | |
 | John Donne - English poetry - 1895 - 326 pages
...left children who imitated his virtues. '' They were the discoverers of the wisdom which relates to the heavenly bodies and their order, and that their inventions might not be lost they made two pillars, the one of brick, the other of stone, and inscribed their discoveries on them... | |
 | 1901 - 860 pages
...whirli is concerned with the heavenly bodies mil their order. Anil, that their inventions migh' not he lost before they were sufficiently known, upon Adam's...world was to be destroyed at one time by the force of Are, and at another time by the violence and quantity of tcater, they made two pillars;» the one of... | |
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And, that their inventions might not be lost before they were sufficiently known, upon Adam's prediction that the world was to be destroyed at one time by the force of fire, and at another time by the violence and quantity of water... 
