 | Thomas Branagan - 1804 - 290 pages
...and earth, mind and matter, unite. To him v,'as given at an early period, dominion over the beasts of the earth, 'the fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea. But when, and by whom, was premceval power given to one part of mankind to enslave and oppress another... | |
 | Noah Worcester - 1816 - 814 pages
...beings, in heaven, on earth, nor even in hell. Men glory in their dignity above the beasts of the field, the fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea ; but whether their making a trade of destroying one another, is to be regarded as an excellence, as something... | |
 | Noah Worcester - 1817 - 312 pages
...beings, in heaven, on earth, nor even in hell. Men glory in their dignity above the heasts of the field, the fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea ; but whether their making a trade of destroying one another is to be regarded as an excellence, as something... | |
 | John Pearson (bp. of Chester.) - 1822 - 576 pages
...waters were gathered together unto one place, appeared as dry land." By the second, all " the hosts of the earth," the fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea were made. " Let the earth," said God, " bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree... | |
 | 1826 - 160 pages
...created the heaven and the earth," (Gen. i. 1.) Q. What things by mediate creation ? A. All the hosts of the earth ; the fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea. " Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and tb» fruit tree yielding fruit after... | |
 | William Ellis - 1829 - 606 pages
...natives give of the introduction of the animals found on the islands by the first European visitors, are most of them as fabulous as those relating to...among them any traces of the Asiatic doctrine of the transmigration of souls ; although they believed that hogs had souls, and that there was a distinct... | |
 | William Ellis - 1829 - 610 pages
...natives give of the introduction of the animals found on the islands by the first European visitors, are most of them as fabulous as those relating to...was destroyed by worms, which ultimately grew into swine—and were the first known in the islands. We never observed among them any traces of the Asiatic... | |
 | Silas Blaisdale - 1829 - 374 pages
...it has not only fulfilled the original promise, in giving him dominion over the beasts of the field, the fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea ; but it has enabled him to make both sea and land to give up their stores, and to make the wind, the water,... | |
 | Conversations - 1829 - 650 pages
...it has not only fulfilled the original promise, in giving him dominion over the beasts of the field, the fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea ; but it has enabled him to make both sea and land to give up their stores, and to make the wind, the water,... | |
 | William Ellis - 1831 - 448 pages
...natives give of the introduction of the animals found on the islands by the first European visitors, are most of them as fabulous as those relating to...among them any traces of the Asiatic doctrine of the transmigration of souls ; although they believed that hogs had souls, and that there was a distinct... | |
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European visitors, are most of them as fabulous as those relating to their own origin. Some, indeed, say that pigs and dogs were brought from the west by the first inhabitants ; but others refer their origin to man. One of their traditions states, that... 
