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The Sacred theory of the earth : containing an account of the original of the earth and of all the general changes which it hath already undergone, or is to undergo, till the consumation of all things (1719)

Burnet, Thomas, 1635?-1715 · London : Printed for John Hooke · leaf 373

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arth, which had no Communicatfonwith the Sea; and a Source that would neverfail, neither dmiinifli or overflow, but feedthe Earth with an equal Supply throughout allthe Parts of the Year. But there is a fecondDifficulty that appears at the End of this, howthefe Waters would flow upon thfe even… … Concerning the Trim. Earthy and Paradife. 315thefe Rains fell in the Frigid Zones, or towardsthe Poles, there they would ftand in Lakesand Pools, having no Defcent one Way morethan another, and fo the reft of the Earth wouldbe no better for them. This, I confefs, appeardas great a Difficulty as the…

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