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 379
nto Parts, that we might en-counter them fingle with more Eafe. The Ri-vers of the Earth, you fee, were in moft re-fpedts different, and in fome contrary to ours ;and if you could turn our Rivers backwards^to run from the Sea towards their Fountain-heads, they would more refemble the Courfeof thofe… … ■; Concerning the Pri?n. Earthy and Paradife, 319many Branches and little Rivers; like the Ar-teries in our Body, that carry the Blood j theyare greateft at firft, and the furtter they gofrom the Heart, their Source, the lefs theygrow and divide into a Multitude of littleBranches, which lofe…
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