The Natural History of the Bible ; Or, A Description of All the Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects, Trees, Plants, Flowers, Gums, and Precious Stones, Mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures: Collected from the Best Authorities, and Alphabetically Arranged |
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Page vii
I hope I have done this freely , 6 « The frequent recurrence of metaphorical
expressions to natural objects , and ... In the Sacred Scriptures there are upwards
of two hundred and fifty botanical terms ; which none use so frequently as the
poets .
I hope I have done this freely , 6 « The frequent recurrence of metaphorical
expressions to natural objects , and ... In the Sacred Scriptures there are upwards
of two hundred and fifty botanical terms ; which none use so frequently as the
poets .
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... considerable use has been made ; but it will be found that in several places I
have differed from that ingenious writer , who indulges sometimes in great
freedom of remark , and whose criticisms are very frequently merely conjectural .
... considerable use has been made ; but it will be found that in several places I
have differed from that ingenious writer , who indulges sometimes in great
freedom of remark , and whose criticisms are very frequently merely conjectural .
Page xxix
Far from this , even the worship of these gods was frequently perforined by
impure rites , and the use of vile and filthy animals 11 , by which the worshippers
proclaimed the foul character of their deities . On the contrary , the pure
ceremonies of ...
Far from this , even the worship of these gods was frequently perforined by
impure rites , and the use of vile and filthy animals 11 , by which the worshippers
proclaimed the foul character of their deities . On the contrary , the pure
ceremonies of ...
Page 3
Shaw , Bruce , and indeed all travellers who have been in the Levant , speak of
the charming of serpents as a thing not only possible , but frequently seen 8 . The
deaf adder , or asp , may either be a serpent of a species naturally deaf , for such
...
Shaw , Bruce , and indeed all travellers who have been in the Levant , speak of
the charming of serpents as a thing not only possible , but frequently seen 8 . The
deaf adder , or asp , may either be a serpent of a species naturally deaf , for such
...
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This may be frequently remarked in certain cattle , which on this account are
termed true yoke - fellows . Le Clerc considers this law as merely symbolical ,
importing that 65 See an eloquent Sermon by Bp . Horne , on Zech . ix . 9 . in the
first ...
This may be frequently remarked in certain cattle , which on this account are
termed true yoke - fellows . Le Clerc considers this law as merely symbolical ,
importing that 65 See an eloquent Sermon by Bp . Horne , on Zech . ix . 9 . in the
first ...
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| Title | The Natural History of the Bible ; Or, A Description of All the Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects, Trees, Plants, Flowers, Gums, and Precious Stones, Mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures: Collected from the Best Authorities, and Alphabetically Arranged |
| Author | Thaddeus Mason Harris |
| Contributor | Chiswick Press |
| Publisher | T. Teggy, 1824 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 6 Mar 2007 |
| Length | 430 pages |
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