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 ArrangedThomas Tegg, 1824 - 430 pages |
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... horse , and the ass : the animals allowed to be eaten , as clean , were the FISSIPEDES , or those of hoofs divided into two parts , or cloven , as oxen , deer , sheep , and goats . But then this distinction must be entire , not partial ...
... horse , and the ass : the animals allowed to be eaten , as clean , were the FISSIPEDES , or those of hoofs divided into two parts , or cloven , as oxen , deer , sheep , and goats . But then this distinction must be entire , not partial ...
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... horses and other beasts . By comparing the Danites to this ' On " the art of polishing and engraving on precious ... horse's leg , or cattle's sides . See also Ælian , 1. xvi . c . 28. Diod . 1. iii . c . 28. Bochart , Hierozoicon , p ...
... horses and other beasts . By comparing the Danites to this ' On " the art of polishing and engraving on precious ... horse's leg , or cattle's sides . See also Ælian , 1. xvi . c . 28. Diod . 1. iii . c . 28. Bochart , Hierozoicon , p ...
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... horses , the ass was not only made a beast of burden , but used on journeys , and that even the most honourable of the na- tion were wont to be mounted on asses , which in the Eastern countries were much bigger and more beautiful than ...
... horses , the ass was not only made a beast of burden , but used on journeys , and that even the most honourable of the na- tion were wont to be mounted on asses , which in the Eastern countries were much bigger and more beautiful than ...
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... and Tartary , in grassy , saline plains , or salt wastes ; is timid , swift , untamable ; its hearing and smell are acute ; neighing more sonorous than that of the horse ; in size and habits resembling a OF THE BIBLE . 27.
... and Tartary , in grassy , saline plains , or salt wastes ; is timid , swift , untamable ; its hearing and smell are acute ; neighing more sonorous than that of the horse ; in size and habits resembling a OF THE BIBLE . 27.
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... horses behind 82 " ܕ It Thus have we proposed those authorities which induce us to adopt a distinction of breeds , or races , if not of kiuds , in the species of the ass ; and the reader will agree with us in main- taining such a ...
... horses behind 82 " ܕ It Thus have we proposed those authorities which induce us to adopt a distinction of breeds , or races , if not of kiuds , in the species of the ass ; and the reader will agree with us in main- taining such a ...
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