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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... SERPENTS and INSECTS ; and LEM- NIUS and BRAUNIUS for the MINERALS and PRECIOUS STONES . 7ed Of the continuator of CALMET , particularly the volume which bears the title of " SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRATED , " considerable use has been made ...
... SERPENTS and INSECTS ; and LEM- NIUS and BRAUNIUS for the MINERALS and PRECIOUS STONES . 7ed Of the continuator of CALMET , particularly the volume which bears the title of " SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRATED , " considerable use has been made ...
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... serpents , and such creatures as have no feet , or numerous small feet ; comprehending not only all the ser- pentine class , but all the smaller sort of animals that seem to creep rather than to walk . 1 " Reptilia animantia . " Vulg ...
... serpents , and such creatures as have no feet , or numerous small feet ; comprehending not only all the ser- pentine class , but all the smaller sort of animals that seem to creep rather than to walk . 1 " Reptilia animantia . " Vulg ...
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... serpents can digest ; The crested Lapwynge , wailing shrill arounde , Solicitous , with no contentment blest ; Last the foul Batt 20 , of byrd and beast first bredde , Flitting with littel leathren sailes dispredde . " 14 Vid . Natal ...
... serpents can digest ; The crested Lapwynge , wailing shrill arounde , Solicitous , with no contentment blest ; Last the foul Batt 20 , of byrd and beast first bredde , Flitting with littel leathren sailes dispredde . " 14 Vid . Natal ...
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... serpent , more usually called the Viper . In our translation of the Bible we find the word adder five times ; but without sufficient authority from the original o . שפיפון D'D SHEPHIPHON , Genesis , xlix . 17 , is probably the CERAS ...
... serpent , more usually called the Viper . In our translation of the Bible we find the word adder five times ; but without sufficient authority from the original o . שפיפון D'D SHEPHIPHON , Genesis , xlix . 17 , is probably the CERAS ...
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... serpent called the basilisk , said to kill with its very breath . See COCATRICE . In Psal . lviii . 5. reference is made to the effect of musical sounds over serpents . That they might be rendered tame and harmless by certain charms ...
... serpent called the basilisk , said to kill with its very breath . See COCATRICE . In Psal . lviii . 5. reference is made to the effect of musical sounds over serpents . That they might be rendered tame and harmless by certain charms ...
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Aleppo ancient animal appears Arabia Arabic beasts beautiful Bible bird Bochart called Cantic Celsius Chaldee Chron colour common creature crocodile described desert Deut Dioscorides Egypt Egyptians Exod Ezek feet flesh flowers Forskal fruit Geddes Greek grows Harmer Hasselquist Hebr Hebrew Hebrew name Hebrew word Herodotus Hieroz Hist horses Hosea insect Isai Isaiah Israel Israelites Jerom Jews Josephus Judea kind Kings learned Levit lion locust Luke Matth means mentioned Michaelis Moses myrrh nature Numb observes ostrich passage plant Plin Pliny probably prophet Prov Psal Psalm quæ referred remarks rendered resemblance sacred says Scheuchzer Scripture Illustrated seems Septuagint serpent Shaw signifies Solomon species stone Strabo supposed Syria thou tion translated Trav tree verse viii Vulgate wild wine wings wood worship writers xvii xxiv xxviii