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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... wall . He spake also of Beasts , and of Fowls , and of Creeping Things , and of Fishes . " 1 KINGS , iv . 33 . LONDON : PRINTED FOR THOMAS TEGG , 73 , CHEAPSIDE . 1824 . C. & C. Whittingham , College House , Chiswick .
... wall . He spake also of Beasts , and of Fowls , and of Creeping Things , and of Fishes . " 1 KINGS , iv . 33 . LONDON : PRINTED FOR THOMAS TEGG , 73 , CHEAPSIDE . 1824 . C. & C. Whittingham , College House , Chiswick .
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Thaddeus Mason Harris. C. & C. Whittingham , College House , Chiswick . PREFACE . THERE are few things more difficult to be.
Thaddeus Mason Harris. C. & C. Whittingham , College House , Chiswick . PREFACE . THERE are few things more difficult to be.
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Thaddeus Mason Harris. PREFACE . THERE are few things more difficult to be determined with any degree of certainty and precision , than those which refer to the natural history of the world in t ar- lier ages ; for we have no ancient ...
Thaddeus Mason Harris. PREFACE . THERE are few things more difficult to be determined with any degree of certainty and precision , than those which refer to the natural history of the world in t ar- lier ages ; for we have no ancient ...
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... things , judiciously explained , serve to clear up many obscure passages , solve many difficul- ties , correct many wrong interpretations , and open new beauties in the sacred volume . To use the words of an author , whose opinion adds ...
... things , judiciously explained , serve to clear up many obscure passages , solve many difficul- ties , correct many wrong interpretations , and open new beauties in the sacred volume . To use the words of an author , whose opinion adds ...
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... thing connected with the history , geography , antiquities , natural productions , language , and manners of those countries that could serve to throw any light upon the sacred records , he proposed the subject to Count BERNSTORFF in ...
... thing connected with the history , geography , antiquities , natural productions , language , and manners of those countries that could serve to throw any light upon the sacred records , he proposed the subject to Count BERNSTORFF in ...
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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