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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Page ix
... young , all technical terms have , as much as possible , been avoided , and short and natural descriptions attempted . I have aimed to make even mere verbal criticism so plain and intelligible as to be within the comprehension of common ...
... young , all technical terms have , as much as possible , been avoided , and short and natural descriptions attempted . I have aimed to make even mere verbal criticism so plain and intelligible as to be within the comprehension of common ...
Page xx
... young , and under its shadow dwelt all great nations . " Thus when it is said , that Noah took all the animals into the ark , it is to be understood that he took pairs or more , as directed , of those which had become domesticated , or ...
... young , and under its shadow dwelt all great nations . " Thus when it is said , that Noah took all the animals into the ark , it is to be understood that he took pairs or more , as directed , of those which had become domesticated , or ...
Page xxi
... young ; and the murmur of the turtle - dove , is exactly expressed by its Hebrew name , TUR , and evidently gave rise to it . Many other in- stances of the kind might be produced ; but these are sufficient to show , at least the great ...
... young ; and the murmur of the turtle - dove , is exactly expressed by its Hebrew name , TUR , and evidently gave rise to it . Many other in- stances of the kind might be produced ; but these are sufficient to show , at least the great ...
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... young lions . And why young lions ? The passage requires strong lions to equal , much more to augment , the ideas already attached to the poisonous bite of serpents . To which we ought to add , that immediately afterwards the writer ...
... young lions . And why young lions ? The passage requires strong lions to equal , much more to augment , the ideas already attached to the poisonous bite of serpents . To which we ought to add , that immediately afterwards the writer ...
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... young brood , which , as Mr. Smeatham observes , are very voracious , and cannot bear to be long deprived of their food ; else why do ants carry worms , living insects , and many other such things into their nests ? Solomon's lesson to ...
... young brood , which , as Mr. Smeatham observes , are very voracious , and cannot bear to be long deprived of their food ; else why do ants carry worms , living insects , and many other such things into their nests ? Solomon's lesson to ...
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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