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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... by no means to be considered as superfluous niceties * NEWCOME'S Historical view of translations of the Bible . † Dr. SAMUEL JOHNSON in his life of THOMAS BROwne . or useless speculations ; for they often show some pro- PREFACE .
... by no means to be considered as superfluous niceties * NEWCOME'S Historical view of translations of the Bible . † Dr. SAMUEL JOHNSON in his life of THOMAS BROwne . or useless speculations ; for they often show some pro- PREFACE .
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... considered a satisfactory explanation of them . Unhappily M. FORSKAL , the learned naturalist on this expedition , died in Arabia , before he had compos- ed any regular work in reply to the questions . NIE- BUHR , his fellow traveller ...
... considered a satisfactory explanation of them . Unhappily M. FORSKAL , the learned naturalist on this expedition , died in Arabia , before he had compos- ed any regular work in reply to the questions . NIE- BUHR , his fellow traveller ...
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... considered and impartially collated their accounts ; that , in appropriating such information as was to be collected from those writers , I have not scrupled to use their own words where they wrote in English , and to translate where in ...
... considered and impartially collated their accounts ; that , in appropriating such information as was to be collected from those writers , I have not scrupled to use their own words where they wrote in English , and to translate where in ...
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... considered as useful by the greatest masters of the science , cannot but be looked upon as truly wonderful . " II . Of FISHES . - Those that were permitted for food , and de- clared clean , were " such as had fins and scales . " " Fins ...
... considered as useful by the greatest masters of the science , cannot but be looked upon as truly wonderful . " II . Of FISHES . - Those that were permitted for food , and de- clared clean , were " such as had fins and scales . " " Fins ...
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... considered as such , or may be derived from una ( copper ) dropping the initial , and Chald . ( gold as it comes . from the mine ) ; and so denote either a metal mixed of copper and gold , as the as pyropum mentioned in the ancient ...
... considered as such , or may be derived from una ( copper ) dropping the initial , and Chald . ( gold as it comes . from the mine ) ; and so denote either a metal mixed of copper and gold , as the as pyropum mentioned in the ancient ...
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Aleppo ancient animal appears Arabia Arabic beasts beautiful Bible bird BOCHART called Cantic CELSIUS Chaldee Chron colour common creatures crocodile described desert Deut DIOSCORIDES Egypt Egyptians Exod Ezek feet flesh FORSKAL fruit GEDDES Greek grows HARMER HASSELQUIST Hebr Hebrew Hebrew name Hebrew word HERODOTUS Hieroz Hist horses Hosea insect Isai Isaiah Israelites JEROM Jews JOSEPHUS Judea kind Kings learned Levit lion locust Lord Luke Matth means mentioned MICHAELIS Moses myrrh nature Numb observes ostrich passage plant PLIN PLINY probably prophet Prov Psal Psalm quæ refer remarks rendered resembling 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