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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Page 31
... made by expressing the fruit when in maturity . The third , and least esteemed
of all , was hylobalsamum , made by a decoction of the buds and small young
twigs . The great value set upon this drug in the East is traced to the ...
... made by expressing the fruit when in maturity . The third , and least esteemed
of all , was hylobalsamum , made by a decoction of the buds and small young
twigs . The great value set upon this drug in the East is traced to the ...
Page 37
... gum brought from Arabia and the East Indies , bdellium , some critics have
supposed this to be the bedolah of the Scripture ; but this opinion , however
ingeniously supported , cannot be correct 4 . BEAN . SD PHUL . Arabic ,
PHOULONS .
... gum brought from Arabia and the East Indies , bdellium , some critics have
supposed this to be the bedolah of the Scripture ; but this opinion , however
ingeniously supported , cannot be correct 4 . BEAN . SD PHUL . Arabic ,
PHOULONS .
Page 137
How natural to understand all these places of East India manufactures , muslins ,
or fine calicoes ! " Solomon's making the dress of the Levites the same with what
his father David wore on a high solemnity , and with what was worn by the ...
How natural to understand all these places of East India manufactures , muslins ,
or fine calicoes ! " Solomon's making the dress of the Levites the same with what
his father David wore on a high solemnity , and with what was worn by the ...
Page 211
And Theophrastus and Pliny affirm that it is found in Arabia . Dioscorides ,
however , mentions an Indian as well as an Arabian frankincense . At the present
day it is brought from the East Indies , but not of so good a quality as that from
Arabia .
And Theophrastus and Pliny affirm that it is found in Arabia . Dioscorides ,
however , mentions an Indian as well as an Arabian frankincense . At the present
day it is brought from the East Indies , but not of so good a quality as that from
Arabia .
Page 253
So great a multitude of locusts , of an unheard of size , coming in swarms from the
east , like an army , passed over these countries , that , during the space of two
whole months , they oftentimes , by their flight , obscured the rays of the sun for ...
So great a multitude of locusts , of an unheard of size , coming in swarms from the
east , like an army , passed over these countries , that , during the space of two
whole months , they oftentimes , by their flight , obscured the rays of the sun for ...
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| Title | 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 |
| Author | Thaddeus Mason Harris |
| Contributor | Chiswick Press |
| Publisher | T. Teggy, 1824 |
| Original from | Montserrat Abbey Library |
| Digitized | 21 Mar 2011 |
| Length | 430 pages |
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