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 vi
Trace the word again , in every place where it ! occurs , through all the versions of
the scriptures , to discover how it was understood and rendered by the most
ancient interpreters . IV . Search for it in all the modern commentaries , critics ,
and ...
Trace the word again , in every place where it ! occurs , through all the versions of
the scriptures , to discover how it was understood and rendered by the most
ancient interpreters . IV . Search for it in all the modern commentaries , critics ,
and ...
Page 67
Others conjecture that as the ancient and u are much alike in manuscripts ,
sepsdog here , and in Aristophanes , vesp . schol . 1030 , should be read
nebinos , ' a cable . But it is to be recollected , that the ancient manuscripts were
in capital ...
Others conjecture that as the ancient and u are much alike in manuscripts ,
sepsdog here , and in Aristophanes , vesp . schol . 1030 , should be read
nebinos , ' a cable . But it is to be recollected , that the ancient manuscripts were
in capital ...
Page 211
... and elsewhere often in that book . EIAHPOE , Rev. xviii . 12 , and the adjectives
, Acts , xii . 10 ; Rev. ii . 27 ; ix . 9 ; xii . 5 ; and xix . 15 . A well known and very
serviceable metal . The knowledge of working it was very ancient , as appears
from ...
... and elsewhere often in that book . EIAHPOE , Rev. xviii . 12 , and the adjectives
, Acts , xii . 10 ; Rev. ii . 27 ; ix . 9 ; xii . 5 ; and xix . 15 . A well known and very
serviceable metal . The knowledge of working it was very ancient , as appears
from ...
Page 213
This method of ornamental buildings , or apartments , was very ancient among
the Greeks . Homer , Odys . iv . v . 72 , mentions ivory as employed in the palace
of Menelaus at Lacedæmon . Χαλκο το σεροπην , και δωματα ηχηεντα Χρυσα τ ' ...
This method of ornamental buildings , or apartments , was very ancient among
the Greeks . Homer , Odys . iv . v . 72 , mentions ivory as employed in the palace
of Menelaus at Lacedæmon . Χαλκο το σεροπην , και δωματα ηχηεντα Χρυσα τ ' ...
Page 282
Whether any previous preparation was made use of in those ancient times to
facilitate the expression of the juice , we are not informed ; but it is certain , that
mills are now used for pressing and grinding the olives ( according to Dr.
Chandler ) ...
Whether any previous preparation was made use of in those ancient times to
facilitate the expression of the juice , we are not informed ; but it is certain , that
mills are now used for pressing and grinding the olives ( according to Dr.
Chandler ) ...
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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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