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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This , indeed , we have reason to believe , was in general no other than a
deception of the common people , by those who were in possession of physical
discoveries , in order to procure more veneration and respect . — But whatever
were the ...
This , indeed , we have reason to believe , was in general no other than a
deception of the common people , by those who were in possession of physical
discoveries , in order to procure more veneration and respect . — But whatever
were the ...
Page 23
Where the common reading is cæli , but corrected cilli , udos , whence ovos , an
ass . Bochart 72 , is of opinion that the error arose from an expression in Scripture
, " the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it ; " in the Hebrew , PiJehovah , or Pi - Jeo ...
Where the common reading is cæli , but corrected cilli , udos , whence ovos , an
ass . Bochart 72 , is of opinion that the error arose from an expression in Scripture
, " the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it ; " in the Hebrew , PiJehovah , or Pi - Jeo ...
Page 37
A common legume . Those most usually cultivated in Syria are the white horse -
bean , “ faba rotunda oblonga , ” and the kid.PENINIM פנינים 4 2 Onkelos and the
Targums . 3 Hieroz . part ii . lib . v . c . 5 . Cocquius , Phytol . Sacr . p . 87. Celsius .
A common legume . Those most usually cultivated in Syria are the white horse -
bean , “ faba rotunda oblonga , ” and the kid.PENINIM פנינים 4 2 Onkelos and the
Targums . 3 Hieroz . part ii . lib . v . c . 5 . Cocquius , Phytol . Sacr . p . 87. Celsius .
Page 141
24 , says , among the Jews it was almost reckoned a duty of religion to reproach
idols and idolatry , and call them by contemptuous names , of which 3127 was a
common one ; " as he proves from a passage in the Talmudical Tract Beracoth .
24 , says , among the Jews it was almost reckoned a duty of religion to reproach
idols and idolatry , and call them by contemptuous names , of which 3127 was a
common one ; " as he proves from a passage in the Talmudical Tract Beracoth .
Page 208
Thus Plautus , Epidic . act . ïi , makes one say , speaking of the determination to
get money , “ I will turn myself into a horse - leech , and suck out their blood ; ”
and Cicero , in one of his letters to Atticus , calls the common people of Rome ...
Thus Plautus , Epidic . act . ïi , makes one say , speaking of the determination to
get money , “ I will turn myself into a horse - leech , and suck out their blood ; ”
and Cicero , in one of his letters to Atticus , calls the common people of Rome ...
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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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