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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But whatever were the methods commonly practised , the enemies of the Jews
are here compared to such serpents as were not to be mollified nor disarmed by
any of those means ; “ they shall bite you , saith Jehovah . " The passage which
led ...
But whatever were the methods commonly practised , the enemies of the Jews
are here compared to such serpents as were not to be mollified nor disarmed by
any of those means ; “ they shall bite you , saith Jehovah . " The passage which
led ...
Page 99
They are called doves as being the fittest emblems of their cowardice ; and the
gold and silver , to which the wings are compared , may allude to the riches
which these tribes seem to have acquired by preferring a domestic to a warlike
life .
They are called doves as being the fittest emblems of their cowardice ; and the
gold and silver , to which the wings are compared , may allude to the riches
which these tribes seem to have acquired by preferring a domestic to a warlike
life .
Page 101
12 , where the eyes are compared to those of the dove , the author of “ Scripture
Illustrated ” has these remarks . “ Nothing can be a more striking instance of the
necessity of acquaintance with the east , as well in its Natural History as in other ...
12 , where the eyes are compared to those of the dove , the author of “ Scripture
Illustrated ” has these remarks . “ Nothing can be a more striking instance of the
necessity of acquaintance with the east , as well in its Natural History as in other ...
Page 196
To a hen of this thievish cast , the miser , who accumulates wealth by unjust
means , may be compared . His riches take wings and fee away . This
explanation , however , is not incontrovertible ; and if here the prophet had not
our domestic ...
To a hen of this thievish cast , the miser , who accumulates wealth by unjust
means , may be compared . His riches take wings and fee away . This
explanation , however , is not incontrovertible ; and if here the prophet had not
our domestic ...
Page 237
13 , the lips are compared to the lily , Bishop Patrick supposes the lily here
instanced to be the same which , on account of its deep red colour , is particularly
called by Pliny “ rubens lilium , ” and which he tells us was much esteemed in
Syria .
13 , the lips are compared to the lily , Bishop Patrick supposes the lily here
instanced to be the same which , on account of its deep red colour , is particularly
called by Pliny “ rubens lilium , ” and which he tells us was much esteemed in
Syria .
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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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