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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... comparing them together , endeavour to identify the subject . II . Look out the name in the Lexicons of CASTEL , Buxtorf , MENINSKI , PARKHURST , and others , with re- 4 " Tot in ea sunt emendata , tot dispuncta , recocta , limata , im ...
... comparing them together , endeavour to identify the subject . II . Look out the name in the Lexicons of CASTEL , Buxtorf , MENINSKI , PARKHURST , and others , with re- 4 " Tot in ea sunt emendata , tot dispuncta , recocta , limata , im ...
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... comparing the Danites to this ' On " the art of polishing and engraving on precious stones , " the most curi- ous and ingenious of all antiquity , see a learned chapter in Goguet , Origin of Laws , Arts , and Sciences , vol . ii . p . 3 ...
... comparing the Danites to this ' On " the art of polishing and engraving on precious stones , " the most curi- ous and ingenious of all antiquity , see a learned chapter in Goguet , Origin of Laws , Arts , and Sciences , vol . ii . p . 3 ...
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... compared to such serpents as were not to be mollified nor disarmed by any of those means ; they shall bite you , saith JEHOVAH . ” 66 - The passage which led to this digression , Psal . Iviii . 5 , 6 , re- 8 See many curious authorities ...
... compared to such serpents as were not to be mollified nor disarmed by any of those means ; they shall bite you , saith JEHOVAH . ” 66 - The passage which led to this digression , Psal . Iviii . 5 , 6 , re- 8 See many curious authorities ...
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... comparing the fine appearance of the Prince , amid his escort , to the superior beauty with which 48 Thevenot observed the gardens at Naplouse to be full of orange as well as citron trees ; Part i . p . 215 ; and Egmont and Heyman saw ...
... comparing the fine appearance of the Prince , amid his escort , to the superior beauty with which 48 Thevenot observed the gardens at Naplouse to be full of orange as well as citron trees ; Part i . p . 215 ; and Egmont and Heyman saw ...
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... compared to citrons ; whereas , the pertinency of the comparison is lost when under- stood of apples . " More sweet the fragrance which thy breath exhales Than citron groves refresh'd by morning gales 58. " Mr. Harmer , from whom the ...
... compared to citrons ; whereas , the pertinency of the comparison is lost when under- stood of apples . " More sweet the fragrance which thy breath exhales Than citron groves refresh'd by morning gales 58. " Mr. Harmer , from whom the ...
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Aleppo ancient animal appears Arabia Arabic beasts beautiful Bible bird Bochart called Cantic Celsius Chaldee Chron colour common creature crocodile described desert Deut Dioscorides Egypt Egyptians Exod Ezek feet flesh flowers Forskal fruit Geddes Greek grows Harmer Hasselquist Hebr Hebrew Hebrew name Hebrew word Herodotus Hieroz Hist horses Hosea insect Isai Isaiah Israel Israelites Jerom Jews Josephus Judea kind Kings learned Levit lion locust Luke Matth means mentioned Michaelis Moses myrrh nature Numb observes ostrich passage plant Plin Pliny probably prophet Prov Psal Psalm quæ referred remarks rendered resemblance 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