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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... or refine the morals of the reader , yet I 1 NEWCOME'S Historical View of Translations of the Bible . 2 Dr. SAMUEL JOHNSON , in his Life of THOMAS BROWNE . are by no means to be considered as superfluous niceties ii PREFACE .
... or refine the morals of the reader , yet I 1 NEWCOME'S Historical View of Translations of the Bible . 2 Dr. SAMUEL JOHNSON , in his Life of THOMAS BROWNE . are by no means to be considered as superfluous niceties ii PREFACE .
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Thaddeus Mason Harris. are by no means to be considered as superfluous niceties or useless speculations ; for they often show some pro- priety of allusion utterly undiscoverable by readers not skilled in the natural history of the east ...
Thaddeus Mason Harris. are by no means to be considered as superfluous niceties or useless speculations ; for they often show some pro- priety of allusion utterly undiscoverable by readers not skilled in the natural history of the east ...
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... considered a satisfactory ex- planation of them . Unhappily M. FORSKAL , the learned naturalist on this expedition , died in Arabia , before he had composed any regular work in reply to the questions . NIEBUHR , his fellow traveller ...
... considered a satisfactory ex- planation of them . Unhappily M. FORSKAL , the learned naturalist on this expedition , died in Arabia , before he had composed any regular work in reply to the questions . NIEBUHR , his fellow traveller ...
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... considered and impartially collated their accounts ; that , in appropriating such information as was to be collected from those writers , I have not scrupled to use their own words where they wrote in English , and to translate where in ...
... considered and impartially collated their accounts ; that , in appropriating such information as was to be collected from those writers , I have not scrupled to use their own words where they wrote in English , and to translate where in ...
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... considered as useful by the greatest masters of the science , can- not but be looked upon as truly wonderful . " II . Of FISHES . - Those that were permitted for food , and declared clean , were " such as had fins and scales . ” " Fins ...
... considered as useful by the greatest masters of the science , can- not but be looked upon as truly wonderful . " II . Of FISHES . - Those that were permitted for food , and declared clean , were " such as had fins and scales . ” " Fins ...
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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 quĉ 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