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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Shaw , Bruce , and indeed all travellers who have been in the Levant , speak of
the charming of serpents as a thing not only possible , but frequently seen 8 . The
deaf adder , or asp , may either be a serpent of a species naturally deaf , for such
...
Shaw , Bruce , and indeed all travellers who have been in the Levant , speak of
the charming of serpents as a thing not only possible , but frequently seen 8 . The
deaf adder , or asp , may either be a serpent of a species naturally deaf , for such
...
Page 42
23415 , says , “ It is more than probable that this destructive beetle we are
speaking of was that very kind of Scarabæus , which the idolatrous Egyptians of
old had in such high veneration , as to pay divine worship unto it , and so
frequently ...
23415 , says , “ It is more than probable that this destructive beetle we are
speaking of was that very kind of Scarabæus , which the idolatrous Egyptians of
old had in such high veneration , as to pay divine worship unto it , and so
frequently ...
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22 , and afterwards frequently ; and the Chaldee hoe in Dan . ii . 33 , 41 , 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 ...
22 , and afterwards frequently ; and the Chaldee hoe in Dan . ii . 33 , 41 , 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 ...
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The lurking places are generally chosen by him near a spring , or by the side of a
river , where he has frequently an opportunity of catching such animals as come
to quench their thirst . The lion is a long lived animal , although naturalists differ ...
The lurking places are generally chosen by him near a spring , or by the side of a
river , where he has frequently an opportunity of catching such animals as come
to quench their thirst . The lion is a long lived animal , although naturalists differ ...
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It is frequently the subject from which the sacred writers draw their comparisons
and allegories . In still more distant periods , its flesh seems to have been used
for food , for the legislator of the Jews prohibits it as unclean . It occurs also in ...
It is frequently the subject from which the sacred writers draw their comparisons
and allegories . In still more distant periods , its flesh seems to have been used
for food , for the legislator of the Jews prohibits it as unclean . It occurs also in ...
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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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