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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Page 17
the citron - tree appears among the ordinary trees of the forest ; and the
compliment is heightened by an allusion to the refreshing shade and the
exhilarating fruit . Shade , according to Mr. Wood 54 , is an essential article of
oriental luxury , the ...
the citron - tree appears among the ordinary trees of the forest ; and the
compliment is heightened by an allusion to the refreshing shade and the
exhilarating fruit . Shade , according to Mr. Wood 54 , is an essential article of
oriental luxury , the ...
Page 31
Two of these flowers fall off , and leave a single fruit ; the branches that bear
these are the shoots of the present year ; they are of a reddish colour , and
tougher than the old wood . After the blossoms follow yellow , fine scented seed ,
enclosed ...
Two of these flowers fall off , and leave a single fruit ; the branches that bear
these are the shoots of the present year ; they are of a reddish colour , and
tougher than the old wood . After the blossoms follow yellow , fine scented seed ,
enclosed ...
Page 119
The whole difficulty arises from the circumstance of his disappointment in not
finding fruit on the tree , when it is expressly said , “ that the time of figs was not
yet . ' While it was supposed that this expression signified , that “ the time for such
...
The whole difficulty arises from the circumstance of his disappointment in not
finding fruit on the tree , when it is expressly said , “ that the time of figs was not
yet . ' While it was supposed that this expression signified , that “ the time for such
...
Page 121
As thou art now barren , barren remain ; [ no man has hitherto eat fruit of thee , ]
let no man in future eat fruit from thee : that sterility , which now renders thee
unprofitable , shall continue to be thy character . ” In fact , then , the shrivelling of
the ...
As thou art now barren , barren remain ; [ no man has hitherto eat fruit of thee , ]
let no man in future eat fruit from thee : that sterility , which now renders thee
unprofitable , shall continue to be thy character . ” In fact , then , the shrivelling of
the ...
Page 365
From its value in furnishing wood for various uses , from the grateful shade which
its wide spreading branches afforded , and on account of the fruit which Mallet
says the Egyptians hold in the highest estimation , we perceive the loss which the
...
From its value in furnishing wood for various uses , from the grateful shade which
its wide spreading branches afforded , and on account of the fruit which Mallet
says the Egyptians hold in the highest estimation , we perceive the loss which the
...
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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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