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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38 ] , “ God was pleased to instruct and exercise Adam in the use of speech , to
show him how he might use sounds of his own to be the names of things ; calling
him to give a name to one creature , and then another ; and hereby putting him ...
38 ] , “ God was pleased to instruct and exercise Adam in the use of speech , to
show him how he might use sounds of his own to be the names of things ; calling
him to give a name to one creature , and then another ; and hereby putting him ...
Page 31
... light and open , gummy , and outwardly of a reddish colour , incapable of
receiving a polish , and covered with a smooth bark , like that of a young
cherrytree . It flattens at top , like trees that are exposed to snow blasts or sea air ,
which gives ...
... light and open , gummy , and outwardly of a reddish colour , incapable of
receiving a polish , and covered with a smooth bark , like that of a young
cherrytree . It flattens at top , like trees that are exposed to snow blasts or sea air ,
which gives ...
Page 99
The author of “ Scripture Illustrated " enlarges upon this construction , and gives a
new version , accompanied with remarks , which elucidate other passages . I
shall insert it here , with a few emendations ; previously observing that the whole
of ...
The author of “ Scripture Illustrated " enlarges upon this construction , and gives a
new version , accompanied with remarks , which elucidate other passages . I
shall insert it here , with a few emendations ; previously observing that the whole
of ...
Page 115
... a necessary of life , he will not deny him what is proper for his support , putting
him off with a stone ; and if he should ask for a sort of food of the more delicious
kind , an eel or an egg , he will not , we may assure ourselves , give his child
what ...
... a necessary of life , he will not deny him what is proper for his support , putting
him off with a stone ; and if he should ask for a sort of food of the more delicious
kind , an eel or an egg , he will not , we may assure ourselves , give his child
what ...
Page 192
Whence has such sweetness — ever may she live ! ) No bless'd remorse her
honey'd bard to give ? " See HIND . HAWK . PO NETZ ; from the root 73 NATASH
, to fly , because of the rapidity and length of flight for which this bird is
remarkable .
Whence has such sweetness — ever may she live ! ) No bless'd remorse her
honey'd bard to give ? " See HIND . HAWK . PO NETZ ; from the root 73 NATASH
, to fly , because of the rapidity and length of flight for which this bird is
remarkable .
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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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