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 iv
... for its originality , as well as accuracy and variety of information , must always
rank high among books of travels , The learned J. D. MICHAELIS , in an oration
delivered t Gottingen in 1753 , recommended “ a mission of learned men into the
...
... for its originality , as well as accuracy and variety of information , must always
rank high among books of travels , The learned J. D. MICHAELIS , in an oration
delivered t Gottingen in 1753 , recommended “ a mission of learned men into the
...
Page xxx
The learned Ainsworth , in his Commentary , has extended these reasons to the
borders of mysticism . His remarks are : “ The parting of the hoof signified the right
discerning of the word and will of God , the difference between the law and the ...
The learned Ainsworth , in his Commentary , has extended these reasons to the
borders of mysticism . His remarks are : “ The parting of the hoof signified the right
discerning of the word and will of God , the difference between the law and the ...
Page 37
... but some instead of bedolah read berolah ” , changing the 7 into 7 , which are
not always easily distinguished , and are often mistaken by transcribers ; and so
render it the beryl , which , say they , is the prime kind of crystal . The very learned
...
... but some instead of bedolah read berolah ” , changing the 7 into 7 , which are
not always easily distinguished , and are often mistaken by transcribers ; and so
render it the beryl , which , say they , is the prime kind of crystal . The very learned
...
Page 75
Gabriel Sionita , a very learned Syrian Maronlité 99 , who assisted in editing the
Paris Polyglott ; a man worthy of alleredit , thus describes the cedars of Mount
Lebanon , which he had examined on the spot . “ The cedar grows on the most ...
Gabriel Sionita , a very learned Syrian Maronlité 99 , who assisted in editing the
Paris Polyglott ; a man worthy of alleredit , thus describes the cedars of Mount
Lebanon , which he had examined on the spot . “ The cedar grows on the most ...
Page 81
... as Ausonius says , in imitation of the shrill note of a cock . " Hence this writer
concludes , that our Lord did not refer to the crowing of a cock , but to the
sounding of the fourth watch 18. ” Upon this article , my learned friend James
Winthrop ...
... as Ausonius says , in imitation of the shrill note of a cock . " Hence this writer
concludes , that our Lord did not refer to the crowing of a cock , but to the
sounding of the fourth watch 18. ” Upon this article , my learned friend James
Winthrop ...
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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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