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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... manner as he does of the Sabbath in the history of the creation ) , by way of anticipation . The passage , therefore , may merely intimate that of the more useful animals Noah took a greater number , and of those that were less so only ...
... manner as he does of the Sabbath in the history of the creation ) , by way of anticipation . The passage , therefore , may merely intimate that of the more useful animals Noah took a greater number , and of those that were less so only ...
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... manner ; " Accipitres distributi sunt , autem et consecrati variis diis . Perdicarius et oxypteros Apollinis ministri sunt , ut ferunt ossifraga et harpe sacræ sunt Minervæ . Plumbario Murcurium delectari aiunt . Junoni dedicatur ...
... manner ; " Accipitres distributi sunt , autem et consecrati variis diis . Perdicarius et oxypteros Apollinis ministri sunt , ut ferunt ossifraga et harpe sacræ sunt Minervæ . Plumbario Murcurium delectari aiunt . Junoni dedicatur ...
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... manner a person of no humanity , in comparison is said to stop his ears at the cry of the poor , Prov . xxi . 13 , and from the hearing of blood , Isai . xxxiii . 15. The Psalmist , there- fore , who was speaking of the malice and ...
... manner a person of no humanity , in comparison is said to stop his ears at the cry of the poor , Prov . xxi . 13 , and from the hearing of blood , Isai . xxxiii . 15. The Psalmist , there- fore , who was speaking of the malice and ...
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... manner , when SOLOMON , speaking of an old man , Eccles . xii . 5 , says the almond tree shall flourish , he intends to express by it the quickness by which old age advances and surprises us ; while the snow white blossoms upon the bare ...
... manner , when SOLOMON , speaking of an old man , Eccles . xii . 5 , says the almond tree shall flourish , he intends to express by it the quickness by which old age advances and surprises us ; while the snow white blossoms upon the bare ...
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Thaddeus Mason Harris. a I will only farther add , that , to the manner of serving up these citrons in his court , Solomon seems to refer , when he says , 66 word fitly spoken is like golden citrons in silver baskets ; " whether , as ...
Thaddeus Mason Harris. a I will only farther add , that , to the manner of serving up these citrons in his court , Solomon seems to refer , when he says , 66 word fitly spoken is like golden citrons in silver baskets ; " whether , as ...
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