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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... Sacred Scriptures . COLLECTED FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES , AND ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED , BY THADDEUS MASON HARRIS , D.D. OF DORCHESTER , MASSACHUSETTS . " He spake of Trees , from the cedar that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that ...
... Sacred Scriptures . COLLECTED FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES , AND ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED , BY THADDEUS MASON HARRIS , D.D. OF DORCHESTER , MASSACHUSETTS . " He spake of Trees , from the cedar that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that ...
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... Sacred Scriptures ; for our igno- rance of the various beasts , birds , and plants which are expressly mentioned or incidentally referred to there , prevents us from discovering the propriety of many allusions to their nature and habits ...
... Sacred Scriptures ; for our igno- rance of the various beasts , birds , and plants which are expressly mentioned or incidentally referred to there , prevents us from discovering the propriety of many allusions to their nature and habits ...
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... sacred writings images are introduced from the works of nature , and me- taphors drawn from the manners and economy of ani- mals , the growth of trees , and the properties of plants ; and unless we know precisely the animal , tree , or ...
... sacred writings images are introduced from the works of nature , and me- taphors drawn from the manners and economy of ani- mals , the growth of trees , and the properties of plants ; and unless we know precisely the animal , tree , or ...
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... sacred scriptures . This is strongly expressed by the celebrated LINNÆUS in the account which he published of Dr. HASSELQUIST . His words are , " In one of my botanical lectures , in the year 1747 , I enumerated the countries of which ...
... sacred scriptures . This is strongly expressed by the celebrated LINNÆUS in the account which he published of Dr. HASSELQUIST . His words are , " In one of my botanical lectures , in the year 1747 , I enumerated the countries of which ...
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... sacred records , he proposed the subject to Count BERNSTORFF in the year 1756 ; who recommended it to his royal master FREDERICK the Fifth of Denmark . The king heartily seconded these views , engaged to defray the whole expense of the ...
... sacred records , he proposed the subject to Count BERNSTORFF in the year 1756 ; who recommended it to his royal master FREDERICK the Fifth of Denmark . The king heartily seconded these views , engaged to defray the whole expense of the ...
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Aleppo ancient animal appears Arabia Arabic beasts beautiful Bible bird Bochart called Cantic Celsius Chaldee Chron colour common creature crocodile described desert Deut Dioscorides Egypt Egyptians Exod Ezek feet flesh flowers Forskal fruit Geddes Greek grows Harmer Hasselquist Hebr Hebrew Hebrew name Hebrew word Herodotus Hieroz Hist horses Hosea insect Isai Isaiah Israel Israelites Jerom Jews Josephus Judea kind Kings learned Levit lion locust Luke Matth means mentioned Michaelis Moses myrrh nature Numb observes ostrich passage plant Plin Pliny probably prophet Prov Psal Psalm quæ referred remarks rendered resemblance sacred says Scheuchzer Scripture Illustrated seems Septuagint serpent Shaw signifies Solomon species stone Strabo supposed Syria thou tion translated Trav tree verse viii Vulgate wild wine wings wood worship writers xvii xxiv xxviii