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 xxv
Ye shall not eat any thing that dieth of itself ; ye shall give it to the stranger , or sell
it to an alien ; for ye are a holy people . ” That is , since God has invested you with
singular honour and favour , you ought to reverence yourselves ; you ought to ...
Ye shall not eat any thing that dieth of itself ; ye shall give it to the stranger , or sell
it to an alien ; for ye are a holy people . ” That is , since God has invested you with
singular honour and favour , you ought to reverence yourselves ; you ought to ...
Page 3
Shaw , Bruce , and indeed all travellers who have been in the Levant , speak of
the charming of serpents as a thing not only possible , but frequently seen 8 . The
deaf adder , or asp , may either be a serpent of a species naturally deaf , for such
...
Shaw , Bruce , and indeed all travellers who have been in the Levant , speak of
the charming of serpents as a thing not only possible , but frequently seen 8 . The
deaf adder , or asp , may either be a serpent of a species naturally deaf , for such
...
Page 81
And certainly this would render the imitation more striking . Among the
innumerable proofs that it would be possible to bring of these things , take the few
in the note 17 . “ Thus it appears that the guard or watches were relieved by the
sound of ...
And certainly this would render the imitation more striking . Among the
innumerable proofs that it would be possible to bring of these things , take the few
in the note 17 . “ Thus it appears that the guard or watches were relieved by the
sound of ...
Page 115
Bochart has produced testimonies to prove that the scorpions in Judea were
about the bigness of an egg 81. So the similitude is preserved between the thing
asked , and the thing given . The reasoning is this - If a child ask an earthly parent
for ...
Bochart has produced testimonies to prove that the scorpions in Judea were
about the bigness of an egg 81. So the similitude is preserved between the thing
asked , and the thing given . The reasoning is this - If a child ask an earthly parent
for ...
Page 213
In this sense I understand what is said of the ivory house which Ahab made . 1
Kings , xxii . 39 : for the Hebrew word translated “ house is used , ” as Dr. Taylor
well observes , for 6 a place , or case , wherein any thing lieth , is contained , or
laid ...
In this sense I understand what is said of the ivory house which Ahab made . 1
Kings , xxii . 39 : for the Hebrew word translated “ house is used , ” as Dr. Taylor
well observes , for 6 a place , or case , wherein any thing lieth , is contained , or
laid ...
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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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