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 66
Designing this animal to dwell in a country where he can find little nourish , ment ,
nature has been sparing of her materials in the whole of his formation . She has
not bestowed upon him the fleshiness of the ox , horse , or elephant ; but limiting
...
Designing this animal to dwell in a country where he can find little nourish , ment ,
nature has been sparing of her materials in the whole of his formation . She has
not bestowed upon him the fleshiness of the ox , horse , or elephant ; but limiting
...
Page 81
But the whole imitation of a prohibition seems like a fiction , contrived with a view
to invalidate the account of witnesses who were present , and who write without
any apparent reserve . The prediction is not limited to any particular individual of
...
But the whole imitation of a prohibition seems like a fiction , contrived with a view
to invalidate the account of witnesses who were present , and who write without
any apparent reserve . The prediction is not limited to any particular individual of
...
Page 99
I shall insert it here , with a few emendations ; previously observing that the whole
of this Psalm appears to be a triumphal ode for success in battle . Jehovah gave
the matter of these glad tidings . Kings and hosts did flee , did flee ; And the ...
I shall insert it here , with a few emendations ; previously observing that the whole
of this Psalm appears to be a triumphal ode for success in battle . Jehovah gave
the matter of these glad tidings . Kings and hosts did flee , did flee ; And the ...
Page 206
As the whole context seems rather applicable to horses than to linen yarn ; so ,
this idea , while it strictly maintains the import of the words , preserves the unity of
the passage 87 . It seems that the Egyptian horses were in high repute , and were
...
As the whole context seems rather applicable to horses than to linen yarn ; so ,
this idea , while it strictly maintains the import of the words , preserves the unity of
the passage 87 . It seems that the Egyptian horses were in high repute , and were
...
Page 207
... that now the whole science takes its name from it , being called by us , farriery .
The horseshoes of leather and of iron which are mentioned ; the silver and the
gold shoes with which Nero and Poppaea shod their mules , used occasionally to
...
... that now the whole science takes its name from it , being called by us , farriery .
The horseshoes of leather and of iron which are mentioned ; the silver and the
gold shoes with which Nero and Poppaea shod their mules , used occasionally to
...
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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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