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 162
The following are the remarks of Dr. Adam Clarke , -- Perhaps the word xoan ,
commonly translated gall , signifies no more than bitters of any kind . It was a
common custom to administer a stupifying potion , compounded of sour wine ,
which is ...
The following are the remarks of Dr. Adam Clarke , -- Perhaps the word xoan ,
commonly translated gall , signifies no more than bitters of any kind . It was a
common custom to administer a stupifying potion , compounded of sour wine ,
which is ...
Page 171
442 , shows from Aristotle , Plutarch , and others , that by nwwal is properly meant
a kind of insect that is bred in the lees of wine . In those hot countries , as Servius
remarks , speaking of the East , gnats are very apt to fall into wine if it be not ...
442 , shows from Aristotle , Plutarch , and others , that by nwwal is properly meant
a kind of insect that is bred in the lees of wine . In those hot countries , as Servius
remarks , speaking of the East , gnats are very apt to fall into wine if it be not ...
Page 391
WINE . IN 55 . Occ . Gen. xix . 32 , and elsewhere frequently . OINOE , Matth . ix .
17 , and freq . A liquor expressed from grapes . Before the art of distillation was
discovered , the wines must have been much inferior , both for exhilaration and ...
WINE . IN 55 . Occ . Gen. xix . 32 , and elsewhere frequently . OINOE , Matth . ix .
17 , and freq . A liquor expressed from grapes . Before the art of distillation was
discovered , the wines must have been much inferior , both for exhilaration and ...
Page 392
Spiced wine , ” Cantic . viii . 2 , was wine rendered more palatable and fragrant
with aromatics . This was considered as a great delicacy . Spiced wines were not
peculiar to the Jews ; Hafiz speaks of wines “ richly bitter , richly sweet .
Spiced wine , ” Cantic . viii . 2 , was wine rendered more palatable and fragrant
with aromatics . This was considered as a great delicacy . Spiced wines were not
peculiar to the Jews ; Hafiz speaks of wines “ richly bitter , richly sweet .
Page 417
DW ) , as a noun , is used nineteen times , and uniformly translated “ strong drink
. ” The etymology may make it not only the “ sicera ” of the Greeks and Latins , but
also the “ saccharum . ” : It is uniformly coupled with wine , and used without ...
DW ) , as a noun , is used nineteen times , and uniformly translated “ strong drink
. ” The etymology may make it not only the “ sicera ” of the Greeks and Latins , but
also the “ saccharum . ” : It is uniformly coupled with wine , and used without ...
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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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