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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After mentioning the obstinacy of his enemies , which David compares to the
untamed malignant spirit of a serpent , our translators make him add , break out
their teeth , O God , in their mouth ; break out the teeth of the young lions .
After mentioning the obstinacy of his enemies , which David compares to the
untamed malignant spirit of a serpent , our translators make him add , break out
their teeth , O God , in their mouth ; break out the teeth of the young lions .
Page 31
The trunk is about eight or ten inches in diameter ; the wood light and open ,
gummy , and outwardly of a reddish colour , incapable of receiving a polish , and
covered with a smooth bark , like that of a young cherrytree . It flattens at top , like
...
The trunk is about eight or ten inches in diameter ; the wood light and open ,
gummy , and outwardly of a reddish colour , incapable of receiving a polish , and
covered with a smooth bark , like that of a young cherrytree . It flattens at top , like
...
Page 294
They are the greatest part of them reserved for food , which the dam breaks , and
disposeth of according to the number and cravings of her young ones . ” This
special reservation of some of the eggs is mentioned by Ælian , Hist . I. xiv . c .
They are the greatest part of them reserved for food , which the dam breaks , and
disposeth of according to the number and cravings of her young ones . ” This
special reservation of some of the eggs is mentioned by Ælian , Hist . I. xiv . c .
Page 295
are addle and corrupted : others again have their young ones of different growth ,
according to the time , it may be presumed , they have been forsaken of the dam .
They ( the Arabs ) often meet with a few of the little ones no bigger than well ...
are addle and corrupted : others again have their young ones of different growth ,
according to the time , it may be presumed , they have been forsaken of the dam .
They ( the Arabs ) often meet with a few of the little ones no bigger than well ...
Page 321
It has been said that when the raven sees its young newly hatched , and covered
with a white down , or pen - feathers , it conceives such an aversion for them , that
it forsakes them , and does not return to its nest till after they are covered with ...
It has been said that when the raven sees its young newly hatched , and covered
with a white down , or pen - feathers , it conceives such an aversion for them , that
it forsakes them , and does not return to its nest till after they are covered with ...
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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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