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 31
... leaves . The flowers are like those of the acacia , small and white , only that three hang upon three filaments , or stalks , where the acacia has but one . Two of these flowers fall off , and leave a single fruit ; the branches that ...
... leaves . The flowers are like those of the acacia , small and white , only that three hang upon three filaments , or stalks , where the acacia has but one . Two of these flowers fall off , and leave a single fruit ; the branches that ...
Page 36
... leaves of hope ; To - morrow blossoms , And bears his blushing honours thick upon him ; 1 De Significationibus Plantarum , Florum , et Fructuum , quæ in Scripturis memorantur , p . 274 . The third day comes a frost , a killing frost 36 ...
... leaves of hope ; To - morrow blossoms , And bears his blushing honours thick upon him ; 1 De Significationibus Plantarum , Florum , et Fructuum , quæ in Scripturis memorantur , p . 274 . The third day comes a frost , a killing frost 36 ...
Page 45
... leaves the waters , and commits wide devastations through all the culti- vated fields adjacent to the river . Unless when accidentally provoked , or wounded , he is never offensive ; but when he is assaulted or hurt , his fury against ...
... leaves the waters , and commits wide devastations through all the culti- vated fields adjacent to the river . Unless when accidentally provoked , or wounded , he is never offensive ; but when he is assaulted or hurt , his fury against ...
Page 63
... leaf ; and ground it very small , even until it was as small as dust , which might be very easily done by the action of the hands when beat into thin plates or leaves , as the original word n ecoth , and ▷ ↑ dak , im- ply . And I cast ...
... leaf ; and ground it very small , even until it was as small as dust , which might be very easily done by the action of the hands when beat into thin plates or leaves , as the original word n ecoth , and ▷ ↑ dak , im- ply . And I cast ...
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... leaves , they give an orange tincture to their nails , to the inside of their hands , and to the soles of their feet . The expression my NN NNWY rendered " pare her nails , " Deut . xxi . 12 , may perhaps rather mean , “ adorn her nails ...
... leaves , they give an orange tincture to their nails , to the inside of their hands , and to the soles of their feet . The expression my NN NNWY rendered " pare her nails , " Deut . xxi . 12 , may perhaps rather mean , “ adorn her nails ...
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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