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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... seems to have used a Chaldee word ; and , considered as such , bon may be derived from wл ( copper ) dropping the initial 1 , and Chald . ( gold as it comes from the mine ) ; and so denote either a metal mixed of copper and gold , as ...
... seems to have used a Chaldee word ; and , considered as such , bon may be derived from wл ( copper ) dropping the initial 1 , and Chald . ( gold as it comes from the mine ) ; and so denote either a metal mixed of copper and gold , as ...
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... seems to be the same with the ceph of the Ethio- pians , of which Pliny speaks , 1. viii . c . 19. At the games given by Pompey the Great ( says he ) , where shown cephs brought from Ethiopia , which had their fore feet like a human ...
... seems to be the same with the ceph of the Ethio- pians , of which Pliny speaks , 1. viii . c . 19. At the games given by Pompey the Great ( says he ) , where shown cephs brought from Ethiopia , which had their fore feet like a human ...
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... seems to mean a particular species of trees by this term , since it prefers them to all the trees of the wood . This author then does not seem to be in the right when he gives such a vague sense to the word . What sort of tree and fruit ...
... seems to mean a particular species of trees by this term , since it prefers them to all the trees of the wood . This author then does not seem to be in the right when he gives such a vague sense to the word . What sort of tree and fruit ...
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... seems to refer , when he says , word fitly spoken is like golden citrons in silver baskets ; " whether , as Maimonides supposes , in baskets wrought with open work , or in salvers curiously chased , it nothing concerns us to determine ...
... seems to refer , when he says , word fitly spoken is like golden citrons in silver baskets ; " whether , as Maimonides supposes , in baskets wrought with open work , or in salvers curiously chased , it nothing concerns us to determine ...
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... seems quite improper , as men do not in walking tread upon lions as they do upon serpents . See ADDER . • With the PETHEN we may compare the python of the Greeks , which was , according to fable , a huge serpent that had an oracle at ...
... seems quite improper , as men do not in walking tread upon lions as they do upon serpents . See ADDER . • With the PETHEN we may compare the python of the Greeks , which was , according to fable , a huge serpent that had an oracle at ...
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Page 363 - Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
Page 204 - He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha! And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Page 295 - And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Page 251 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth : the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Page 395 - The eternal regions. Lowly reverent Towards either throne they bow, and to the ground, With solemn adoration, down they cast Their crowns inwove with amarant and gold — Immortal amarant, a flower which once In Paradise, fast by the tree of life, Began to bloom ; but soon for man's offence To Heaven removed, where first it grew, there grows.
Page 110 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep ; so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Page 362 - He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a, man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol.
Page 152 - Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
Page 153 - But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines : for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
Page 16 - As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.