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 ArrangedThomas Tegg, 1824 - 430 Seiten |
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... refine the morals of the reader , yet ' NEWCOME'S Historical View of Translations of the Bible . 2 Dr. SAMUEL JOHNSON , in his Life of THOMAS Browne . are by no means to be considered as superfluous niceties ii PREFACE .
... refine the morals of the reader , yet ' NEWCOME'S Historical View of Translations of the Bible . 2 Dr. SAMUEL JOHNSON , in his Life of THOMAS Browne . are by no means to be considered as superfluous niceties ii PREFACE .
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Thaddeus Mason Harris. are by no means to be considered as superfluous niceties or useless speculations ; for they often show some pro- priety of allusion utterly undiscoverable by readers not skilled in the natural history of the east ...
Thaddeus Mason Harris. are by no means to be considered as superfluous niceties or useless speculations ; for they often show some pro- priety of allusion utterly undiscoverable by readers not skilled in the natural history of the east ...
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... means a very hard kind of stone , probably the SMIRIS , which was also used for cutting , engraving , and polishing other hard stones and crystals 1 . The word occurs also in Ezek . iii . 9 , and Zech . vii . 12. In the former place the ...
... means a very hard kind of stone , probably the SMIRIS , which was also used for cutting , engraving , and polishing other hard stones and crystals 1 . The word occurs also in Ezek . iii . 9 , and Zech . vii . 12. In the former place the ...
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... means this effect was produced is not quite so clear . The scripture word uns seems to be used in conformity to the vulgar opinion , ascribing to it the power of certain cabalistical words and incantations muttered through the teeth ...
... means this effect was produced is not quite so clear . The scripture word uns seems to be used in conformity to the vulgar opinion , ascribing to it the power of certain cabalistical words and incantations muttered through the teeth ...
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... means to indicate to him by it , that as this tree makes haste to bud , as though it took the first opportunity , so he would hasten his judgment upon people . There is here , says Dr. BLANEY , at once an allusion to the property of the ...
... means to indicate to him by it , that as this tree makes haste to bud , as though it took the first opportunity , so he would hasten his judgment upon people . There is here , says Dr. BLANEY , at once an allusion to the property of the ...
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Seite 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.
Seite 204 - He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha! And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.