Scripture Natural History: Containing a Descriptive Account of the Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Insects, Reptiles, Serpents, Plants, Trees, Minerals, Gems, and Precious Stones, Mentioned in the BibleLincoln, Edmands & Company, 1833 - 408 pages |
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... before the reader the grounds of his decision . The author cannot close these prefatory observations with- out acknowledging his particular obligations to Mr. Charles Taylor , the late erudite and indefatigable editor of Calmet PREFACE.
... before the reader the grounds of his decision . The author cannot close these prefatory observations with- out acknowledging his particular obligations to Mr. Charles Taylor , the late erudite and indefatigable editor of Calmet PREFACE.
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... observed , that the fore- head is high and rising , the ears very large and dependent , the eyes extremely small , the proboscis , or trunk , long , the body round and full , the back rising in an arch , and the whole animal short in ...
... observed , that the fore- head is high and rising , the ears very large and dependent , the eyes extremely small , the proboscis , or trunk , long , the body round and full , the back rising in an arch , and the whole animal short in ...
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... observed , has very small eyes , when compared to the enor- mous bulk of its body . But though their minuteness may at first sight appear deformed , yet , when we come to examine them , they are seen to exhibit a variety of expression ...
... observed , has very small eyes , when compared to the enor- mous bulk of its body . But though their minuteness may at first sight appear deformed , yet , when we come to examine them , they are seen to exhibit a variety of expression ...
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... in a very orderly manner , his keeper only showing him the figure of each letter . While thus employed , the eyes might be observed studiously cast down upon the writing , and exhibiting an appear- 1 ance of great skill and erudition . ' ...
... in a very orderly manner , his keeper only showing him the figure of each letter . While thus employed , the eyes might be observed studiously cast down upon the writing , and exhibiting an appear- 1 ance of great skill and erudition . ' ...
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... observed , which vary in number from three to five . The apparent claws vary ; the internal toes are constantly the same . The sole of the foot is furnished with a skin as thick and hard as horn , which completely covers the whole of ...
... observed , which vary in number from three to five . The apparent claws vary ; the internal toes are constantly the same . The sole of the foot is furnished with a skin as thick and hard as horn , which completely covers the whole of ...
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Page 109 - AS the hart panteth after the water brooks, •** so panteth my soul after thee, O God. ' My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : when shall I come and appear before God?
Page 191 - And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth : and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
Page 71 - Therefore they shall come and • sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd : and their soul shall be as a watered garden ; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
Page 220 - And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron ; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
Page 98 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : Thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, And it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
Page 300 - Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven ; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
Page 266 - And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon : and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
Page 324 - Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people. Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, there came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.
Page 143 - And there was a great famine in Samaria : and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.
Page 98 - The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a wine-press.