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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... color , like that of the rest of the body . It is capable of being moved in every direction , of being lengthened and shortened , of being bent or straightened , so pliant as to embrace any body it is applied to , and yet so strong that ...
... color , like that of the rest of the body . It is capable of being moved in every direction , of being lengthened and shortened , of being bent or straightened , so pliant as to embrace any body it is applied to , and yet so strong that ...
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... color ; their feet are so hardy , that I have known them to travel two days ' journey through the stony defiles of ... colors of the horses of the different complexions of those monarchies . But Mr. Greenfield , with more probability ...
... color ; their feet are so hardy , that I have known them to travel two days ' journey through the stony defiles of ... colors of the horses of the different complexions of those monarchies . But Mr. Greenfield , with more probability ...
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... color in the east , ) to be offered as a kind of sin offering , to purify from certain legal defilements . The animal was killed and then burnt without the camp ( as the sin offering was upon the great day of atonement , ) and the blood ...
... color in the east , ) to be offered as a kind of sin offering , to purify from certain legal defilements . The animal was killed and then burnt without the camp ( as the sin offering was upon the great day of atonement , ) and the blood ...
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... color , or very brown , such as that of a lovely brunette may be supposed to be . The celebrat- ed author of Theron and Aspasio , however , gives the allusion a different turn . The amiableness of the church , in the exemplary ...
... color , or very brown , such as that of a lovely brunette may be supposed to be . The celebrat- ed author of Theron and Aspasio , however , gives the allusion a different turn . The amiableness of the church , in the exemplary ...
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... color . The mane grows every year longer as the animal grows old- re ; but the lioness is without this appendage at every age . It is usually supposed that the lion is not possessed of the sense of smell- ing in such perfection as most ...
... color . The mane grows every year longer as the animal grows old- re ; but the lioness is without this appendage at every age . It is usually supposed that the lion is not possessed of the sense of smell- ing in such perfection as most ...
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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 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 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 143 - My dove, my undefiled is but one ; She is the only one of her mother, She is the choice one of her that bare her.
Page 143 - For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.
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 74 - And when he putteth forth his own sheep he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him ; for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him; for they know not the voice of strangers.
Page 66 - I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint : my heart is like wax ; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
Page 294 - I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Page 146 - Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.