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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... writer who has devoted so much attention to this particular subject , or has such a mass of materials at command . Perhaps some may think , that the writer of this preface is a friend , or acquaintance of Dr. H. , writing under his eye ...
... writer who has devoted so much attention to this particular subject , or has such a mass of materials at command . Perhaps some may think , that the writer of this preface is a friend , or acquaintance of Dr. H. , writing under his eye ...
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... writer deems it as due to himself , to say , that he is neither kinsman , nor acquaintance , and has never , to his knowledge , had the pleasure of seeing the Rev. Dr. Harris . And the latter , as deeply as he must feel his own wrongs ...
... writer deems it as due to himself , to say , that he is neither kinsman , nor acquaintance , and has never , to his knowledge , had the pleasure of seeing the Rev. Dr. Harris . And the latter , as deeply as he must feel his own wrongs ...
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... writers of the Bible had no oppor- tunity to resort to the writings of idolatrous heathen around them , to illustrate or enforce their own eloquence and song . There was no Classical Literature then , to furnish learned allusions . And ...
... writers of the Bible had no oppor- tunity to resort to the writings of idolatrous heathen around them , to illustrate or enforce their own eloquence and song . There was no Classical Literature then , to furnish learned allusions . And ...
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... writers will accord , in their views , with our modern philosophy . I cannot perhaps better illustrate this sentiment , than by reference to the opinions of some of the sacred writers , at least , respecting the form and structure of ...
... writers will accord , in their views , with our modern philosophy . I cannot perhaps better illustrate this sentiment , than by reference to the opinions of some of the sacred writers , at least , respecting the form and structure of ...
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... writer , in the fulness of his confidence in God , as a strong and sure refuge in the time of trouble , declares that he will trust securely in him , though the earth be shaken , and the mountains overthrown by the mighty heavings of ...
... writer , in the fulness of his confidence in God , as a strong and sure refuge in the time of trouble , declares that he will trust securely in him , though the earth be shaken , and the mountains overthrown by the mighty heavings of ...
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Popular passages
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.