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 Bible |
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... fires round their cultivated grounds . But these precautions do not always succeed ; the elephants often break through their fences , destroy their whole harvest , and overturn their little habitations . When they have satisfied ...
... fires round their cultivated grounds . But these precautions do not always succeed ; the elephants often break through their fences , destroy their whole harvest , and overturn their little habitations . When they have satisfied ...
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... fire and energy are called forth , and excited into action , by the clang of arms , and the blasts of trumpets . The horse is universally allowed to be the most beautiful of all the quadruped animals ; the noble largeness of his form ...
... fire and energy are called forth , and excited into action , by the clang of arms , and the blasts of trumpets . The horse is universally allowed to be the most beautiful of all the quadruped animals ; the noble largeness of his form ...
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... fire of the altar . The reason for this has just been stated . It was the most delicate part of the animal , and there- fore the most proper to be presented in sacrifice to Jehovah . Mr. Street considers that the precept had additional ...
... fire of the altar . The reason for this has just been stated . It was the most delicate part of the animal , and there- fore the most proper to be presented in sacrifice to Jehovah . Mr. Street considers that the precept had additional ...
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... fires , which the inhabitants of Africa and Asia , where he is chiefly found , light during the night to preserve their flocks and herds . But these , even added to the barking of the dogs , and the continued shoutings of the shepherds ...
... fires , which the inhabitants of Africa and Asia , where he is chiefly found , light during the night to preserve their flocks and herds . But these , even added to the barking of the dogs , and the continued shoutings of the shepherds ...
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... fire and brilliancy . The horns are large , when of a full size , weighing sometimes sixteen or eighteen pounds , flatted before and rounded behind , with one or two longitudinal ridges , and many transverse ridges , which degenerate ...
... fire and brilliancy . The horns are large , when of a full size , weighing sometimes sixteen or eighteen pounds , flatted before and rounded behind , with one or two longitudinal ridges , and many transverse ridges , which degenerate ...
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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.