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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... less diffuse , he has sought to give it a more ' popular , ' though not a less useful character . These alterations have enabled him , without omitting any thing of real value and utility , to bring the volume into a smaller compass ...
... less diffuse , he has sought to give it a more ' popular , ' though not a less useful character . These alterations have enabled him , without omitting any thing of real value and utility , to bring the volume into a smaller compass ...
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... less diffuse , he has sought to give it a more " popular , " though not a less useful character . These al- terations have enabled him , without omitting any thing of re- al value and utility , to bring the volume into a smaller com ...
... less diffuse , he has sought to give it a more " popular , " though not a less useful character . These al- terations have enabled him , without omitting any thing of re- al value and utility , to bring the volume into a smaller com ...
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... less acceptable and useful to readers among us . The work is intended to be a plain and simple account of the subject of which it treats , to be illustrated with numerous engravings , in a manner suited to the comprehension of those ...
... less acceptable and useful to readers among us . The work is intended to be a plain and simple account of the subject of which it treats , to be illustrated with numerous engravings , in a manner suited to the comprehension of those ...
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... less of beauty and sub- limity . Conceive the earth to have been in their view a flat , circu- lar surface , floating upon the waters of the deep . There would then have been in their minds these three distinct ideas : - First , A vast ...
... less of beauty and sub- limity . Conceive the earth to have been in their view a flat , circu- lar surface , floating upon the waters of the deep . There would then have been in their minds these three distinct ideas : - First , A vast ...
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... . 22 2 Chron . ix . 21 On these accounts , it must find a place in this work . The elephant is in every respect the noblest quadruped in nature , not less remarkable for its size than its docility and. -ANIMALS -Domestic Animals:
... . 22 2 Chron . ix . 21 On these accounts , it must find a place in this work . The elephant is in every respect the noblest quadruped in nature , not less remarkable for its size than its docility and. -ANIMALS -Domestic Animals:
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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.