And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes. Text and notes - Page 5571837Full view - About this book
| Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1827 - 588 pages
...knowledge and wisdom. His skill in natural philosophy is sufficiently indicated, when we are told, that he spake of trees from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon, even to the hyssop that springeth out of the wall; he spake also of beasts, and of fowls, and of creeping... | |
| Theology - 1827 - 684 pages
...grow — Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." Of the wise man it is recorded, that he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is...Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall.' The following lines from the poet who is not the less a favourite because he devoted his lays... | |
| Frederick Corbyn - 1828 - 376 pages
...all nations round about. He spake three thousand proverbs, and his songs were a thousand and fiveHe spake of trees, from .the cedar tree that is in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall. He spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes. And there came all... | |
| James Hall - Literary Criticism - 1828 - 404 pages
...complexion, be an Indian doctor. The peculiar characteristic of this sect is their knowledge of plants, " from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall;" and of these their materia medica is composed. I am inclined to believe, however, that the botanical... | |
| Henry Hunter - Bible - 1828 - 336 pages
...prevalence of intellectual life. He looked through nature, and " spake of trees, from the cedar-tree that is in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall ; he spake also of beasts, and of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes." " His wisdom... | |
| 1828 - 1042 pages
...thousand proverbs : and his songs were a thousand and five. 33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar-tree `L 2 wall : he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes. 34 And there came... | |
| Esther Copley - Animals in the Bible - 1828 - 464 pages
...knowledge of the royal naturalist, Solomon, it is said that "be spake of trees, from the cedar-tree that is in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall," 1 Kings iv. 33. With some allusion, probably, to its medicinally cleansing qualities, hyssop... | |
| Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - Freemasonry - 1828 - 140 pages
...thousand proverbs : and his songs were a thousand and live. And he spake of trees, from the cedar-tree that is in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall : he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes. And there came... | |
| 1829 - 606 pages
...seems to have been exhibited in his lecturing on botany, as well as in writing proverbs and songs. ' He spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in...Lebanon, even unto the hyssop, that springeth out of the wall ; and people from all countries came to hear his wisdom.' — That is, he understood the nature... | |
| David Hosack - Celebrities - 1829 - 562 pages
...are derived from this source : and Solomon, who is pronounced to have been wiser than all men, spoke of trees from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall. He spake also of beasts, and of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes. This enumeration... | |
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