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It is a precious stone of most beautiful violet colour , is hard as the ruby and the
sapphire , and susceptible of a rich and brilliant polish . “ Beryl ” is six times
named in the Old , and once in the New Testament . It is of a transparent
yellowish ...
It is a precious stone of most beautiful violet colour , is hard as the ruby and the
sapphire , and susceptible of a rich and brilliant polish . “ Beryl ” is six times
named in the Old , and once in the New Testament . It is of a transparent
yellowish ...
Page 116
Josephus gives a fanciful “ explanation ” of this colour and of others highly
esteemed . He says— “ The purple signified the sea , because that colour is dyed
by the blood of a sea shell - fish ; the blue is fit to signify the air ; and the scarlet
will ...
Josephus gives a fanciful “ explanation ” of this colour and of others highly
esteemed . He says— “ The purple signified the sea , because that colour is dyed
by the blood of a sea shell - fish ; the blue is fit to signify the air ; and the scarlet
will ...
Page 135
The colours are brilliant and lively . A pale yellowish coffee - brown colour
predominates on the upper parts , losing itself in numerous gray marblings on the
flanks , which scarcely allows the beautiful yellow colour of the ground to be seen
, but ...
The colours are brilliant and lively . A pale yellowish coffee - brown colour
predominates on the upper parts , losing itself in numerous gray marblings on the
flanks , which scarcely allows the beautiful yellow colour of the ground to be seen
, but ...
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| Title | Biblical Natural Science: Being the Explanation of All References in Holy Scripture to Geology, Botany, Zoology, and Physical Geography, Volume 2 Biblical Natural Science: Being the Explanation of All References in Holy Scripture to Geology, Botany, Zoology, and Physical Geography, John Duns |
| Author | John Duns |
| Publisher | William MacKenzie, 1869 |
| Original from | University of California, Berkeley |
| Digitized | 13 Apr 2016 |
| Length | 624 pages |
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