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Page 304
Bochart early gave prominence to the supposition that the article was a kind of
pulse . “ And indeed , " says Shaw ( i . 257 ) , “ as the cicer is pointed at one end ,
and acquires an ash colour in parching , the first of which circumstances answers
...
Bochart early gave prominence to the supposition that the article was a kind of
pulse . “ And indeed , " says Shaw ( i . 257 ) , “ as the cicer is pointed at one end ,
and acquires an ash colour in parching , the first of which circumstances answers
...
Page 550
Standing , ” says Mr. Layard , “ one day on a distant part of the mound , I smelt the
sweet smell of burning cedar . ' The Arab workmen , excavating in the small
temple , had dug out a beam , and , the weather being cold , had at once made a
fire ...
Standing , ” says Mr. Layard , “ one day on a distant part of the mound , I smelt the
sweet smell of burning cedar . ' The Arab workmen , excavating in the small
temple , had dug out a beam , and , the weather being cold , had at once made a
fire ...
Page 557
Burckhardt says : - “ All the Bedawîn of Arabia , and the inhabitants of towns in
Nejd and Hedjaz , are accustomed to eat locusts . ” “ I have seen , " says another ,
“ at Medina and Tayf locust shops , where these animals were sold by measure .
Burckhardt says : - “ All the Bedawîn of Arabia , and the inhabitants of towns in
Nejd and Hedjaz , are accustomed to eat locusts . ” “ I have seen , " says another ,
“ at Medina and Tayf locust shops , where these animals were sold by measure .
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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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