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... BIRDS . Structure and Sagacity of Birds - Names and Divisions of Birds . - AIR BIRDS : -The Eagle - The Raven - The Dove . - LAND BIRDS : -The Ostrich - The Peacock- The Owl - The Partridge - The Quail . - WATER BIRDS : -The Crane - The ...
... BIRDS . Structure and Sagacity of Birds - Names and Divisions of Birds . - AIR BIRDS : -The Eagle - The Raven - The Dove . - LAND BIRDS : -The Ostrich - The Peacock- The Owl - The Partridge - The Quail . - WATER BIRDS : -The Crane - The ...
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... Birds . TERRESTRIALS . 1. Domestic Animals . 3. Reptiles . 2. Wild Beasts . What a beautiful gradation is here ! It exhibits the connecting links throughout the whole order and class of being - connecting links so extensive as to excite ...
... Birds . TERRESTRIALS . 1. Domestic Animals . 3. Reptiles . 2. Wild Beasts . What a beautiful gradation is here ! It exhibits the connecting links throughout the whole order and class of being - connecting links so extensive as to excite ...
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... birds with quadrupeds . And the ape joins hands with quadrupeds and men ! Such is the harmony and gradation observable in nature , in its varied and , at first sight , incongruous parts . There are no frightful chasms or violent tran ...
... birds with quadrupeds . And the ape joins hands with quadrupeds and men ! Such is the harmony and gradation observable in nature , in its varied and , at first sight , incongruous parts . There are no frightful chasms or violent tran ...
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... birds , etc. , fly ; the firmament , or expanse ; and " the heaven of heavens , " or " the third heaven , ” the peculiar dwelling - place of Jehovah and of the blessed in eternity . By the word rekia , which the English translators have ...
... birds , etc. , fly ; the firmament , or expanse ; and " the heaven of heavens , " or " the third heaven , ” the peculiar dwelling - place of Jehovah and of the blessed in eternity . By the word rekia , which the English translators have ...
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... birds is come ; and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; the fig - tree putteth forth her green figs , and the vines , with the tender grape , give a good smell , ( Cant . ii . 11-13 . ) Before the middle of May , how- ever ...
... birds is come ; and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; the fig - tree putteth forth her green figs , and the vines , with the tender grape , give a good smell , ( Cant . ii . 11-13 . ) Before the middle of May , how- ever ...
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Page 41 - And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire ; the third, a chalcedony ; the fourth, an emerald; the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte ; the eighth, beryl ; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
Page 404 - If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them...
Page 228 - And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God, peradventure, will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth...
Page 139 - Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord ! To what end is it for you ? The day of the Lord is darkness, and not light. As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; Or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
Page 181 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.
Page 122 - 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 176 - 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 170 - The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth ; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand.
Page 177 - And there was a great famine in Samaria : and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.
Page 242 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,