The Natural History of the Bible: or, a description of all the quadrupeds, birds, fiches, reptiles, and insects, trees, plants, flowers, gums, and precious stones, mentioned in the Sacred ScripturesThomas Tegg, 1824 - 430 pages |
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Page vii
... CELSIUS in his Hierobotanicon ; carefully consulting , at the same time DIOSCORIDES and the elder PLINY among the ancients , and ALPINUS , RAUWOLF , HASSEL- QUIST , SHAW , RUSSEL , FORSKAL , and others , among the moderns " . Mr. BRUCE ...
... CELSIUS in his Hierobotanicon ; carefully consulting , at the same time DIOSCORIDES and the elder PLINY among the ancients , and ALPINUS , RAUWOLF , HASSEL- QUIST , SHAW , RUSSEL , FORSKAL , and others , among the moderns " . Mr. BRUCE ...
Page xi
... CELSIUS ( Ol . ) Hierobotanicon ; sive de Plantis Sacræ Scripturæ . 8vo . 2 vols . Amst . 1748 . COCQUIUS ( Adr . ) Phytologia Sacra ; seu Historia ac Contem- platio sacra Plantarum , Arborum , et Herbarum , quarum sit Mentio in Sacra ...
... CELSIUS ( Ol . ) Hierobotanicon ; sive de Plantis Sacræ Scripturæ . 8vo . 2 vols . Amst . 1748 . COCQUIUS ( Adr . ) Phytologia Sacra ; seu Historia ac Contem- platio sacra Plantarum , Arborum , et Herbarum , quarum sit Mentio in Sacra ...
Page xv
... CELSIUS opiniones aliorum subjungit , ex quibus , non sua culpa , eam optat , quæ non vera est , sed quam falsam esse minus apparet . His , inquam , in Oriente inventis , atque imagine expressis , quæ oculis lectorum subjici possit ...
... CELSIUS opiniones aliorum subjungit , ex quibus , non sua culpa , eam optat , quæ non vera est , sed quam falsam esse minus apparet . His , inquam , in Oriente inventis , atque imagine expressis , quæ oculis lectorum subjici possit ...
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... Celsius , Hierobot . p . ii . pag . 253. Cocquius , 227 . 16 In the Vulgate , " virgam vigilantem , ” a waking rod . 17 Mr. Harmer has , however , given this a different turn . Obs . v . 4. p . 49 . bore each an almond rod , or wand ...
... Celsius , Hierobot . p . ii . pag . 253. Cocquius , 227 . 16 In the Vulgate , " virgam vigilantem , ” a waking rod . 17 Mr. Harmer has , however , given this a different turn . Obs . v . 4. p . 49 . bore each an almond rod , or wand ...
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... Celsius queries if it be not the sandal 19 ; but Michaelis thinks the particular species of wood to be wholly unknown to us 20 . Josephus , however , describes it particularly . " The ships from Ophir , says he , brought precious stones ...
... Celsius queries if it be not the sandal 19 ; but Michaelis thinks the particular species of wood to be wholly unknown to us 20 . Josephus , however , describes it particularly . " The ships from Ophir , says he , brought precious stones ...
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Page 363 - Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
Page 204 - He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha! And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Page 295 - And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Page 251 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth : the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Page 395 - The eternal regions. Lowly reverent Towards either throne they bow, and to the ground, With solemn adoration, down they cast Their crowns inwove with amarant and gold — Immortal amarant, a flower which once In Paradise, fast by the tree of life, Began to bloom ; but soon for man's offence To Heaven removed, where first it grew, there grows.
Page 110 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep ; so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Page 362 - He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a, man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol.
Page 152 - Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
Page 153 - But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines : for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
Page 16 - As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.