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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... Strabo , Diodorus Siculus , Tacitus , Justin , and others , for its costliness , its medicinal virtues , and for being the product of Judea only , and of a particular spot there ; and which Josephus 90 attributes to the neighbourhood of ...
... Strabo , Diodorus Siculus , Tacitus , Justin , and others , for its costliness , its medicinal virtues , and for being the product of Judea only , and of a particular spot there ; and which Josephus 90 attributes to the neighbourhood of ...
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... Strabo alone , of all the ancients , has given us the true account of the place of its origin . " In that most happy land of the Sabaeans , " says he , " grow the frankincense , myrrh , and cinna- mon ; and in the coast that is about ...
... Strabo alone , of all the ancients , has given us the true account of the place of its origin . " In that most happy land of the Sabaeans , " says he , " grow the frankincense , myrrh , and cinna- mon ; and in the coast that is about ...
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... Strabo , Diodorus Siculus , Tacitus , Justin , Solinus , and Serapion , speaking of its costliness and medicinal virtues , all say that this balsam came from Judea . The words of Pliny are , " But to all other odours whatever , the ...
... Strabo , Diodorus Siculus , Tacitus , Justin , Solinus , and Serapion , speaking of its costliness and medicinal virtues , all say that this balsam came from Judea . The words of Pliny are , " But to all other odours whatever , the ...
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... Strabo , who speaks of it as being in the king's palace and garden at Jericho . This place , being one of the warmest in Judea , indi- cates their apprehensions about it 93 " The observation of Justin is , that " the wealth of the ...
... Strabo , who speaks of it as being in the king's palace and garden at Jericho . This place , being one of the warmest in Judea , indi- cates their apprehensions about it 93 " The observation of Justin is , that " the wealth of the ...
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... Strabo , 1. xvi . p . 778 , and by Diodorus Siculus , 1. iii . p . 125 , ed . Rhodom . Pliny also in the place above cited , speaks of it as a native of Arabia ; and Dionysius , in his Periegesis , v . 935 , enumerates it among the ...
... Strabo , 1. xvi . p . 778 , and by Diodorus Siculus , 1. iii . p . 125 , ed . Rhodom . Pliny also in the place above cited , speaks of it as a native of Arabia ; and Dionysius , in his Periegesis , v . 935 , enumerates it among the ...
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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.