Bible Animals: Being a Description of Every Living Creature Mentioned in the Scriptures from the Ape to the CoralCharles Scribner, 1870 - 652 sider |
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... head and neck of the bird - The Vulture used as an image of strength , swiftness , and rapacity - Its powers of sight -- How Vultures assemble round a carcase- -Nesting - places of the Griffon - Mr . Tristram's description of the ...
... head and neck of the bird - The Vulture used as an image of strength , swiftness , and rapacity - Its powers of sight -- How Vultures assemble round a carcase- -Nesting - places of the Griffon - Mr . Tristram's description of the ...
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... head , and the peculiarly formed tail , which is rather long and tufted , like that of a baboon , and has caused it to be ranked among those animals by several writers , under the name of the Lion- tailed Baboon . That part of the hairy ...
... head , and the peculiarly formed tail , which is rather long and tufted , like that of a baboon , and has caused it to be ranked among those animals by several writers , under the name of the Lion- tailed Baboon . That part of the hairy ...
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... head must not be plunged under water , lest a few drops might find their way through the nostrils . In consequence of this strict prohibition , the moments of daybreak and sunset are noted with the most scrupulous care , the tables ...
... head must not be plunged under water , lest a few drops might find their way through the nostrils . In consequence of this strict prohibition , the moments of daybreak and sunset are noted with the most scrupulous care , the tables ...
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... head towards the ground when he roars , so that the terrible sound rolls along like thunder , and reverberates in many an echo in the far distance . Owing to this curious habit , the roar can be heard at a very great distance , but its ...
... head towards the ground when he roars , so that the terrible sound rolls along like thunder , and reverberates in many an echo in the far distance . Owing to this curious habit , the roar can be heard at a very great distance , but its ...
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... head of all the streets , as a wild bull in a net . " Another and more common , because an easier and a cheaper method was , by digging a deep pit , covering the mouth with a slight covering of sticks and earth , and driving the animal ...
... head of all the streets , as a wild bull in a net . " Another and more common , because an easier and a cheaper method was , by digging a deep pit , covering the mouth with a slight covering of sticks and earth , and driving the animal ...
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Bible Animals: Being a Description of Every Living Creature Mentioned in the ... John George Wood Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1869 |
Bible Animals: Being a Description of Every Living Creature Mentioned in the ... John George Wood Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1869 |
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allusion ancient animal antelope Aoudad Arab Authorized Version Bactrian Camel bats beasts bird Bittern Book of Job Camel cattle chariot colour cormorant creature Crocodile curious custom Deer Deut dogs eggs Egypt Egyptian Egyptian Vulture employed evidently example eyes familiar feed feet fish flesh flocks Gazelle goats ground habits head Hebrew word hedgehog herds hippopotamus Holy hoof horns horse hunters Hyæna inhabit insects Israel Israelites Jewish Bible Jews killed king land Leopard Lion Locusts Lord mentioned metaphor milk mode monkey Mule neck nest occurs Old Testament Ostrich oxen Palestine pass passage peculiar plentiful present day prey probably prophet Raven Reêm reference remarkable rendered reptile rock sacred scarcely Scriptures seen Septuagint serpent sheep shepherd signifies similar skin sometimes species spot swift tail thee thou translated tribe unto Vulture Wanderoo wild wings wolf writers young
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Side 506 - O Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
Side 26 - Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
Side 576 - Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
Side 282 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Side 250 - He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength : He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted, Neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, The glittering spear and the shield. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Side 423 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not...
Side 351 - He found him in a desert land, And in the waste howling wilderness; He led him about, he instructed him, * He kept him as the apple of his eye.
Side 400 - Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Side 578 - And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord ; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold : only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
Side 640 - Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.