Illustrations of the Holy Scriptures: In Three Parts. I. From the Geography of the East. II. From the Natural History of the East. III From the Customs of Ancient and Modern Nations, Volume 2David Hogan, 1822 |
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Pagina 12
... feet , and to approach the very limits of æther . † Hence , the prince of Grecian poets so frequently calls him the high - soaring eagle ; and the ancient heathens , when they saw him cleaving the clouds with his expanded pinions , in ...
... feet , and to approach the very limits of æther . † Hence , the prince of Grecian poets so frequently calls him the high - soaring eagle ; and the ancient heathens , when they saw him cleaving the clouds with his expanded pinions , in ...
Pagina 22
... feet , which have only two toes , resemble consi- derably the feet of a camel ; her wings armed with two spikes , like those of a porcupine , are rather a kind of arms than wings , which are given her for defence . These characteristic ...
... feet , which have only two toes , resemble consi- derably the feet of a camel ; her wings armed with two spikes , like those of a porcupine , are rather a kind of arms than wings , which are given her for defence . These characteristic ...
Pagina 24
... feet , no less assisting in conveying her out of sight , are equally insensible of fatigue . * Her surprising swiftness is confirmed by the writer of a voyage to Se- negal , who says , " She sets off at a hand gallop ; but after being ...
... feet , no less assisting in conveying her out of sight , are equally insensible of fatigue . * Her surprising swiftness is confirmed by the writer of a voyage to Se- negal , who says , " She sets off at a hand gallop ; but after being ...
Pagina 29
... feet , and will sometimes inflict a very serious wound . * The dispositions and beha- viour of Job's friends and domestics , were equally vexatious and afflicting ; and how much reason he had to complain , will appear from the following ...
... feet , and will sometimes inflict a very serious wound . * The dispositions and beha- viour of Job's friends and domestics , were equally vexatious and afflicting ; and how much reason he had to complain , will appear from the following ...
Pagina 33
... feet , and capacious pouch , with the manner of catching its food , which can only be in the water , show it to be entirely a water fowl . But this objection proceeds on the supposition , that the de- serts which it frequents contain no ...
... feet , and capacious pouch , with the manner of catching its food , which can only be in the water , show it to be entirely a water fowl . But this objection proceeds on the supposition , that the de- serts which it frequents contain no ...
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