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 18
... living creatures the cherubim , one of the names by which the angels are distinguished ; in the fourteenth verse , he repeats the remark : " every one had the face of an eagle ; " and observes in the twentieth verse , " This is the living ...
... living creatures the cherubim , one of the names by which the angels are distinguished ; in the fourteenth verse , he repeats the remark : " every one had the face of an eagle ; " and observes in the twentieth verse , " This is the living ...
Pagina 22
... living ostrich in middling condition , at no less than sixty - five or eighty pounds ; which would require an immense power in the wings and motive muscles of these members , to raise and support in the air so ponderous a mass . Thus ...
... living ostrich in middling condition , at no less than sixty - five or eighty pounds ; which would require an immense power in the wings and motive muscles of these members , to raise and support in the air so ponderous a mass . Thus ...
Pagina 28
... living creature , man not excepted , is an object of fear , and a cause of danger . Not more disagreeable , and even alarming , is the hoarse moaning voice of the ostrich to the lonely tra- veller in the desert , than were the speeches ...
... living creature , man not excepted , is an object of fear , and a cause of danger . Not more disagreeable , and even alarming , is the hoarse moaning voice of the ostrich to the lonely tra- veller in the desert , than were the speeches ...
Pagina 45
... living flesh . It is pretended , that he will even attack larger animals with success ; and supplying what is deficient in strength by cunning and activity , will fasten upon the backs of wild cattle , and eat them alive and in detail ...
... living flesh . It is pretended , that he will even attack larger animals with success ; and supplying what is deficient in strength by cunning and activity , will fasten upon the backs of wild cattle , and eat them alive and in detail ...
Pagina 56
... living too , may probably impart a disagreeable taste and flavour to the flesh , and render it , particularly in a warm cli- mate , improper for the table . Nor do we know that it was ever relished by any people , although the pres ...
... living too , may probably impart a disagreeable taste and flavour to the flesh , and render it , particularly in a warm cli- mate , improper for the table . Nor do we know that it was ever relished by any people , although the pres ...
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Abimelech according Ægypt Aleppo alludes allusion ancient apostle appears Arabian Arabs arms army Asia Assyria Babylon beautiful bird Bochart body bread Cæsarea called Canaan Chardin circumstance clothes colour command corn custom David divine dress eagle earth east eastern Egypt enemies entertainment eyes father favour feet field flocks Galilee garments Greece Greeks hair hand Harmer head heaven Hebrew historian holy Homer honour inhabitants Isaiah Israel Jehovah Jerusalem Jewish Jews Judæa Judah Judea kind king land Lord manner means ment mentioned Moses mourning nations oriental ostrich Palestine passage patriarch Persia person Philistines princes probably prophet Psalmist punishment raven rendered Romans sacred writers Samaria Saul says Scriptures seems sent Septuagint servants Shechem shepherds signifies Sisera Solomon sometimes Song stone supposed sword Syria tents thee tion Trav trees tribes unto walls wash and anoint wine wings women words