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 10
... sacred oracles : " The Lord shall bring a nation against thee , " said Moses to his people , " from the end of the * Hes . Theog . b . 523. Pindar . Pyth . 5 . earth , as swift as the eagle flieth . " 10 ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCRIPTURE .
... sacred oracles : " The Lord shall bring a nation against thee , " said Moses to his people , " from the end of the * Hes . Theog . b . 523. Pindar . Pyth . 5 . earth , as swift as the eagle flieth . " 10 ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCRIPTURE .
Pagina 14
... sacred text actually seems to insinuate what Ælian , and many writers of antiquity believed , that the blood of the animals upon which they prey , suffices to quench their thirst , without the aid of water . It is added , " Where the ...
... sacred text actually seems to insinuate what Ælian , and many writers of antiquity believed , that the blood of the animals upon which they prey , suffices to quench their thirst , without the aid of water . It is added , " Where the ...
Pagina 15
... sacred writers . Damir says , the eagle discovers his prey at the distance of four hundred parasangs ; and when he lights upon a carcase , of which the ossi- frage has eaten , he retires , and refuses to eat what the other has left ...
... sacred writers . Damir says , the eagle discovers his prey at the distance of four hundred parasangs ; and when he lights upon a carcase , of which the ossi- frage has eaten , he retires , and refuses to eat what the other has left ...
Pagina 16
... sacred writers ; according to whom , the eagle stirreth up her nest , that is , rouses her young from their sloth and inactivity , and pro- vokes them to try their wings by fluttering about her nest . When she sees them indifferent to ...
... sacred writers ; according to whom , the eagle stirreth up her nest , that is , rouses her young from their sloth and inactivity , and pro- vokes them to try their wings by fluttering about her nest . When she sees them indifferent to ...
Pagina 17
... sacred writers to that bird . The Most High does not consider it unbecoming his dignity to compare , in more instances than one , his providential vigilance , his support and protection , to the wings of an eagle , and to the various ...
... sacred writers to that bird . The Most High does not consider it unbecoming his dignity to compare , in more instances than one , his providential vigilance , his support and protection , to the wings of an eagle , and to the various ...
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