 | Johann Joachim Winckelmann - Herculaneum (Extinct city) - 1771 - 146 pages
...two ells (Cubits *) above the water, according to Pliny, who takes his account from Theophraftus j but, according to Alpinus, it rifes to the height...ferving them for food, and the woody part, to build veflels with ; which veffels are to be feen on the engraven ftones, and other monuments of Egytian... | |
 | Thaddeus Mason Harris - Nature in the Bible - 1824 - 474 pages
...reed, the Cyperus papyrus of Linnaeus, commonly called " the Egyptian reed," was of the greatest use to the inhabitants of the country where it grew ; the pith contained in the stock served them for food, and the woody part to build vessels with, which vessels are to be seen... | |
 | Richard Watson - Bible - 1832 - 1030 pages
...reed, the Cyperus papyrus of Linnœus, commonly called "the Egyptian reed," was of the greatest use to the inhabitants of the country where it grew ; the pith contained in the stock served them for food, and the woody part for building vessels, figures of which are to be seen... | |
 | William Carpenter - Nature in the Bible - 1833 - 420 pages
...leaves, this harvest of the waters, this ornament of the marshes.' This reed was of the greatest use to the inhabitants of the country where it grew ; the pith contained in the stalk served them for food, and the woody part for the construction of vessels. For this purpose they... | |
 | Thaddeus Mason Harris - Bible - 1833 - 394 pages
...reed, the Cyperus papyrus of Linnaeus, commonly called " the Egyptian reed," was of the greatest use to the inhabitants of the country where it grew : the pith contained in the stock served them for food, and the woody part to build vessels with, which vessels are to be seen... | |
 | James Covel (jr.) - Bible - 1843 - 548 pages
...reed, the Cyperus pa-py'rus of Linnaeus, commonly called "the Egyptian reed/' was of the greatest use to the inhabitants of the country where it grew ; the pith contained in the. stock served them for food, . and the woody part for building vessels. For this purpose they made it... | |
 | James Covel - Bible - 1853 - 560 pages
...reed, the Cyperus pa-py'rus of Linnaeus, commonly called "the Egyptian reed," was of the greatest use to the inhabitants of the country where it grew ; the pith contained in the stock served them for food, and the woody part for building vessels. For this purpose they made it... | |
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This reed, the Cyperus papyrus of Linnaeus, commonly called " the Egyptian reed," was of the greatest use to the inhabitants of the country where it grew ; the pith contained in the stock served them for food, and the woody part to build vessels with,... 