Observations on Divers Passages of Scripture. Placing Many of Them in a Light Altogether New ... and More Amply Illustrating the Rest Than Has Been Yet Done, by Means of Circumstances Incidentally Mentioned in Books of Voyages and Travels Into the East: In Two Volumes. ...J. Johnson, 1787 - Bible |
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... p . 83 ; Barrady not so much , he says , as twenty yards , p . 121 , but the mode of expreffion intimates not much lefs . 2 P. 123 . OBSER- OBSERVATION CXXX . Our living fences of white - thorn 82 Relating to the Natural , Civil ,
... p . 83 ; Barrady not so much , he says , as twenty yards , p . 121 , but the mode of expreffion intimates not much lefs . 2 P. 123 . OBSER- OBSERVATION CXXX . Our living fences of white - thorn 82 Relating to the Natural , Civil ,
Page 85
... , the prickly pear , upon which the Doctor tells us feveral families live , during the months of Auguft and September ; but he says G 3 nothing " plies it with hedges , and furnishes impene- " and Military Hiftory of Judæa . 85.
... , the prickly pear , upon which the Doctor tells us feveral families live , during the months of Auguft and September ; but he says G 3 nothing " plies it with hedges , and furnishes impene- " and Military Hiftory of Judæa . 85.
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... say , that they blow not " but in Christmas night ; and others , on all " the festival days of our Lady ; with a great 66 many fuch idle tales . I found of them alfo " in the deferts of Mount Sinai . ” It is particularly untoward that ...
... say , that they blow not " but in Christmas night ; and others , on all " the festival days of our Lady ; with a great 66 many fuch idle tales . I found of them alfo " in the deferts of Mount Sinai . ” It is particularly untoward that ...
Page 89
... say , that the fhrubs that produce balm " never grow larger , and their height never " exceeds two or three cubits ' . ' Amidst these valuable plants , how towering muft the rofe - plant in fo rich a foil have appeared ! probably ...
... say , that the fhrubs that produce balm " never grow larger , and their height never " exceeds two or three cubits ' . ' Amidst these valuable plants , how towering muft the rofe - plant in fo rich a foil have appeared ! probably ...
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... says in an- other tome , that the " Perfians fay it is ow- 66 ing to the plane - tree that they are preferved " from the peftilence ; and Calife Sulton , the " grand vizier of Sephi Ift , often faid to him , as I have heard him affirm ...
... says in an- other tome , that the " Perfians fay it is ow- 66 ing to the plane - tree that they are preferved " from the peftilence ; and Calife Sulton , the " grand vizier of Sephi Ift , often faid to him , as I have heard him affirm ...
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Page 318 - And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt...
Page 269 - And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter : therefore the name of it was called Marah.
Page 53 - For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left; and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
Page 63 - And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes : and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
Page 85 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 50 - And all the trees of the field shall know that I the Lord have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the Lord have spoken and have done it.
Page 434 - Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.
Page 62 - And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work.
Page 400 - And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.
Page 370 - I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way : because we had spoken unto the king, saying, " The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him ; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.