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... described by Theocritus : i Ωρχουν εν μαλακά ται πούλιες αύ ] ικα ποια . Ninn μαν εδ αλλος , ανασσατοι δ ' εγενοντο . It is therefore with strict propriety , the Hebrew bard compares the shaking of the earth , and the reeling of the ...
... described by Theocritus : i Ωρχουν εν μαλακά ται πούλιες αύ ] ικα ποια . Ninn μαν εδ αλλος , ανασσατοι δ ' εγενοντο . It is therefore with strict propriety , the Hebrew bard compares the shaking of the earth , and the reeling of the ...
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... described as full grown , armed with horns , engaging in combat with the ram , casting him down to the ground , and stamping upon him with his feet : which by no means agrees with the tender age of a kid . But the original phrases are ...
... described as full grown , armed with horns , engaging in combat with the ram , casting him down to the ground , and stamping upon him with his feet : which by no means agrees with the tender age of a kid . But the original phrases are ...
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... described by Juvenal : " De Tiburtino veniet pinguissimus agro Hoedulus , et toto grege mollior , inscius herbæ Nec diem ausus virgas humilis mordere salieti , Qui plus lactis habet , quam sanguinis . " Sat. xi . These instances shew in ...
... described by Juvenal : " De Tiburtino veniet pinguissimus agro Hoedulus , et toto grege mollior , inscius herbæ Nec diem ausus virgas humilis mordere salieti , Qui plus lactis habet , quam sanguinis . " Sat. xi . These instances shew in ...
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... described , but we may form some idea of them from his greedily de * Judges vii , 5 . y Russel's Hist . of Aleppo , vol . ii , p . 179 . * Forbes's Orient . Mem . vol . iii , p . 67 . a Psa . lix , 14 , 15 . vouring his own vomit . So ...
... described , but we may form some idea of them from his greedily de * Judges vii , 5 . y Russel's Hist . of Aleppo , vol . ii , p . 179 . * Forbes's Orient . Mem . vol . iii , p . 67 . a Psa . lix , 14 , 15 . vouring his own vomit . So ...
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... described with greater energy and elegance , than by the prophet Nahum : " Where is the dwelling of the lions , and the feeding place of the young lions , where the lion , even the old lion walked , and the lions ' whelp , and none made ...
... described with greater energy and elegance , than by the prophet Nahum : " Where is the dwelling of the lions , and the feeding place of the young lions , where the lion , even the old lion walked , and the lions ' whelp , and none made ...
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Ælian de Nat Æneid Aleppo alludes allusion ancient animal antelope Arabian Arabs bear beasts beautiful bird Bochart Buffon's Nat Canaan cattle circumstance colour corn creature custom David desert devour divine dwell eagle earth east Egypt enemies favour field flesh flocks gardens gathered goat Harmer's Observ hath heaven Hebrew herds Hesiod Hieroz holy Homer horns hyæna Iliad inhabitants inspired writer Isaiah Israel Jehovah Judea king lamb land leopard Lord manner Moses mountains natural onager oriental ostrich Ovid oxen Palestine passage patriarch Persia Plin plough prey prophet propriety Psalmist quails racter raven reem rendered roaring Russel's Hist sacred writers says Scripture seems shalt shaphan Shaw's Trav sheep shepherds signifies Solomon Song species supposed Syria tents term thee Theocritus thou tion trees tribes turtle unto Varro wild ass wild goat wings words young lion
Popular passages
Page 167 - AS the hart panteth after the water brooks, •** so panteth my soul after thee, O God. ' My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : when shall I come and appear before God?
Page 32 - As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered ; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
Page 271 - If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; if my people which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways : then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Page 547 - OH THAT I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...
Page 272 - And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, And said, "Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Page 17 - Therefore they shall come and • sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd : and their soul shall be as a watered garden ; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
Page 59 - He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; He that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; He that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; He that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol.
Page 434 - And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Page 150 - Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? Whose house I have made the wilderness, And the barren land his dwellings. He scorneth the multitude of the city, Neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing.
Page 504 - And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire ; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.