Scripture Natural History for Youth, Volume 2H. Fisher, Son, & P. Jackson, 1828 - 668 pages |
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Page 284
... dove is considerably larger than the com- mon domestic pigeon , it inhabits the woods , building its nest with a few dry sticks on the boughs of trees . This bird is strongly attached to its native freedom ; 284 SCRIPTURE NATURAL HISTORY .
... dove is considerably larger than the com- mon domestic pigeon , it inhabits the woods , building its nest with a few dry sticks on the boughs of trees . This bird is strongly attached to its native freedom ; 284 SCRIPTURE NATURAL HISTORY .
Page 285
... wood - pigeon have been hatched in a dove - house by a tame pigeon , as soon as ever the young ones could fly , they betook themselves to their native woods . The turtle is a smaller and much shyer bird than either of the former . It ...
... wood - pigeon have been hatched in a dove - house by a tame pigeon , as soon as ever the young ones could fly , they betook themselves to their native woods . The turtle is a smaller and much shyer bird than either of the former . It ...
Page 444
... wood ants especially feed on flesh ; they divide , with great neatness , frogs , birds , and mice ; they will also eat the bark and dry leaves of some particular trees , in so curious a manner as to give the remainder the appearance of ...
... wood ants especially feed on flesh ; they divide , with great neatness , frogs , birds , and mice ; they will also eat the bark and dry leaves of some particular trees , in so curious a manner as to give the remainder the appearance of ...
Page 534
... wood of the tree aloe ; which will be treated of hereafter . Camphire . This is a beautiful and odoriferous shrub , common in the isle of Cyprus , from whence it has its Latin name . It does not appear to have been a native of Palestine ...
... wood of the tree aloe ; which will be treated of hereafter . Camphire . This is a beautiful and odoriferous shrub , common in the isle of Cyprus , from whence it has its Latin name . It does not appear to have been a native of Palestine ...
Page 549
... wood with prickles ; the precise kind cannot now be ascertained : some have supposed it was the thorny acacia ; others , the rhamnus already alluded to ; but it is of far less consequence to settle the exact kind of plant employed ...
... wood with prickles ; the precise kind cannot now be ascertained : some have supposed it was the thorny acacia ; others , the rhamnus already alluded to ; but it is of far less consequence to settle the exact kind of plant employed ...
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Page 301 - For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Page 572 - God; to comfort all that mourn ; to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Page 460 - Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die. And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: but God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him; and to every seed his own body.
Page 370 - For every kind of beasts and of birds and of serpents and of things in the sea is tamed, and hath been tamed, of mankind; but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Page 557 - Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not ; for a blessing is in it : so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.
Page 305 - If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young...
Page 294 - O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, In the secret places of the stairs, Let me see thy countenance, Let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, And thy countenance is comely.
Page 540 - Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is : For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green ; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Page 539 - As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; and shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing, and gnashing of teeth.
Page 598 - The voice of the Lord is powerful ; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.