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... kind Are for the shepherd or the sheep designed . E'en humble broom and osiers have their use , And shade for sleep , and food for flocks produce . " We cannot but see , in the conduct of Elijah , the in- fluence of human weakness . If ...
... kind Are for the shepherd or the sheep designed . E'en humble broom and osiers have their use , And shade for sleep , and food for flocks produce . " We cannot but see , in the conduct of Elijah , the in- fluence of human weakness . If ...
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... It is then exposed to the sun , when the resin readily separates from the wool . Others describe the instru- ment as a kind of rake , furnished with leathern thongs . THE SCARLET MARTAGON LILY . Shushan ; Heb . Kpivov CISTUS . 9.
... It is then exposed to the sun , when the resin readily separates from the wool . Others describe the instru- ment as a kind of rake , furnished with leathern thongs . THE SCARLET MARTAGON LILY . Shushan ; Heb . Kpivov CISTUS . 9.
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... kind , that they might clothe the earth with beauty and loveliness through perpetual generations . How poor , how mean , the richest production of human skill , when brought into comparison with the perfect excellence of the meanest of ...
... kind , that they might clothe the earth with beauty and loveliness through perpetual generations . How poor , how mean , the richest production of human skill , when brought into comparison with the perfect excellence of the meanest of ...
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... kind of stalk , and the same viridity , but bringing forth no fruit , at least none good . " It is also alleged that ZiZaviov does not include every kind of weed which springs up among corn , but has reference to a parti- cular species ...
... kind of stalk , and the same viridity , but bringing forth no fruit , at least none good . " It is also alleged that ZiZaviov does not include every kind of weed which springs up among corn , but has reference to a parti- cular species ...
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... kind . These clusters of flowers exhale the sweetest odours , filling the gardens and apartments which they adorn . The ladies delight to decorate themselves with them , and also their dwelling - rooms . They use them as nosegays , and ...
... kind . These clusters of flowers exhale the sweetest odours , filling the gardens and apartments which they adorn . The ladies delight to decorate themselves with them , and also their dwelling - rooms . They use them as nosegays , and ...
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Aaron's rod Abimelech abundance Almond-tree aloes Anise appear Arabia Arabs barley beautiful bitter blessed bloom blossom Box-tree Bramble branches bread Calamus Cassia Celsius chabazzeleth colour corn cultivated doth Dove's Dung Ebony Egypt Egyptians flax flowers fragrance fruit Galbanum gardens gather grain green ground grow hath heart heaven Hebrew height Holy Hyssop incense Isaiah Israel Israelites Ital Jews Jonah Jonquil Kikayon kinds king ladanum land leaves Lentils Lily LORD manna Martagon Lily mentioned Mustard Myrtle narcissus o'er odour pale Palestine perfume plant Pomegranate prophet reed rendered root Rosa damascena Rose Russ says Scarlet Scriptures seeds shalt shittah-tree shrub Solomon Song of Solomon soul sown species stem Storax substance Swed sweet Syria tabernacle tares thee thorns Thou hast translated tree unto verse wheat whence wicked wild wilderness wood word wormwood yellow yields
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Page 89 - Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: and should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
Page 135 - THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave. And spread the roof above them, — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.
Page 23 - ... when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low, also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail...
Page 150 - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys : I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Page 10 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Page 178 - Who would have thought my shrivel'd heart Could have recover'd greenness ? It was gone Quite under ground ; as flowers depart To see their mother-root, when they have blown ; Where they together, All the hard weather, Dead to the world, keep house unknown.
Page 89 - And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.
Page 81 - God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills ; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates ; a land of oil olive, and honey...
Page 168 - But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God : these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Page 152 - The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir-tree, the pine-tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary ; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.