Scripture Natural History: Containing a Descriptive Account of the Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Insects, Reptiles, Serpents, Plants, Trees, Minerals, Gems, and Precious Stones, Mentioned in the Bible

William Carpenter

Lincoln, Edmands & Company, 1833 - 408 страници

Съдържание

• Introductory Remarks by the American Editor: 25
• ANIMALS: 35
• Ferocious Wild Beasts: 83
• Wild Inoffensive Animals: 101
• Dubious Animals: 118
• Air Birds: 132
• The Raven: 137
• The Dove: 140
• The Swallow: 144
• The Sparrow: 145
• Land Birds: 147
• Ostriches: 149
• The Peacock: 152
• The Owl: 153
• The Partridge: 155
• The Quail: 158
• Water Birds: 159
• The Stork 160: 160
• The Pelican: 162
• Dubious Birds: 165
• The Swan: 167
• Group of Fishes: 170
• Lizards: 173
• The Chameleon: 175
• Serpents: 180
• The Cockatrice: 185
• The Dragon: 189
• The Snail: 193
• Worms: 195
• The Scorpion: 200
• The Spider: 201
• Winged Insects: 205
• The Hornet: 208
• The Bee: 211
• The Ant: 213
• The Locust: 216
• Dubious Insects: 221
• INTRODUCTORY SECTION Import of the TermDis: 227
• Fruits and Flowers: 232
• Grain: 234
• Grinding Grain: 235
• Wheat: 237
• Pulse: 242
• Cucumber Plants: 252
• Flax: 258
• The Fig: 264
• Palm Trees: 270
• The Olive 292: 272
• Section II Fruits: 305
• SKETCHES OF PALESTINE: 353
• History of GeographyClimate and Natural History: 385

Популярни откъси

Страница 109 - 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?

Страница 71 - 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.

Страница 98 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : Thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, And it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.

Страница 143 - My dove, my undefiled is but one ; She is the only one of her mother, She is the choice one of her that bare her.

Страница 143 - For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.

Страница 300 - Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven ; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.

Страница 74 - And when he putteth forth his own sheep he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him ; for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him; for they know not the voice of strangers.

Страница 66 - I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint : my heart is like wax ; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

Страница 294 - I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

Страница 146 - Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.

Библиография

• Заглавие: Scripture Natural History: Containing a Descriptive Account of the Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Insects, Reptiles, Serpents, Plants, Trees, Minerals, Gems, and Precious Stones, Mentioned in the Bible
• Автор: William Carpenter
• Редактор: Gorham D. Abbott
• Издател: Lincoln, Edmands & Company, 1833
• Оригиналът е от: Харвардският университет
• Цифровизирана на: 24 апр 2007
• Брой страници: 408 страници