 | Bible - 1788 - 598 pages
...13 GaveJl thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks f or Of wings and feathers unto the oftrich ? 14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the duft, 25 He faith among the trumpets, Ha, ha: and he fmelleth the battle afar off", the thunder of... | |
 | Daniel Bellamy - Apologetics - 1789 - 512 pages
...amid the waving blaze. VE R. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. XVII. XVIII. GAVEST THOU WINGS AND FEATHERS UNTO THE OSTRICH? WHICH LEAVETH HER EGGS IN THE EARTH, AND WARMETH THEM IN THE DUST j AND FORGETTETH THAT THE FOOT MAY CRUSH THEM, OR THAT THE WILD BEAST MAY BREAK THEM. SHE IS HARDNED... | |
 | William Jones - Theology - 1801 - 476 pages
...which other creatures feel for their offspring,—which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and tvarmeth them in the dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the mid beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones as though they were not... | |
 | William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1803 - 608 pages
...then permitted the young to fhift . jr themfelves. Even the author of the book of Job alludes to the Ostrich, " which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and...dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones as though they were not... | |
 | Thomas Smith - Civilization - 1803 - 362 pages
...the sacred writings; for in the thirty-ninth chapter of the book of Job, we read, that the "ostrich leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in...dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were... | |
 | William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1805 - 582 pages
...climate, and leaves the young to shift for themselves. Even the author of the book of Job alludes to the Ostrich, " which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and...dust; and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones as though they were not... | |
 | William Wood - Domestic animals - 1807 - 658 pages
...touch the ground." In the thirty-ninth chapter of the book of Job, the author beautifully describes the ostrich, "which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and...dust; and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones as though they were not... | |
 | William Clayton - Sermons, English - 1814 - 420 pages
...of success, or presumption on God's mercy, led you to be indifferent about their welfare. Like the ostrich, " which leaveth her eggs in " the earth,...dust, and " forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that " the wild beast may break them. She is hardened " against her young ones, as though they were... | |
 | David Collyer - 1815 - 368 pages
...unmindful where, sit on those they meet with." This explains the words of Job 6 , where it is said of the ostrich, which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and...dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them ; she is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers ; because God hath deprived... | |
 | Cotton Mather - Natural theology - 1815 - 378 pages
...their eggs in the sand, exposed to the heat of the sun. This instinct of the ostrich particularly, who leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, is ascribed unto God, who supplies the want of concern in the parent animal another way. It is a surprising... | |
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