Birds of the BibleJennings and Graham, 1909 - 467 páginas |
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... vultures . All of these abounded , and well might have been used in symbol writing to portray strength , endurance , penetration , or rapacity . Artists of to - day are setting ornithologists the same study . They attempt to illustrate ...
... vultures . All of these abounded , and well might have been used in symbol writing to portray strength , endurance , penetration , or rapacity . Artists of to - day are setting ornithologists the same study . They attempt to illustrate ...
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... vulture . This leads us to wonder how many years before the time of Moses it was that there were birds with twenty vertebra in their tails and sixteen teeth in their jaws ; and how many years previous to that the first serpent , from ...
... vulture . This leads us to wonder how many years before the time of Moses it was that there were birds with twenty vertebra in their tails and sixteen teeth in their jaws ; and how many years previous to that the first serpent , from ...
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... Of smaller land animals there were the badger , hare , hedgehog , porcupine , weasel , lizard , bat , and mouse . Upon the dead of these the vultures LARK NEST STRATTON - PORTER feasted ; upon the young 104 BIRDS OF THE BIBLE.
... Of smaller land animals there were the badger , hare , hedgehog , porcupine , weasel , lizard , bat , and mouse . Upon the dead of these the vultures LARK NEST STRATTON - PORTER feasted ; upon the young 104 BIRDS OF THE BIBLE.
Página 149
... vulture and kite to the kite and falcon ; leaves the raven , changes the owl to ostrich , leaves the night hawk , and changes the cuckoo to the sea mew ; leaves the hawk , little owl , cormorant , great owl , and vulture , and adds the ...
... vulture and kite to the kite and falcon ; leaves the raven , changes the owl to ostrich , leaves the night hawk , and changes the cuckoo to the sea mew ; leaves the hawk , little owl , cormorant , great owl , and vulture , and adds the ...
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... vulture , hawk , and owl families . Un- doubtedly Moses found every species of all of these unfit . for food , for he was a man of fastidious taste and great learning . He has the sanction of our time , and almost all nations from the ...
... vulture , hawk , and owl families . Un- doubtedly Moses found every species of all of these unfit . for food , for he was a man of fastidious taste and great learning . He has the sanction of our time , and almost all nations from the ...
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