The Birds of the BibleJazzybee Verlag, 2017 M02 6 - 308 páginas Gene Stratton-Porter, the Indiana novelist and bird lover, offers the fruits of several years' loving labor in "Birds of the Bible”, a handsome volume. The riches of bird lore that Mrs. Porter has unearthed will surprise anyone who opens the book. "Birds of the Bible " is designed for all lovers of birds in general, and lovers of Bible birds and Bible poetry in particular. It contains every reference made to birds in the Bible: describes the location, and explains the characteristics of the bird. In this book, the author, one of the most successful writers of her days, both as a naturalist and a novelist, has made her greatest effort to do something worth while for the world, having given three years to the preparation of the text. |
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... valley of the Jordan, through which flowed the sacred river in which Jesus was baptized; another strip of hills and mountains; and Syria adjoining, which shortly stretched away into desert. At the southeast of the sea lay Arabia, the ...
... valleys, broad, fertile plains, highlands, foothills, and low mountains. David described the natural springs of that land: He sendeth forth springs into the valleys; They run among the mountains; They give drink to every beast of the ...
... valley; from farming, fishing, and carpentering to the wandering life of the tent tribes; and from the grandest court of an earthly king to the wilderness. Rank vegetation crept everywhere after moisture. There were rushes, watergrasses ...
... valley of the Jordan. So there were good nesting sites for lark, quail, and all groundbuilders loving grassy shelter. In the wilderness and scattered all over the face of the country grew at least five acornbearing oaks, all of lower ...
... valley, To see whether the vine budded, And the pomegrantes were in flower." The almond was a native fruit tree ... valleys. On account of their loveliness their Hebrew name, tamar, was frequently given to women. To weary travelers ...