Birds of the BibleJennings and Graham, 1916 - 467 páginas |
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... doves . " Birds were so numerous in those lands in which Bible scenes were enacted that undoubtedly they were much tamer than those we know , which for generations have been pursued with the smoke and explosion of guns . In ancient ...
... doves . " Birds were so numerous in those lands in which Bible scenes were enacted that undoubtedly they were much tamer than those we know , which for generations have been pursued with the smoke and explosion of guns . In ancient ...
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... doves , or quails were taken from the nest , raised by hand , and made very tame . These were then hidden in cages of wands , and when their notes had attracted large numbers of their kind , they were skilfully dropped by arrows of ...
... doves , or quails were taken from the nest , raised by hand , and made very tame . These were then hidden in cages of wands , and when their notes had attracted large numbers of their kind , they were skilfully dropped by arrows of ...
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... dove originated around the Dead Sea ; a new species of grackle rocked on the rushes of Merom ; a night - hawk unlike any other sailed over valley and plain , and in great numbers the exquisite little sun - bird darted among sweet ...
... dove originated around the Dead Sea ; a new species of grackle rocked on the rushes of Merom ; a night - hawk unlike any other sailed over valley and plain , and in great numbers the exquisite little sun - bird darted among sweet ...
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... doves loved to nest in the protection of the prickly branches , and the young came forth safely in large broods . The bay tree mentioned by David , who said , " I have seen the wicked in great power , and spreading himself like a green ...
... doves loved to nest in the protection of the prickly branches , and the young came forth safely in large broods . The bay tree mentioned by David , who said , " I have seen the wicked in great power , and spreading himself like a green ...
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... doves . The palms grew on the plains of Jericho , in the ravines along the Jordan , and around the Sea of Galilee , and are still growing at Beirut . Palms grow a tall stem from thirty to eighty feet , and a plume of feathery foliage at ...
... doves . The palms grew on the plains of Jericho , in the ravines along the Jordan , and around the Sea of Galilee , and are still growing at Beirut . Palms grow a tall stem from thirty to eighty feet , and a plume of feathery foliage at ...
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