Birds of the BibleJennings and Graham, 1916 - 467 páginas |
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... habits and characteristics , which is mostly used as the basis of comparisons of bird life with man , form our very earliest records . Moses first wrote of the birds when he specified those which were not to be used for food , while ...
... habits and characteristics , which is mostly used as the basis of comparisons of bird life with man , form our very earliest records . Moses first wrote of the birds when he specified those which were not to be used for food , while ...
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... habits of the birds when he gave the warning , " Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house , that he may set his nest on high . " Throughout the Bible there is constant mention of the practices of snaring and netting ...
... habits of the birds when he gave the warning , " Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house , that he may set his nest on high . " Throughout the Bible there is constant mention of the practices of snaring and netting ...
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... habits and characteristics so poetical , that with the added knowledge of the centuries lying between their time and ours , no man has surpassed them in drawing wonderful comparisons between the life of birds and human beings . Of ...
... habits and characteristics so poetical , that with the added knowledge of the centuries lying between their time and ours , no man has surpassed them in drawing wonderful comparisons between the life of birds and human beings . Of ...
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... habits and characteristics . The father of the history of birds was Aristotle , who lived 400 B.C. , and in all probability he knew Aristophanes . He wrote in the days of Zechariah , Haggai , and Malachi . The bulk of his work is highly ...
... habits and characteristics . The father of the history of birds was Aristotle , who lived 400 B.C. , and in all probability he knew Aristophanes . He wrote in the days of Zechariah , Haggai , and Malachi . The bulk of his work is highly ...
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... habit , " without in the least indicating what the colour and habit was ; and again he said that others were bad . " He described one bird as faulty , both in its colour and in its voice . " His store of unexpected adjectives in bird ...
... habit , " without in the least indicating what the colour and habit was ; and again he said that others were bad . " He described one bird as faulty , both in its colour and in its voice . " His store of unexpected adjectives in bird ...
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