Birds of the BibleJennings and Graham, 1916 - 467 páginas |
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... hawk , " and quoted the poet Masseus , " that the bird which lays three eggs hatches but two of them , and brings up but one . " He attributed the red rim around the eyes of certain birds to the violence of their emotion at mating time ...
... hawk , " and quoted the poet Masseus , " that the bird which lays three eggs hatches but two of them , and brings up but one . " He attributed the red rim around the eyes of certain birds to the violence of their emotion at mating time ...
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... principal difference and distinction in birds is taken from their feet ; for they have either hooked talons , as Hawks , or round long claws , as Hens ; or else they be broad , flat , and whole - footed 24 BIRDS OF THE BIBLE.
... principal difference and distinction in birds is taken from their feet ; for they have either hooked talons , as Hawks , or round long claws , as Hens ; or else they be broad , flat , and whole - footed 24 BIRDS OF THE BIBLE.
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... hawks , or 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 ...
... hawks , or 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 ...
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... hawk , the eagle , and the vulture . This leads us to wonder how many years before the time of Moses it was that there were birds with twenty vertebræ in their tails and sixteen teeth in their jaws ; and how many years previous to that ...
... hawk , the eagle , and the vulture . This leads us to wonder how many years before the time of Moses it was that there were birds with twenty vertebræ in their tails and sixteen teeth in their jaws ; and how many years previous to that ...
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... hawk unlike any other sailed over valley and plain , and in great numbers the exquisite little sun - bird darted among sweet flowering spice - bushes . One readily can see how the writers of the Bible in recording life as they lived it ...
... hawk unlike any other sailed over valley and plain , and in great numbers the exquisite little sun - bird darted among sweet flowering spice - bushes . One readily can see how the writers of the Bible in recording life as they lived it ...
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Almighty animals appearance Aristophanes Aristotle beasts beautiful Bible lands Bible writers bittern brooding cedar chapter chickens cloud colour cormorant crane creatures cried David desert doubt doves eagle earth Edom eggs Egypt exquisite eyes feathers feet fish flight flocks fowl Galilee GENE STRATTON-PORTER Gennesaret habit hath heaven Hebrew herons Holy Land Isaiah Jeremiah Jerusalem Jesus Jordan jungle fowl knew lapwing Lebanon little owl living Lord mate mentioned Moab Moses mountains natural history nest night hawk numbers old version ostrich Palestine partridge peafowl pelican picture pigeons plains Pliny poet poetic prey quail Ralph Connor raven recorded Rex Beach rivers rock sands snare Solomon song sparrows species spices stork swallow tail temple thee things thou thought to-day trees unto valleys voice vulture wild wilderness wings wonderful wrote young