Birds of the BibleJennings and Graham, 1916 - 467 páginas |
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... covered them with upheavals from the waters , washing from the mountains , and the eternal sifting that we poetically call " star dust . " At first thought this would seem to form no considerable portion of the THE TIME II.
... covered them with upheavals from the waters , washing from the mountains , and the eternal sifting that we poetically call " star dust . " At first thought this would seem to form no considerable portion of the THE TIME II.
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... seem to be that these germs were caught in the vapour clouds and fell upon the earth in the form of rain . " " Now , as we dig up layers of coal , and the slate and rock which go to make the different formations of the earth's crust ...
... seem to be that these germs were caught in the vapour clouds and fell upon the earth in the form of rain . " " Now , as we dig up layers of coal , and the slate and rock which go to make the different formations of the earth's crust ...
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... seem more humane . Some- times a struggling bird could break a snare or a net ; a gun is usually fatal . I think the very frequent mention of this custom of taking birds in the Bible is due to the fact that there is such a wonderful ...
... seem more humane . Some- times a struggling bird could break a snare or a net ; a gun is usually fatal . I think the very frequent mention of this custom of taking birds in the Bible is due to the fact that there is such a wonderful ...
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... seem to us so crude as to be wonderful . My reason for wishing to introduce a few of these super- stitions and traditions is to set in sharp contrast the natural history of the Bible and that of pagan writers of Greece and Rome , of the ...
... seem to us so crude as to be wonderful . My reason for wishing to introduce a few of these super- stitions and traditions is to set in sharp contrast the natural history of the Bible and that of pagan writers of Greece and Rome , of the ...
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... seems to cover the known world and to discourse on every topic under the We are concerned with volume ten , which is confined to the history of birds . This volume , as well as all the remainder of the book , proves indisputably that ...
... seems to cover the known world and to discourse on every topic under the We are concerned with volume ten , which is confined to the history of birds . This volume , as well as all the remainder of the book , proves indisputably that ...
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