Natural history of the Holy Land1856 |
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... animals who may be reposing upon the plains , they start up with alarm , they fly in all directions , and sometimes rush into the very danger which they seek to avoid . " It is an awful sound to hear him roaring in the woods all night ...
... animals who may be reposing upon the plains , they start up with alarm , they fly in all directions , and sometimes rush into the very danger which they seek to avoid . " It is an awful sound to hear him roaring in the woods all night ...
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... animals which come there to drink . You may have seen a Lion , but perhaps you never saw one in a rage ! Then he is indeed terrible ! His thick shaggy mane of dark hair bristles up , and makes him look very fierce , his eyes flash fire ...
... animals which come there to drink . You may have seen a Lion , but perhaps you never saw one in a rage ! Then he is indeed terrible ! His thick shaggy mane of dark hair bristles up , and makes him look very fierce , his eyes flash fire ...
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... animal is used in hunting the Antelope ; he is carried to the field in a carriage , or on a pad behind the saddle of a horseman , with a hood over his eyes , which is taken away when the game is in sight . He then bounds after his prey ...
... animal is used in hunting the Antelope ; he is carried to the field in a carriage , or on a pad behind the saddle of a horseman , with a hood over his eyes , which is taken away when the game is in sight . He then bounds after his prey ...
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... animals , but they will attack much larger cattle , even horses and cows .; springing upon their throats , or seizing them by the tail . The gripe of a Wolf is so severe , that it is hardly possible to shake it off . You will thank me ...
... animals , but they will attack much larger cattle , even horses and cows .; springing upon their throats , or seizing them by the tail . The gripe of a Wolf is so severe , that it is hardly possible to shake it off . You will thank me ...
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... animals , but they will attack much larger cattle , even horses and cows .; springing upon their throats , or seizing them by the tail . The gripe of a Wolf is so severe , that it is hardly possible to shake it off . 66 You will thank ...
... animals , but they will attack much larger cattle , even horses and cows .; springing upon their throats , or seizing them by the tail . The gripe of a Wolf is so severe , that it is hardly possible to shake it off . 66 You will thank ...
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Popular passages
Page 70 - Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow ? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Page 49 - Hast thou given the horse strength ? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder ? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength : He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; Neither turneth he back from the sword.
Page 65 - Dark green was that spot mid the brown mountain heather, Where the Pilgrim of Nature lay stretched in decay, Like the corpse of an outcast abandoned to weather Till the mountain-winds wasted the tenantless clay.
Page 100 - And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter; and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.
Page 54 - But the Father said to his servants. Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found And they began to be merry.
Page 1 - Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
Page 112 - Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
Page 100 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not...
Page 61 - And when he putteth forth his own sheep he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him ; for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him; for they know not the voice of strangers.
Page 19 - Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings. He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.