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Frontispiece: The Ostrich.Bible Animals (1877)

“What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider”—Job xxxix. 18.

The engraving shows an ostrich fleeing from a group of men on horses brandishing spears.

Keywords: birds, ostriches, people, horses, biblical scenes, greyscale

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Added: 2010-07-06

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Bible Animals Title PageBible Animals (1877)

Wood’s Bible Animals. A description of the habits, structure, and uses of every living creature mentioned in the scriptures, from the ape to the coral; and explaining all those passages in the old and [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, colour

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The Eagle.Bible Animals (1877)

“Though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle.”—Jer. xiix. 16. An eagle flying high in the mountains, carrying in its claws a furry mammal for the two smaller eagles waiting in the nest of [...]

Keywords: birds, eagles, nests, mountains, wings, greyscale

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Added: 2011-11-12

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The OwlBible Animals (1877)

“I am a companion to owls.”—Job 30:29. Taking these words in order, we find in the first place that the Jewish Bible accepts the translation of the words côs and yanshûph, merely affixing to them the [...]

Keywords: tombs, owls, death, spooky, gloomy, despair, birds, ruins, columns, ravens, moon, night scenes, greyscale

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Added: 2012-08-31

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The BitternBible Animals (1877)

“I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools for water” – Isa. xiv. 29. In the account of the hedgehog, page 120, it has been mentioned that the Hebrew word Kippod, which has been rend [...]

Keywords: birds, greyscale

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