| 1835 - 1076 páginas
...Solomon, whom they regard not only as a botanist, because it is said of him that " he spake of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that springeth out of the wall §," but also as a zoologist, because it is but reasonable to suppose that a writer who said so much about plants,... | |
| Leslie Hardinge - 1996 - 100 páginas
...is the royal tree. Hyssop is a symbol of humility. You remember that Solomon studied natural history from "the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that springeth out of the wall." The Jews say he loved to meditate upon the service of the red heifer! Then there was also added... | |
| William Godwin - 2006 - 646 páginas
...rational beings, the capable witnesses of his power, magnificence and benevolence." All difficulties arising from the considerations of light, and heat,..."all that is therein/' is our estate and our empire. Let us be content with that which we have. It were a pitiful thing to see so noble a creature struggling... | |
| William Godwin - 2006 - 514 páginas
...creation. One of the most important lessons that can be impressed on the human mind, is that of 459 self-knowledge and a just apprehension of what it..."all that is therein," is our estate and our empire. Let us be content with that which we have. It were a pitiful thing to see so noble a creature struggling... | |
| 1869 - 750 páginas
...with a curiosity that never tires, the beautiful and precious growths of the dull, dead earth — " from the cedar that is in 'Lebanon to the hyssop that springeth out of the wall " — but who hold in low estimation the more beautiful and precious growths of the soul — of thought, of feeling,... | |
| 1834 - 1276 páginas
...plants descend from the highest and most perfect orders, to the lowest and least perfect orders — " from the cedar that is in Lebanon, to the hyssop that springeth out of the wall ;" or, to reverse the order of our progression, and take it in the line of the ascending scale... | |
| Charles Russell Hurditch - 1886 - 1240 páginas
...he grappled with all departments of science— with botany, for example ; for " he apake of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that springeth out of the wall," from the majestic pine to the humblest lichen or moss ; in a word, from the highest to the lowest... | |
| Charles Tomlinson - 1856 - 280 páginas
...as for her graceful sister, the green-robed nymph that taught the Hebrew king to speak ' of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon, to the hyssop that springeth out of the wall ; ' and, for the footing I am on, have no cause to complain of the favour shown me, although far... | |
| 1898 - 914 páginas
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