| Anne Pratt - 1799 - 200 страници
...we met with the mustard plant growing wild, as high as our horses' heads ; still, being an animal, it did not deserve the appellation of a tree ; whereas...easily, and actually do, take shelter under its shadow." Kitto, commenting on this quotation, remarks, " The Jewish writers speak of a mustard-tree common among... | |
| Charles Leonard Irby, James Mangles, John Barker - 1823 - 626 страници
...our journey from Bysan to Adjeloun, mentioned in the Jerusalem letter, we met with the mustard plant growing wild, as high as our horses heads, still,...easily, and actually do take shelter under its shadow. We passed the wild cotton plant amongst an infinity of others that we neither knew how to name or describe.... | |
| Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh - 1832 - 640 страници
...declare, that " they were prevented from admitting this plant to be the mustard of the Gospels, because, being an annual, it did not deserve the appellation of a tree." To this remark we beg leave to add. Certainly it did not deserve the appellation of a tree, in our... | |
| William Goodhugh, William Cooke Taylor - 1843 - 734 страници
...have in the north; for although in our journey from Bysan to Adjeloun we met with the mustard plant growing wild, as high as our horses' heads, still,...easily, and actually do, take shelter under its shadow." MUTII LABBEN, p? JTlQ'y What this phrase, which is the superscription to the ninth Psalm, refers to... | |
| Charles Leonard Irby, James Mangles - 1844 - 364 страници
...found in the north ; for although in our journey from Bysan to Adjeloun we met with the mustard plant growing wild, as high as our horses' heads, still,...easily, and actually do, take shelter under its shadow. We passed the wild cottou plant amongst an infinity of others that we neither knew how to name or describe.... | |
| 1844 - 490 страници
...the mustard plant which we have in the north, and which, even when growing large, can never be called a tree, whereas the other is really such, and birds...might easily, and actually do, take shelter under its shadows." On further inquiry, Dr. Royle found that this tree, called "khardal," is found in the neighbourhood... | |
| 1844 - 680 страници
...not the mustard-plant which we have in the north, which, even when growing large, can never be called a tree, whereas the other is really such, and birds...might easily, and actually do, take shelter under its shadows." Professor Royle had subsequently ascertained that Dr. Lindley, in his Flora Indica, had stated... | |
| 1844 - 498 страници
...the mustard plant which we have in the north, and which, even when growing large, can never be called a tree : whereas the other is really such, and birds...might easily, and actually do, take shelter under its shadows." Dr. Boyle again referred to Mr. Ameuny, and learned from him that his tree (the " klmrdal")... | |
| Charles Leonard Irby, James Mangles - 1845 - 346 страници
...although in our journey from Bysan to Adjeloun we met with the mustard plant growing wild, as high us our horses' heads, still, being an annual, it did...easily, and actually do, take shelter under its shadow. We passed the wild cotton plant amongst an infinity of others that we neither knew how to name or describe.... | |
| 1846 - 404 страници
...have in the north ; fur although in our journey from By-an to Adjeloun we met with the mustard-plant, growing wild, as high as our horses' heads, still,...easily, and actually do, take shelter under its shadow." This discotery will be of much interest to those who are aware of the great difficulty which has been... | |
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