 Mr. Murray, if you insist upon your bitter Osher simile, why shut your eyes to the palpable analogy suggested? Naturalists assert that the Solanum, or apple of Sodom, contains in its normal state neither dust nor ashes ; unless it is punctured by an insect,...  Travels to Jerusalem and the Holy Land: Through Egypt - Page 350by François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1835Full view - About this book
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - Middle East - 1812 - 446 pages
...are sometimes full of dust; but this appears only when the fruit is attacked by an insect (tenthredoj which converts the whole of the inside into dust,...of Hasselquist, and the still greater authority of Linnaeus, in his Flora Pal&stina ? No such thing. M. Seetzen, also a man of science, and the most modern... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - Africa, North - 1814 - 550 pages
...solatium tnelongena of Lina-us. " It is found in great abundance," says he, "round Jericho, in the Tallies near the Jordan, and in the neighbourhood of the Dead...of Hasselquist, and the still greater authority of Linnaeus, in his Flora Pala'slina? No such thing. M. Seetzen, also a man of science and the most modern... | |
 | Augustin Calmet - Bible - 1814 - 636 pages
...sometimes full of dust; but this appears only when the fruit is attacked by an insect, Im thri:du, which converts the whole of the inside into dust,...of Hasselquist, and the still greater authority of Linnœus, in his Flora Palästina? No such thing. M. Seetzen, also a man of science and the most modern... | |
 | Josiah Conder - Palestine - 1824 - 398 pages
...in the valleys near the Jordan, and in the neighbourhood of the Dead Sea. " It is true," he says, " that these apples are sometimes full of dust, but...entire, without causing it to lose any of its colour." M. Seetzen, differing from Hasselquist in opinion, supposes the apple of Sodom to be the fruit of a... | |
 | George Paxton - 1825 - 598 pages
...apples are sometimes full of dust ; but this appears only when the fruit is attacked by an insect, which converts the whole of the inside into dust, leaving nothing but the rhind entire, without causing it to lose any of its colour. M. Seetzen supposes it is the fruit of... | |
 | George Bush - Bible - 1839 - 738 pages
...apples are sometimes full of dust ; but this appears only when the fruit is attacked by an insect, ^% ~ w`k v Z $ 7# _ʧ чի _ Τ ? [ g 躿Y r. ` ʣ H | <. b: n 2 o rW M. Seetzen supposes it is the fruit of u tree which grows on the plain of El Gor, near the southern... | |
 | Eli Smith - Bible - 1841 - 712 pages
...smoke and ashes ;' except occasionally, as the same naturalist remarks, " when the fruit is punctured by an insect (Tenthredo), which converts the whole...dust, leaving nothing but the rind entire, without any loss of colour."1 We saw the Solanum and the 'Osher growing side by side ; the former presenting... | |
 | Eli Smith - Bible - 1841 - 708 pages
...smoke and ashes ;' except occasionally, as the same naturalist remarks, " when the fruit is punctured by an insect (Tenthredo), which converts the whole...dust, leaving nothing but the rind entire, without any loss of colour."1 We saw the Solanum and the 'Osher growing side by side ; the former presenting... | |
 | Edward Robinson, Eli Smith - Bible - 1841 - 708 pages
...smoke and ashes ;' except occasionally, as the same naturalist remarks, " when the fruit is punctured by an insect (Tenthredo), which converts the whole...dust, leaving nothing but the rind entire, without any loss of colour."1 We saw the Solanum and the 'Osher growing side by side ; the former presenting... | |
 | Geology - 1842 - 450 pages
...in the valleys near the Jordan, and in the neighbourhood of the Dead Sea. " It is true,'' he says, "that these apples are sometimes full of dust, but...entire, without causing it to lose any of its colour.'' M. Seetzen, differing from Hasselquist in opinion, supposes the apple of Sodom to be the fruit of a... | |
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