...the wilderness." Lam. iv. 3. . See a farther description of this unnatural animal , ia Job xxxix. 14. "Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust; lo and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, «r that the wild beast may bteak them. 16 She is .hardened...

...an allusion is even made to this popular notion in the book of Job, »here we are told "the ostrich leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in...dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or the wild beast may break 'hem :" but with respect to the allusions of scripture to natural objects,...

...ostrich ? 14 " For she leaveth her eggs on the ground, " And letteth them grow warm in the sand; 15 " And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, " And the wild beast of the field trample on them. 16 " She is obdurate to her young, " As though they were not her own;...

...of that <TTop-y?j, that instinctive tenderness, which other creatures feel for their offspring,— which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them...dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones as though they were not...

...an allusion is even made to this popular notion in the book of Job, where we are told "the ostrich leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in...dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or the wild beast may break them:" but with respect to the allusions of scripture to natural objects,...

...provide for themselves. Even the author of the book of Job alludes to this popular notion respecting the Ostrich, " which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and...dust; and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young-ones, as though they were...

...among birds, of the want of natural affection ; ' which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and wanueth them in the dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or the wild beast may break them.' The columbine race make a most artless nest, a few sticks laid across...

...You are not therefore to accept in the literal sense the allusions in the 39th chapter of Job, to the ostrich, " which " leaveth her eggs in the earth,...dust, and forgetteth that the foot " may crush them, or that the wild beast may " break them. She is hardened against her " young ones, as though they were...

...since the days of Job, for its negligence as to due provision for its offspring. It is true that " she leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust." She has deposited them in the open desert, where the sand is easily trodden into a slight cavity. She...

...are not, therefore, to accept in the literal sense the allusions in the 39th chapter of Job, to the ostrich, " which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and...dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were...