...see the serpent. To which the story in Sennertus seems to add strong proofe. — Wr. translate it, " Behold I will send serpents, cockatrices among you,...which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you." And as for human authors, or such as have discoursed of animals, or poisons, it is to be found almost...

...will not hearken to the voice of the charmers, charming never so wisely40:" and this other: " For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed 41.'' But all this does not convince the abbe". " Without dwelling,'' says he, " on the literal accuracy...

...will not hearken to the voice of the charmers, charming never so wisely40:" and this other: " For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed4i.'' But all this does not convince the abbe. " Without dwelling,'' says he, " on the literal...

...ana have devoured the land, and "all that is in it ; the city, and those that dwell therein. 17 For, Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners : thy wise men,...thee, were thy pilots. 9 The ancients of Gebal and 18 ^| fPTien I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint "in me. 19 Behold the voice of...

...things that I have given them shall pass away from them — I will send serpents and cockatrices amongst you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the Lord."f Nay so little known, in these times, was any other kind of rewards and punishments to the Jewish...

...: &c. See chap. iv. verse 15. VIII. 17. For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among £u, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the )RD. Behold, I will send the Chaldees among you, cruel and implacable enemies ; which will by no means...

...«*« i ... i . it fulnea that is in it ; the city, and those that thereof. dwell therein. 17 For, abitant. 30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds : th mPs. s». 4, bite you, saith the LORD. 18 f When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is...

...Solomon : " Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment," Ecclcs. x. 11. And by Jeremiah : " For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you,...charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the Lord," Jer. viii. 17. This trade of serpent charming is very ancient ; and at an early date Africa was their...

...so wisely !" And in the book of Jeremiah, chap, viii, the disobedient people are thus threatened—" Behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed" These are two very remarkable passages, and 1 think we may, without going too far, set down as snake-charmers...

...the voice of the charmer, charm he never so wisely ;" and that of the eighth chapter of Jeremiah, " I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed." Virgil, in the seventh book of his " .35neidos," notices the effects of music on serpents. Dr. Shaw...