 | Henry Phillips - 1821 - 428 páginas
...following anecdote is related : Dr. Kennicott, the celebrated Hebrew scholar and compiler of the Polyglot Bible, was passionately fond of this fruit ; and seeing...ripe, gathered it, and exchanged the label for one thus worded: " A fig for Dr. Kenni^ cott." We may conclude that the fig-trees, which are stated to... | |
 | 1821 - 732 páginas
...scholar and compiler of the Polyglot Bible, was passionately fond of this fruit ; and seeing a very 6ne fig on this tree that he wished to preserve, wrote...ripe, gathered it, and exchanged the label for one thus worded, « A fig for Dr. Kennicott.'" The fig tree thrives well in some of the southern districts... | |
 | 1821 - 808 páginas
...following anecdote is related : Dr. Kennicott, the celebrated Hebrew scholar and compiler of the Polyglot Bible, was passionately fond of this fruit ; and seeing a very fine fig on this tree which he wished to preserve, wrote on a label «Dr. Kennicott's fig,' which he tied to the fruit. An... | |
 | John S. Skinner, Editor - 1823 - 448 páginas
...following anecdote is related: Dr. Kennicott, the celebrated Hebrew scholar and compiler of the Polyglot Bible, was passionately fond of this fruit; and seeing...ripe, gathered it, and exchanged the label for one thus worded: "A fig for Dr. Kennicott." We may conclude that the fig-trees, which are stated to have... | |
 | 1825 - 624 páginas
...seeing a very fine fig on this tree, which he wished to preserve, wrote on a label, " Dr. Ken" nicott's fig," which he tied to the fruit ; an Oxonian wag,...ripe gathered it, and exchanged the label for one thus worded, " a fig for Dr. Kennicott." ARCHBISHOP CRANMER. Thomas Cranmer may be considered one of... | |
 | 1826 - 384 páginas
...following anecdote is related : Dr. Kennicott, the celebrated Hebrew scholar, and compiler of the Polyglot Bible, was passionately fond of this fruit ; and seeing a very fine fig on this tree which he wished to preserve, wrote on a label, " Dr. Kennicott's Jig," which he tied to the fruit.... | |
 | 1826 - 372 páginas
...following anecdote is related : Dr. Kennicot, the celebrated Hebrew scholar, and compiler of the Polyglot Bible, was passionately fond of this fruit; and seeing a very fine fig on this trte, which he wished to preserve, wrote on a label, '' -Dr. Kcimicott's Jig," which he tied to the... | |
 | Henry Phillips - 1831 - 408 páginas
...anecdote is related : — Dr. Kennicott, the celebrated Hebrew scholar, and compiler of the Polyglot Bible, was passionately fond of this fruit ; and seeing...ripe, gathered it, and exchanged the label for one thus worded : — " A fig for Dr. Kennicott." Dr. Turner has given us an ample account of the virtues... | |
 | Charles McIntosh - 1839 - 528 páginas
...anecdote is related : — Dr. Kennicott, the celebrated Hebrew scholar, and compiler of the Polyglot Bible, was passionately fond of this fruit, and, seeing...ripe, gathered it, and exchanged the label for one thus worded — " a fig for Dr. Kennicott." Gerard and Parkinson both speak of the Fig as a tender... | |
 | 1862 - 634 páginas
...following anecdote is told : Dr. Kennicott, the celebrated Hebrew scholar and compiler of the Polyglot Bible, was passionately fond of this fruit, and seeing a very fine Fig on this tree that he wanted to preserve, wrote on a label, ' Dr. Kennicott's Fig,' which he tied to the fruit. An Oxonian... | |
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Kennicott's fig," which he tied to the fruit. An Oxonian wag, who had observed the transaction, watched the fruit daily, and when ripe, gathered it, and exchanged the label for one thus worded: "A fig for Dr. Kennicott. 