Oranges may grow wild in it; Myrrh may be met with in every Hedge, and if he thinks it proper to have a Grove of Spices, he can quickly command Sun enough to raise it.
One division comprises themyrrh region; another the frankincense region, although the same tracts produce cassia, cinnamon, and nard.
In the inland parts is a tract along the banks of a river bearing the name of Isis, and another that of Nilus,[742] both of which produce myrrh and frankincense.
This passage has sometimes been mistaken to mean, that the region producing myrrh and cinnamon refers to the southern coast of Arabia.
It has been proposed to bleach the tincture of myrrh with animal charcoal, but this interferes with its proper action.
Myrrh and mastic are employed on account of their odour, and their presumed preservative action and power of fixing loose teeth.
If there be any Cause to fear a Gangrene, you may also intermix Saffron, Myrrh and Aloes with Spirit of Wine.
If the Bone be corrupted, a little Euphorbium may be apply'd; or else the small Pledgets steept in the Tincture of Myrrh and Aloes; then the Ulcer may be handled as all others.
As for external Remedies in the beginning of the Gangrene, the Spirit of Wine apply'd hot is excellent; and yet better if Aloes, Frankincense, and Myrrh be intermixt therein.
Let the whole Composition be boil'd till a third Part be consum'd; adding half a Dram of Myrrh and Aloes, and a little Brandy.
The third king gave his gift, and quoth: "Spikenard and myrrh to Thee I bring, And with these twain would I most fain Anoint the body of my King; So may their incense sometime rise To plead for me in yonder skies!
Nicodemus brought a large quantity of myrrh and aloes, about a hundredweight.
Some have supposed a half-hidden symbolism therein--gold a tribute to His royal estate, frankincense an offering in recognition of His priesthood, andmyrrh for His burial.
Myrrh and frankincense are aromatic resins derived from plants indigenous to eastern lands, and they have been used from very early times in medicine and in the preparation of perfumes and incense mixtures.
He was directed to take myrrh and steel every day, and three spoonfuls of infusum Digitalis every night.
Darwin proposed to give her a decoction of pareira brava and guiacum shavings, with pills of myrrh and white vitriol; and, if costive, a pill with calomel and aloes.
Myrrh and steel, with fixed alkaly, were then ordered, but to no purpose.
On the 2d of December he was ordered myrrh and lac ammoniacum, which he continued until the 23d, when he was discharged cured, and is now in good health.
Loud, underneath the great blue sky, My heart shall paean sing, The gold and myrrh of meekest love Mine only offering.
Thou art the lad Endymion, And that great queen with spice and myrrh From Araby, whom Solomon Delighted, and the lust of her.
I then ordered that it should daily be carefully washed, and diluted tincture of myrrh be applied to the wounds.
I extracted the two loose teeth, cleaned the others, and ordered a lotion of equal parts of tincture of myrrh and water to be applied.
I removed it, washed the ear well, and applied the tincture of myrrh and aloes.
A lotion of equal parts of tincture of myrrh and water, with a few drops of the tincture of cantharides, will be usually sufficient to cause the swelling to subside, and the pellicle to be detached.
I next, with the forceps and knife, cleaned the others, and ordered the diluted chlorinated lime to be alternated with tincture of myrrh and water.
Mr. Blaine, in his excellent treatise on the distemper in his Canine Pathology, recommends myrrh and benjamin, and balsam of Peru and camphor.
Myrrh formed part of the celebrated Kuphi of the Egyptians--a preparation used in fumigations and embalmings.
Myrrh is one of the ingredients of the sacred ointment or oil of the Jews, with which were anointed the Tabernacle, the Ark, the altars, and the sacred vessels (Exodus xxx.
At the fete of Isis, which was celebrated with great magnificence, they sacrificed an ox filled with Myrrh and other aromatics.
The Persian kings usually wore on their heads crowns composed of Myrrh and Labyzus.
After our Lord's death, Nicodemus brought a mixture of Myrrh and Aloes, about an hundred pounds weight, that his body might be embalmed.
Myrrh is an exudation from the tree Balsamodendron Myrrha; but the precious resin was held by the ancients to have been first produced by the tears of Myrrha, daughter of Cinyras, King of Cyprus, and mother of Adonis.
The Persians were fond of wearing on their heads crowns made of Myrrh and a sweet-smelling plant called Labyzus.
According to Herodotus, powdered Myrrh formed one of the principal ingredients inserted in the bodies of mummies.
One or two, indeed, used to applaud him in his own day, but more than ten times ten thousand had their stomachs turned by nausea and loathing, and went fasting until their attendants revived them with perfumes and myrrh and cakes.
Then there came a caravan of Ishmaelites from Gilead; their camels carried spices, balsam, and myrrh to Egypt.
The Negus passed the Red Sea with a fleet and army, deprived the Jewish proselyte of his kingdom and life, and extinguished a race of princes, who had ruled above two thousand years the sequestered region of myrrh and frankincense.
Now myrrh incense for offerings had been procured from merchantmen who brought their spices into Egypt, and the tree itself grew only in Punt, which lay to the furthermost corner of the ancient world.
The myrrh of Punt has been brought to me, all the luxurious marvels of this country were brought to my palace in one collection.
All went to the temple where Queen Hatshepsut made offerings to Amon, and then the myrrhtrees were planted before his temple.
Put myrrh on thy head, array thyself in fine linen, Anointing thyself with the true wonders of God.
And it was the third day after the three wise men had come to that place and had found Mary and Joseph, with the young child, Jesus, and had lain their gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh at his feet.
Then I saw the gardens and orchards of Damascus, watered by the streams of Abana and Pharpar, with their sloping swards inlaid with bloom, and their thickets of myrrh and roses.
Gems of the mountain and pearls of the ocean, Myrrh from the forest, or gold from the mine?
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