 | Earnest Elmo Calkins - 1924 - 286 pages
...contains in its normal state neither dust nor ashes, unless it is punctured by an insect, the Tenthredo, which converts the whole of the inside into dust, leaving nothing but the rind entire, without any loss of color. Human life is as fair and tempting as the fruit of 'Ain Jidy', till stung or poisoned... | |
 | Mrs. Warren - 654 pages
...contains in its normal state neither dust nor ashes, unless it is punctured by an insect (the Tcnthredo), which converts the whole of the inside into dust, leaving nothing but the rind entire, without any loss of colour. Human life is as fair and tempting аз the fruit of ' Ain Jidy,' till stung and... | |
 | 1923 - 880 pages
...contains in its normal state neither dust nor ashes, unless it is punctured by an insect, the Tenthredo, which converts the whole of the inside into dust, leaving nothing but the rind entire, without any loss of color. Human life is as fair and tempting as the fruit of "Ain Jidy," till stung or poisoned... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Publication - 1845 - 290 pages
...these 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 rind entire. M. Seetzen, differing from Hasselquist in opinion, supposes the apple of Sodom to be the fruit of a... | |
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It is found in great abundance," says he, "round Jericho, in the Tallies near the Jordan, and in the neighbourhood of the Dead Sea. It is true that these apples are sometimes full of dust ; but this appears only when the fruit is attacked by an insect... 
