Oriental customs: or, An illustration of the Sacred scriptures by an explanatory application of the customs and manners of the Eastern nations, Τόμος 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812 |
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Σελίδα vii
... figures and hyperboles , which , as it is manifest , cannot be well understood with- out a knowledge of the things from whence such figures are taken , which are natural properties and particular manners of the countries to which they ...
... figures and hyperboles , which , as it is manifest , cannot be well understood with- out a knowledge of the things from whence such figures are taken , which are natural properties and particular manners of the countries to which they ...
Σελίδα 1
... we are informed , is prevalent in the mythology of the Hindoos . Two sculptured figures are yet extant in one of their oldest pagodas , the former of which represents VOL . I. 3 . L Chreeshna , an incarnation of their mediatorial no ...
... we are informed , is prevalent in the mythology of the Hindoos . Two sculptured figures are yet extant in one of their oldest pagodas , the former of which represents VOL . I. 3 . L Chreeshna , an incarnation of their mediatorial no ...
Σελίδα 22
... figure of an ox or a sheep : for proof that they actually did thus impress them , we can again appeal to the high authority of scripture ; for there we are informed that Jacob bought a parcel of a field for -an hundred pieces of money ...
... figure of an ox or a sheep : for proof that they actually did thus impress them , we can again appeal to the high authority of scripture ; for there we are informed that Jacob bought a parcel of a field for -an hundred pieces of money ...
Σελίδα 42
... figure of Darma Rajah , and of Drobede , his wife , who are carried there in procession .. When they come to the fire they stir it , to animate its activity , and take a little of the ashes , with which they rub their foreheads , and ...
... figure of Darma Rajah , and of Drobede , his wife , who are carried there in procession .. When they come to the fire they stir it , to animate its activity , and take a little of the ashes , with which they rub their foreheads , and ...
Σελίδα 56
... figures , and inscriptions in hieroglyphical and unknown charac- ters , which were found there . In one of these vaults they found , for instance , the coffin of an embalmed body of a woman , before which was placed a figure of wood ...
... figures , and inscriptions in hieroglyphical and unknown charac- ters , which were found there . In one of these vaults they found , for instance , the coffin of an embalmed body of a woman , before which was placed a figure of wood ...
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Abyssinia according agreeable Aleppo alluded allusion amongst ancient apostle appears Arabs bread called camel caravanserais carried ceremony Chardin says Christ circumstance cloth court covered custom dead death deities describes Diodorus Siculus DODDRIDGE earth East eastern Egypt Egyptian expression Ezekiel feast feet fire frequently gate give Greeks ground hand HARMER hath head heathens Hebrew Herodotus Hist honour horse Iliad Isaiah Israel Israelites Jerusalem Jews Judea kind king Lord Maimonides manner MAUNDRELL mentioned Mingrelia mountain nations observed occasion passage Persian person Plutarch practice present prince probably prophet Psalm refers remarkable rites Romans sacred sacrifice salt scribes scriptures seal seems Septuagint sepulchres servants SHAW's Travels shekels shew signifies Sir John Chardin sometimes sort speaking stone supposed Syria temple thee thing thou tion Trav trees Turks unto vessel walls wine women words writing
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Σελίδα 310 - I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Σελίδα 311 - And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: and if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
Σελίδα 348 - And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid ; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.
Σελίδα 314 - And he said unto him, Thy brother is come ; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
Σελίδα 141 - In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened. And the doors shall be shut in the streets when the sound of the grinding is low...
Σελίδα 307 - And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman ? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
Σελίδα 222 - This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it ; because the Lord, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
Σελίδα 161 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds: I will be like the most High.
Σελίδα 79 - So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees, and said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea.
Σελίδα 394 - And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.