Oriental customs: or, An illustration of the Sacred scriptures by an explanatory application of the customs and manners of the Eastern nations, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812 - Bible |
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... sort , discover how happily they may be explained by this method , and excite our surprise and regret at the neglect of it . A spirit of enquiry and research seems to have animated those persons , who , during the two last centuries ...
... sort , discover how happily they may be explained by this method , and excite our surprise and regret at the neglect of it . A spirit of enquiry and research seems to have animated those persons , who , during the two last centuries ...
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... sort of fish in this sea , by reason of the extraordinary saltness of it ; which burns like fire , when one tastes of it . And when the fish of the water Jordan come down so low , they return back again against the stream ; and such as ...
... sort of fish in this sea , by reason of the extraordinary saltness of it ; which burns like fire , when one tastes of it . And when the fish of the water Jordan come down so low , they return back again against the stream ; and such as ...
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... sort of round basket , slung on each side of a camel , ( with a cover ) which holds all their necessaries , and on it ( the camel ) a person sits crossed - legged . " Mr. Moryson , whose tra- vels were printed in the year 1596 ...
... sort of round basket , slung on each side of a camel , ( with a cover ) which holds all their necessaries , and on it ( the camel ) a person sits crossed - legged . " Mr. Moryson , whose tra- vels were printed in the year 1596 ...
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... sort of pegs , or nails with broad heads , exhibiting the particulars , either number or name , or whatever it was . These nails or pegs the Jews call heads , and the sockets of the heads they call bases . The meaning therefore of ...
... sort of pegs , or nails with broad heads , exhibiting the particulars , either number or name , or whatever it was . These nails or pegs the Jews call heads , and the sockets of the heads they call bases . The meaning therefore of ...
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... sort are called tambellit ; they in- close in them their things done up in large parcels . It is of this kind of sacks we are to understand what is said here and all through this history , and not of their sacks in which they carry ...
... sort are called tambellit ; they in- close in them their things done up in large parcels . It is of this kind of sacks we are to understand what is said here and all through this history , and not of their sacks in which they carry ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 394 - And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.