Oriental Illustrations of the Sacred Scripture Collected from the Customs, Manners, Rites, Superstitions, Traditions of the HindoosJ. Murray, 1835 - 619 pages |
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... object , few candid minds will deny . For many years I lived in habits of comparative intimacy with the Hindoos , and mixed with them in their joyous and sorrowful scenes ; and whatever I heard or saw , which promoted the object of my ...
... object , few candid minds will deny . For many years I lived in habits of comparative intimacy with the Hindoos , and mixed with them in their joyous and sorrowful scenes ; and whatever I heard or saw , which promoted the object of my ...
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... object alluded to as being wor- shipped by the Assyrians , it is well known that the Hindoos do the same thing . The lingam ( Priapus ) in the Hindoo temple of Sedambarem is supposed to have sprung from the earth of itself ; and its ...
... object alluded to as being wor- shipped by the Assyrians , it is well known that the Hindoos do the same thing . The lingam ( Priapus ) in the Hindoo temple of Sedambarem is supposed to have sprung from the earth of itself ; and its ...
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... object as much as possible to avoid con- troversy ; hence I have left the reader to compare this with other commentaries ; and doubt not , in general , he will be led to right conclusions . Some of the articles are , perhaps , too brief ...
... object as much as possible to avoid con- troversy ; hence I have left the reader to compare this with other commentaries ; and doubt not , in general , he will be led to right conclusions . Some of the articles are , perhaps , too brief ...
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... object of desire . " This god is the author of all sensual desires . The most impure work in the East commences with an invocation to him . Vish- noo , by many Oriental scholars , is believed to be the same as Noah . Cama is the son of ...
... object of desire . " This god is the author of all sensual desires . The most impure work in the East commences with an invocation to him . Vish- noo , by many Oriental scholars , is believed to be the same as Noah . Cama is the son of ...
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... object , and that earnestly . A man coming from the jungle might say , " As I came this morning , I lifted up my eyes , and behold , I saw three elephants . " " Have 99 - you seen any thing to - day in C 3 GENESIS . 21.
... object , and that earnestly . A man coming from the jungle might say , " As I came this morning , I lifted up my eyes , and behold , I saw three elephants . " " Have 99 - you seen any thing to - day in C 3 GENESIS . 21.
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alluded allusions amongst animals Assyria Baal Peor Baal-zebub Babylon beasts beautiful believe blessed body Boothroyd Brahma Brahmin burning called Calmet cast ceremonies Ceylon CHAP child daughter dead death deity earth East Eastern Egypt enemies enquired evil eyes face familiar spirit father favour fear feast feet fellow female fire fruit give gods gold gone ground hair hand hath head heathen heaven Hebrew Hence Hindoos holy husband idols Imaus India Israel jewels Jews Kandian war king Lingam live look Lord margin marriage moon mother mountains mouth never night offering ornaments person Philistines Priapus priest rain reference rice Royal Asiatic Society sacred says Scanda Purana seen Septuagint serpent servant Siva sorrow speak stone taken Tamul translation temple thee thing thou shalt tree unto verse vessel Vishnoo walk wife woman word worship Yama
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Page 417 - And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.
Page 523 - And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.
Page 571 - And yet indeed she is my sister: she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother ; and she became my wife.
Page 358 - Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Page 13 - And behold I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh wherein is the breath of life from under heaven, and every thing that is in the earth shall die, but with thee will I establish My Covenant, and thou shalt come into the ark, thou and thy sons and thy wife, and thy sons
Page 421 - Let their table become a snare before them : and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
Page 37 - And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.
Page 215 - And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased, because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
Page 151 - And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord ; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold : only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
Page 376 - A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.