Oriental Customs applied to the illustration of the Sacred Scriptures. Abridged from “Oriental Customs” and “Oriental Literature,” with additional extracts from various authorsLongman & Company, 1837 - 475 páginas |
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... Eastern science . Many learned men have failed in attempting to develope the meaning of some difficult passages , because they have not availed themselves of such assistance ; while the simple application of observations and facts ...
... Eastern science . Many learned men have failed in attempting to develope the meaning of some difficult passages , because they have not availed themselves of such assistance ; while the simple application of observations and facts ...
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... Eastern nations , have been com- pared and explained ; and that , essentially to the advantage of the former . Should the same spirit of inquiry and observation , by which so many enterprising and intelligent tra- vellers have been ...
... Eastern nations , have been com- pared and explained ; and that , essentially to the advantage of the former . Should the same spirit of inquiry and observation , by which so many enterprising and intelligent tra- vellers have been ...
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... Eastern lady at one of those solemnities . " SHAW'S Travels , p . 273. fol . JUDGES , XVI . 27. There were upon the roof about three thousand men and women . ] The Eastern method of building may assist us in accounting for the ...
... Eastern lady at one of those solemnities . " SHAW'S Travels , p . 273. fol . JUDGES , XVI . 27. There were upon the roof about three thousand men and women . ] The Eastern method of building may assist us in accounting for the ...
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... over which is carved a key , the symbol of the Mohammedan monarchs . This Gate , called the Gate of Judgment , according to eastern forms , was the place where the kings administered justice . " JACOB's Travels in B 3 HOUSES AND TENTS . 5.
... over which is carved a key , the symbol of the Mohammedan monarchs . This Gate , called the Gate of Judgment , according to eastern forms , was the place where the kings administered justice . " JACOB's Travels in B 3 HOUSES AND TENTS . 5.
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... Eastern people . " It has ever been a custom with them , equally connected with health and pleasure , to pass the night in summer upon the house - tops , which for this very purpose are made flat , and divided from each other by walls ...
... Eastern people . " It has ever been a custom with them , equally connected with health and pleasure , to pass the night in summer upon the house - tops , which for this very purpose are made flat , and divided from each other by walls ...
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Albania Aleppo ancient appears Arabian Arabs beard Bedouin bread bread and salt bride BUCKINGHAM'S Travels Cairo called camels caravan caravanserais ceremony chap CHARDIN CLARKE'S Travels cloth Constantinople corn covered custom desert dogs East Eastern Egypt eyes feet FORBES's Oriental Memoirs frequently garment gate give gold Greece Greeks ground hand head HERODOTUS Hindoos Hist History of Persia honour horses hour Indian inhabitants ISAIAH Jews Journey through Persia kind king Levant Lord manner marriage MATT MORIER'S Second Journey Nadir Shah night Nubia observed occasion OUSELEY'S Travels Palestine passed person pieces present prince PSALM R. K. PORTER'S Travels river salt sand says seat sent servants side Sir R. K. PORTER'S sometimes stone Syria temple tent thing thou throne tomb Trav Travels in Persia Turkey Turkish Turks unto village Voyage walls women