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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... custom of common life , re- minds the traveller of ancient times ; and confirms , above all , the beauty , the accuracy , and the propriety of the language and the history of the Bible . " MORIER'S Second Journey through Persia ...
... custom of common life , re- minds the traveller of ancient times ; and confirms , above all , the beauty , the accuracy , and the propriety of the language and the history of the Bible . " MORIER'S Second Journey through Persia ...
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... 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 . We found this way of sleeping ...
... 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 . We found this way of sleeping ...
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... the wind from the top to make the air circulate . This is likewise the custom at Bag- dad , in the island of Charej , and perhaps in other towns of that country . " JER . Xxii . 14. It is ceiled with cedar 20 ORIENTAL CUSTOMS .
... the wind from the top to make the air circulate . This is likewise the custom at Bag- dad , in the island of Charej , and perhaps in other towns of that country . " JER . Xxii . 14. It is ceiled with cedar 20 ORIENTAL CUSTOMS .
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... custom all over the East . other , and the Turks adhere to it . Aаμт , says Hesychius , quoted by Madame Dacier , was placed in the middle of the chamber , on which they burnt wood to heat the room , and torches to light it . It stood ...
... custom all over the East . other , and the Turks adhere to it . Aаμт , says Hesychius , quoted by Madame Dacier , was placed in the middle of the chamber , on which they burnt wood to heat the room , and torches to light it . It stood ...
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... custom , that the parents took it upon them to choose wives for their sons . We have seen that Hagar gave Ishmael an Egyptian woman for his wife . In the first heroic times of Greece , the same custom prevailed , and on the same grounds ...
... custom , that the parents took it upon them to choose wives for their sons . We have seen that Hagar gave Ishmael an Egyptian woman for his wife . In the first heroic times of Greece , the same custom prevailed , and on the same grounds ...
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