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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... king a yerely tribute of ten thousand duckats , which dishonourable conditions the distressed emperor was glad to accept of . So was this long siege broken vp , and presently a great sort of Turks with their families were sent out of ...
... king a yerely tribute of ten thousand duckats , which dishonourable conditions the distressed emperor was glad to accept of . So was this long siege broken vp , and presently a great sort of Turks with their families were sent out of ...
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... king's gate . ] This gate was so called because Solomon built it and the rest of the wall on that side at an extraordinary trouble and ex- pense , raising the foundation four hundred cubits , or 10 ORIENTAL CUSTOMS .
... king's gate . ] This gate was so called because Solomon built it and the rest of the wall on that side at an extraordinary trouble and ex- pense , raising the foundation four hundred cubits , or 10 ORIENTAL CUSTOMS .
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... king of Persia caused a tent to be made which cost two millions . They called it the House of Gold , because gold glittered every where about it . " He adds , " that there was an in- scription wrought upon the cornice of the antechamber ...
... king of Persia caused a tent to be made which cost two millions . They called it the House of Gold , because gold glittered every where about it . " He adds , " that there was an in- scription wrought upon the cornice of the antechamber ...
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... king sat in the winter- house , in the ninth month , and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him . ] In all probability the word translated hearth , means a kind of brasier or portable machine to keep fuel together for burning ...
... king sat in the winter- house , in the ninth month , and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him . ] In all probability the word translated hearth , means a kind of brasier or portable machine to keep fuel together for burning ...
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... king sent to invite the ambassadors to dine with him once more . The Me- hemander told them , it was the custom that they should wear over their own clothes the best of those garments which the king had sent them . The ambassadors at ...
... king sent to invite the ambassadors to dine with him once more . The Me- hemander told them , it was the custom that they should wear over their own clothes the best of those garments which the king had sent them . The ambassadors at ...
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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