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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... never been re - opened . This custom of shutting up any passage that has been peculiarly honoured , that it may not be pro- faned by vulgar footsteps , appears to have prevailed very generally over the East . I found an instance of it ...
... never been re - opened . This custom of shutting up any passage that has been peculiarly honoured , that it may not be pro- faned by vulgar footsteps , appears to have prevailed very generally over the East . I found an instance of it ...
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... never communicating with one another . One of them frequently serves a whole family ; particularly when a father indulges his married children to live with him , or when several persons join in the rent of the same house . " See also ...
... never communicating with one another . One of them frequently serves a whole family ; particularly when a father indulges his married children to live with him , or when several persons join in the rent of the same house . " See also ...
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... never endure chairs again as long as I live . " And in another place ( Letter 33. vol . ii . p . 68. ) she thus describes the fair Fatima : " On a sofa raised three steps , and covered with fine Persian carpets , sat the kahya's lady ...
... never endure chairs again as long as I live . " And in another place ( Letter 33. vol . ii . p . 68. ) she thus describes the fair Fatima : " On a sofa raised three steps , and covered with fine Persian carpets , sat the kahya's lady ...
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... never walk on the threshold of princes , out of respect to them . BERGERON , Voyage de Calpin , cap . 10. The caliphs of Bagdad obliged all who entered their palaces to prostrate themselves on the threshold , whereon they set a piece of ...
... never walk on the threshold of princes , out of respect to them . BERGERON , Voyage de Calpin , cap . 10. The caliphs of Bagdad obliged all who entered their palaces to prostrate themselves on the threshold , whereon they set a piece of ...
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... never saw any picture that could give a more correct idea of a deluge than the valley of the Nile in this season . The Arabs had expected an extraordinary inundation this year , in consequence of the scarcity of water the preceding ...
... never saw any picture that could give a more correct idea of a deluge than the valley of the Nile in this season . The Arabs had expected an extraordinary inundation this year , in consequence of the scarcity of water the preceding ...
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