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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... observations and facts , taken from travellers and historians , has removed every degree of obscurity , and placed the passages under consideration in a clear and intelligible light . A spirit of inquiry and research seems to have ...
... observations and facts , taken from travellers and historians , has removed every degree of obscurity , and placed the passages under consideration in a clear and intelligible light . A spirit of inquiry and research seems to have ...
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... be illustrated by what SHAW says of the Moorish houses in Barbary ( Travels , p . 209. ) , where , after having observed that their chambers are spacious , of the same length with the square court on the HOUSES AND TENTS . 9.
... be illustrated by what SHAW says of the Moorish houses in Barbary ( Travels , p . 209. ) , where , after having observed that their chambers are spacious , of the same length with the square court on the HOUSES AND TENTS . 9.
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... observed . The like is related of Ahab , 1 Kings , xxi . 4 .; though probably he did thus , not upon a religious account , but in order to conceal from his attendants the anguish he was in for his late disappointment . RUSSELL ( Nat ...
... observed . The like is related of Ahab , 1 Kings , xxi . 4 .; though probably he did thus , not upon a religious account , but in order to conceal from his attendants the anguish he was in for his late disappointment . RUSSELL ( Nat ...
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... observation most , were three or four layers of immense stones , apparently of the ancient town , forming part of the walls of the palace . " The ancients delighted in building with these large kind of stones ; for , in the ruins which ...
... observation most , were three or four layers of immense stones , apparently of the ancient town , forming part of the walls of the palace . " The ancients delighted in building with these large kind of stones ; for , in the ruins which ...
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... observed by all ambas- sadors , and that no doubt the king would take it very ill at their hands if they presented themselves before him without the marks of his liberality , they at last resolved to do it ; and , after their example ...
... observed by all ambas- sadors , and that no doubt the king would take it very ill at their hands if they presented themselves before him without the marks of his liberality , they at last resolved to do it ; and , after their example ...
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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