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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... relations being obtained , the bridegroom is bound to serve the parents of the bride for a year . RAFFLES's History of Java , vol . i . p . 325 . " The Naudowesies have a singular method of cele- brating their marriages , which seems to ...
... relations being obtained , the bridegroom is bound to serve the parents of the bride for a year . RAFFLES's History of Java , vol . i . p . 325 . " The Naudowesies have a singular method of cele- brating their marriages , which seems to ...
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... relations and guests sit round the room on the floor , which is spread with new mats , covered with carpets , and these generally likewise covered with white linen , chairs being unknown but in the possession of Europeans ; and to have ...
... relations and guests sit round the room on the floor , which is spread with new mats , covered with carpets , and these generally likewise covered with white linen , chairs being unknown but in the possession of Europeans ; and to have ...
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... relations , which furnishes them with an oppor- tunity of walking abroad in the gardens or fields : they have so contrived that almost every Thursday in the spring bears the name of some particular sheik ( or saint ) whose tomb they ...
... relations , which furnishes them with an oppor- tunity of walking abroad in the gardens or fields : they have so contrived that almost every Thursday in the spring bears the name of some particular sheik ( or saint ) whose tomb they ...
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... relations , they give a feast , of which they make the child also to partake . GEN . xxiv . 59. And they sent away Rebekah their sister and her nurse . ] Nurses were formerly held in very high esteem , and considered as being entitled ...
... relations , they give a feast , of which they make the child also to partake . GEN . xxiv . 59. And they sent away Rebekah their sister and her nurse . ] Nurses were formerly held in very high esteem , and considered as being entitled ...
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... relations and friends , which are sent as nezers ( offerings ) to the mosque at Kerbelah , and are there consecrated . ' Num- bers , vi . MORIER's Second Jour . through Persia , p . 109 . 1 SAM . XX . 30. Thou son of the perverse ...
... relations and friends , which are sent as nezers ( offerings ) to the mosque at Kerbelah , and are there consecrated . ' Num- bers , vi . MORIER's Second Jour . through Persia , p . 109 . 1 SAM . XX . 30. Thou son of the perverse ...
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