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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... 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 animated those persons who ...
... 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 animated those persons who ...
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... taken off by degrees , and the stones then polished . " 1 KINGS , XX . 34. Thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus . ] The circumstances connected with this passage , and those contained in the following extract , so much resemble ...
... taken off by degrees , and the stones then polished . " 1 KINGS , XX . 34. Thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus . ] The circumstances connected with this passage , and those contained in the following extract , so much resemble ...
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... taken prisoner . " KNOLLES's History of the Turks , p . 206 . 2 KINGS , i . 4. Down from that bed . ] This expres- sion may be illustrated by what SHAW says of the Moorish houses in Barbary ( Travels , p . 209. ) , where , after having ...
... taken prisoner . " KNOLLES's History of the Turks , p . 206 . 2 KINGS , i . 4. Down from that bed . ] This expres- sion may be illustrated by what SHAW says of the Moorish houses in Barbary ( Travels , p . 209. ) , where , after having ...
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... taken notice of and 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 ...
... taken notice of and 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 ...
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... taken away . The delicacy of the inlay- ing in the compartments of the wall is much to be ad- mired . And it is a matter of bitter regret to see the barbarous ravages that have been made by picking out the different cornelians , and ...
... taken away . The delicacy of the inlay- ing in the compartments of the wall is much to be ad- mired . And it is a matter of bitter regret to see the barbarous ravages that have been made by picking out the different cornelians , and ...
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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