Oriental customs: or, An illustration of the Sacred scriptures by an explanatory application of the customs and manners of the Eastern nations, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812 |
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... give it such an aspect , yet upon mature examination it will be found that if it contain those branches and ar- ticles of truth , which are of general application , and which are productive of similar effects in distant ages and places ...
... give it such an aspect , yet upon mature examination it will be found that if it contain those branches and ar- ticles of truth , which are of general application , and which are productive of similar effects in distant ages and places ...
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... give it a just and clear representation . The accumulated labours of biblical critics have succeeded in clearing up many difficulties ; but in some instances they have failed , and have left the enquirer bewildered and perplexed . The ...
... give it a just and clear representation . The accumulated labours of biblical critics have succeeded in clearing up many difficulties ; but in some instances they have failed , and have left the enquirer bewildered and perplexed . The ...
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... give them a con- sistent and intelligible meaning . feriet quodcunque minabitur arcus . Many of the observations here advanced are indeed rather proposed to consideration , than offered to decide positively the meaning of those passages ...
... give them a con- sistent and intelligible meaning . feriet quodcunque minabitur arcus . Many of the observations here advanced are indeed rather proposed to consideration , than offered to decide positively the meaning of those passages ...
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... Asphaltis , adds , that the whole of its appearance gives an air of probability to the prevailing tradition , that thirteen eities , the chief of which was Sodom , were once de- } stroyed and swallowed up by earthquakes , fire , GENESIS .
... Asphaltis , adds , that the whole of its appearance gives an air of probability to the prevailing tradition , that thirteen eities , the chief of which was Sodom , were once de- } stroyed and swallowed up by earthquakes , fire , GENESIS .
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... gives is much to the same purpose . " There is no sort of fish in this sea , by reason of the extraordinary saltness of it ; which burns like fire , when one tastes of it . And when the fish of the water Jordan come down so low , they ...
... gives is much to the same purpose . " There is no sort of fish in this sea , by reason of the extraordinary saltness of it ; which burns like fire , when one tastes of it . And when the fish of the water Jordan come down so low , they ...
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Abyssinia according agreeable Aleppo alluded allusion amongst ancient apostle appears Arabs bread called camel caravanserais carried ceremony Chardin says Christ circumstance cloth court covered custom dead death deities describes Diodorus Siculus DODDRIDGE earth East eastern Egypt Egyptian expression Ezekiel feast feet fire frequently gate give Greeks ground hand HARMER hath head heathens Hebrew Herodotus Hist honour horse Iliad Isaiah Israel Israelites Jerusalem Jews Judea kind king Lord Maimonides manner MAUNDRELL mentioned Mingrelia mountain nations observed occasion passage Persian person Plutarch practice present prince probably prophet Psalm refers remarkable rites Romans sacred sacrifice salt scribes scriptures seal seems Septuagint sepulchres servants SHAW's Travels shekels shew signifies Sir John Chardin sometimes sort speaking stone supposed Syria temple thee thing thou tion Trav trees Turks unto vessel walls wine women words writing
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Página 310 - I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Página 311 - And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: and if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
Página 348 - And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid ; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.
Página 314 - And he said unto him, Thy brother is come ; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
Página 141 - In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened. And the doors shall be shut in the streets when the sound of the grinding is low...
Página 307 - And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman ? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
Página 222 - This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it ; because the Lord, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
Página 161 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds: I will be like the most High.
Página 79 - So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees, and said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea.
Página 394 - And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.