Oriental Customs: Or an Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures, Volume 1Woodward, 1804 |
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... writers it must be observed , that many excellent things of the kind - here adverted to are only incidentally mentioned . Some observations which they have made are capable of an application which did not present itself to * PREFACE .
... writers it must be observed , that many excellent things of the kind - here adverted to are only incidentally mentioned . Some observations which they have made are capable of an application which did not present itself to * PREFACE .
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... writers of this class . The production now offered to the public is the fruit of the resolution just mentioned . I have endeavoured to select from Mr. Har- mer's Observations whatever appeared important and interesting . This has not ...
... writers of this class . The production now offered to the public is the fruit of the resolution just mentioned . I have endeavoured to select from Mr. Har- mer's Observations whatever appeared important and interesting . This has not ...
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... writer of that voyage , we cannot help calling to our memory the manners of the patriarchal times . It does not appear to us , that these people had any intention in detaining ours , different from those which actuated the patriarch in ...
... writer of that voyage , we cannot help calling to our memory the manners of the patriarchal times . It does not appear to us , that these people had any intention in detaining ours , different from those which actuated the patriarch in ...
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... writers , not only that Iron melts slowly even in the most violent fire , but also that it ignites , or becomes red - hot , long before it fuses ; and any one may observe the excessive brightness of iron when red or rather white - hot ...
... writers , not only that Iron melts slowly even in the most violent fire , but also that it ignites , or becomes red - hot , long before it fuses ; and any one may observe the excessive brightness of iron when red or rather white - hot ...
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... No. 75.-x. 11. The Lord cast down great stones from heaven . ] Some writers are of opinion that this was hail , larger and more violent than usual ; others maintain that Joshua is to be understood literally of a shower ΤΟ JOSHUA .
... No. 75.-x. 11. The Lord cast down great stones from heaven . ] Some writers are of opinion that this was hail , larger and more violent than usual ; others maintain that Joshua is to be understood literally of a shower ΤΟ JOSHUA .
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Abyssinia agreeable Aleppo alluded allusion amongst ancient apostle appears Arabs beasts bread called camel caravanserais carried ceremony Chardin says chres Christ circumstance cloth common court covered custom dead death deities described DODDRIDGE in loc earth East eastern Egypt Egyptians 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 kings of Persia Lord manner MAUNDRELL mentioned Mingrelia mountain observed occasion passage Persian person Plutarch practice present prince probably prophet Psalm rabbins refers remarkable rites Romans sacred sacrifice salt scribes scriptures seal seems Septuagint sepulchres servants shew side signifies Sir John Chardin sometimes sort speaking stone supposed Syria temple thee thing thou tion Trav trees Turks unto vessel walls wine women words
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Página 327 - 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 304 - And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand : and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, king of the Jews!
Página 414 - And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads ; and that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Página 295 - I like not to take her; then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house. And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.
Página 326 - 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 183 - David will I lay upon his shoulder ; so he shall open, and none shall shut ; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
Página 47 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her, with timbrels, and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Página 35 - Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp ? 28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters?
Página 127 - Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
Página 323 - 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.