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 - Bible |
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... eastern saddles were like our modern ones . Such were not known to the Greeks and Romans till many ages after the Hebrew judges . " No nation of antiquity knew the use of either saddles or stirrups : " ( GOGUET , Origin of Laws , vol ...
... eastern saddles were like our modern ones . Such were not known to the Greeks and Romans till many ages after the Hebrew judges . " No nation of antiquity knew the use of either saddles or stirrups : " ( GOGUET , Origin of Laws , vol ...
Page 68
... eastern customs it is perfectly natural . Thus when Pococke was travelling in the company of the Governor of Faiume , who was treated with great respect as he passed along , they spent one night in a grove of palm- HARMER , vol . ii . p ...
... eastern customs it is perfectly natural . Thus when Pococke was travelling in the company of the Governor of Faiume , who was treated with great respect as he passed along , they spent one night in a grove of palm- HARMER , vol . ii . p ...
Page 116
... eastern swords , whose blades are very broad , are worn by the inhabitants of these countries under their thigh when they travel on horseback . Chardin takes notice of these particulars . ' He says , the eastern people have their swords ...
... eastern swords , whose blades are very broad , are worn by the inhabitants of these countries under their thigh when they travel on horseback . Chardin takes notice of these particulars . ' He says , the eastern people have their swords ...
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... eastern nations . It was derived from the Asiatics and Greeks to the Romans . Plutarch describes the manner in which they preserved it ( Sympos . lib . vi . 2 , 6. ) by covering it with straw , and coarse cloths unshorn . Xenophon says ...
... eastern nations . It was derived from the Asiatics and Greeks to the Romans . Plutarch describes the manner in which they preserved it ( Sympos . lib . vi . 2 , 6. ) by covering it with straw , and coarse cloths unshorn . Xenophon says ...
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... eastern people to this day deal in artificial liquors of prodigious strength , the use of wine being forbidden , may be seen in a curious chapter of Kempfer upon that subject .. Thus the drunkard is properly described as one that ...
... eastern people to this day deal in artificial liquors of prodigious strength , the use of wine being forbidden , may be seen in a curious chapter of Kempfer upon that subject .. Thus the drunkard is properly described as one that ...
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Abyssinia according Æneid agreeable Aleppo alluded allusion amongst ancient apostle appears Arabs bread called camel caravanserais carried ceremony Chardin says Christ circumstance cloth common 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 observed occasion passage Persian person 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 xxii
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