Oriental Customs, Or, An Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures: By an Explanatory Application of the Customs and Manners of the Eastern Nations, and Especially the Jews, Therein Alluded to : Collected from the Most Celebrated Travellers, and the Most Eminent Critics |
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... raw ; so that the army was defiled by eat- ing blood , or living animals . 1 Sam . xiv . 33. To prevent this , Saul caused to be rolled to him a great stone , and " " ordered those that killed their oxen , to cut their 6 GENESIS .
... raw ; so that the army was defiled by eat- ing blood , or living animals . 1 Sam . xiv . 33. To prevent this , Saul caused to be rolled to him a great stone , and " " ordered those that killed their oxen , to cut their 6 GENESIS .
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... living languages of this part of the world , the giving a person one's benediction ; but it is a simple sa- lutation in Asia , and it is there used instead of those offers and assurances of service which it is the custom to make use of ...
... living languages of this part of the world , the giving a person one's benediction ; but it is a simple sa- lutation in Asia , and it is there used instead of those offers and assurances of service which it is the custom to make use of ...
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... living , that such dis- tinctions were made after their decease . They might thus restrain them from evil or excite them to good , according as they were fearful of being execrated , or desirous of being honoured , when they were dead ...
... living , that such dis- tinctions were made after their decease . They might thus restrain them from evil or excite them to good , according as they were fearful of being execrated , or desirous of being honoured , when they were dead ...
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... living by their frequent eating of flesh . No. 207. ― xxiv . 26. Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer . ] The rescripts of authority used to be kissed whether they were believed to be just or not ; and the letters of ...
... living by their frequent eating of flesh . No. 207. ― xxiv . 26. Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer . ] The rescripts of authority used to be kissed whether they were believed to be just or not ; and the letters of ...
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... who follow it for a living are employed in it from morning to night , as are also their daughters and slaves . This is a picture of the industrious wife , painted after nature by Virgil in the eighth book of his 138 PROVERBS .
... who follow it for a living are employed in it from morning to night , as are also their daughters and slaves . This is a picture of the industrious wife , painted after nature by Virgil in the eighth book of his 138 PROVERBS .
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