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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... night . This is the reason why the scripture promises the Israelites , who inhabited a climate pretty similar to that of Egypt , the dew of heaven as a signal favour . No. 15 , -xxviii . 17. The gate of heaven . ] After hav- ing ...
... night . This is the reason why the scripture promises the Israelites , who inhabited a climate pretty similar to that of Egypt , the dew of heaven as a signal favour . No. 15 , -xxviii . 17. The gate of heaven . ] After hav- ing ...
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... night . ] " In Europe the days . and nights resemble each other with respect to the qualities of heat and cold ; but it is quite otherwise in the East . In the Lower Asía in particular , the day is always hot ; and as soon as the sun is ...
... night . ] " In Europe the days . and nights resemble each other with respect to the qualities of heat and cold ; but it is quite otherwise in the East . In the Lower Asía in particular , the day is always hot ; and as soon as the sun is ...
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... nights . " ( Chardin in Harmer , vol . i . p . 74. ) Campbell ( Travels , part ii . p . 100 , ) says , sometimes we lay at night out in the open air , rather than enter a town ; on which occasions I found the weather as piercing cold as ...
... nights . " ( Chardin in Harmer , vol . i . p . 74. ) Campbell ( Travels , part ii . p . 100 , ) says , sometimes we lay at night out in the open air , rather than enter a town ; on which occasions I found the weather as piercing cold as ...
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