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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Page v
... things , which is so natural to all men , demonstrates their necessity ; and the happy influence which they have upon the mind in seasons of adversity and distress , proves their value and utility . They are admirably adapted to our ...
... things , which is so natural to all men , demonstrates their necessity ; and the happy influence which they have upon the mind in seasons of adversity and distress , proves their value and utility . They are admirably adapted to our ...
Page vii
... things which are noticed as singu- larities of more recent establishment , may be traced back into ages now almost forgotten , the distance of time and the remoteness of situation , being the only circumstances which obscure the ...
... things which are noticed as singu- larities of more recent establishment , may be traced back into ages now almost forgotten , the distance of time and the remoteness of situation , being the only circumstances which obscure the ...
Page viii
... things , as the habits , build- ings , gardens , and the like . In the East they are constant in all things : the habits are at this day in the same manner as in the precedent ages , so that one may reasonably believe , that in that ...
... things , as the habits , build- ings , gardens , and the like . In the East they are constant in all things : the habits are at this day in the same manner as in the precedent ages , so that one may reasonably believe , that in that ...
Page ix
... thing discordant from its own particular and favourite modes . If we desire to understand the word of God as it was originally revealed , we must not fail to advert to its peculiarities , and especially those of the description in ...
... thing discordant from its own particular and favourite modes . If we desire to understand the word of God as it was originally revealed , we must not fail to advert to its peculiarities , and especially those of the description in ...
Page xi
... 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 their minds ; so that in addition to a number of passages which ...
... 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 their minds ; so that in addition to a number of passages which ...
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