Oriental Customs: Or an Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures, Volume 1Woodward, 1804 |
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Page 98
... seal . ] The very ancient custom of scaling dispatches with a seal or signet , set in a ring , is still retained in the East . PocoCKE says , ( Travels , vol . i . p . 186. notes ) " in Egypt they make the im- pression of their name ...
... seal . ] The very ancient custom of scaling dispatches with a seal or signet , set in a ring , is still retained in the East . PocoCKE says , ( Travels , vol . i . p . 186. notes ) " in Egypt they make the im- pression of their name ...
Page 106
... seal on the bags . In the East , in the present times , a bag of money passes ( for some time at least ) currently from hand to hand , under the authority of a banker's seal , without any examination of its contents . " No. 135.-xx. 13 ...
... seal on the bags . In the East , in the present times , a bag of money passes ( for some time at least ) currently from hand to hand , under the authority of a banker's seal , without any examination of its contents . " No. 135.-xx. 13 ...
Page 111
... sealing them . " ( Niebuhr , p . 90. ) The Persians make up their letters in " a roll about six inches long , and a bit of paper is fastened round it with gum , and sealed with an impres- sion of ink , which resembles our printer's ink ...
... sealing them . " ( Niebuhr , p . 90. ) The Persians make up their letters in " a roll about six inches long , and a bit of paper is fastened round it with gum , and sealed with an impres- sion of ink , which resembles our printer's ink ...
Page 119
... seal upon the knot , and so sent them to the party to whom they were directed , who cutting the string opened and read them . But on the invention of the Egyptian papy- rus for this use , all the other ways of writing were soon ...
... seal upon the knot , and so sent them to the party to whom they were directed , who cutting the string opened and read them . But on the invention of the Egyptian papy- rus for this use , all the other ways of writing were soon ...
Page 122
... sealing . Of this we have a bright instance in the second book of Esdras : " Wheresoever thou findest the dead , seal them , and bury them ; " that is , express the benevolent prayer which is in use amongst the Jews to this day : May he ...
... sealing . Of this we have a bright instance in the second book of Esdras : " Wheresoever thou findest the dead , seal them , and bury them ; " that is , express the benevolent prayer which is in use amongst the Jews to this day : May he ...
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Page 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.
Page 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!
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 183 - David will I lay upon his shoulder ; so he shall open, and none shall shut ; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
Page 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.
Page 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?
Page 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.
Page 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.