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 : Together with Observations on Many Difficult and Obscure Texts Collected from the Most Celebrated Travellers, and the Most Eminent Critics, Volume 1 |
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It is somewhere observed by Acosta , that in cases of sickness , it is usual for a Peruvian to sacrifice his son to Virachoca , beseeching him to spare his life , and to be satisfied with the blood of his child . FABER's Hore .
It is somewhere observed by Acosta , that in cases of sickness , it is usual for a Peruvian to sacrifice his son to Virachoca , beseeching him to spare his life , and to be satisfied with the blood of his child . FABER's Hore .
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“ that in cities and villages , where there are public ovens , the bread is usually leavened : but among the Bedoweens , as soon as the dough is kneaded , it is made into thin cakes , which are either immediately baked upon the coals ...
“ that in cities and villages , where there are public ovens , the bread is usually leavened : but among the Bedoweens , as soon as the dough is kneaded , it is made into thin cakes , which are either immediately baked upon the coals ...
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... surveyed the waters , as far as my eye could reach ; but neither could I discern any heaps of ruins , nor any smoke ascending above the surface of the water , as is usually described in the writings and maps of geographers .
... surveyed the waters , as far as my eye could reach ; but neither could I discern any heaps of ruins , nor any smoke ascending above the surface of the water , as is usually described in the writings and maps of geographers .
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... and entrails , weighs about twelve or fourteen Aleppo rotoloes , of which the tail is usually three rotoloes or upwards ; but such as are of the largest breed , and have been fattened , will sometimes weigh above thirty rotoloes ...
... and entrails , weighs about twelve or fourteen Aleppo rotoloes , of which the tail is usually three rotoloes or upwards ; but such as are of the largest breed , and have been fattened , will sometimes weigh above thirty rotoloes ...
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... violent than usual ; others maintain > that Joshua is to be understood literally , of JOSHUA.
... violent than usual ; others maintain > that Joshua is to be understood literally , of JOSHUA.
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| Title | 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 : Together with Observations on Many Difficult and Obscure Texts Collected from the Most Celebrated ..., Volume 1 Oriental Customs, Samuel Burder 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 : Together with Observations on Many Difficult and Obscure Texts Collected from the Most Celebrated Travellers, and the Most Eminent Critics, Samuel Burder |
| Author | Samuel Burder |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | William W. Woodward, 1807 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 418 pages |
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