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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... agreeable and profitable for use . And the learned , to whom I communicated my design , en- couraged me very much ( by their commendations ) to proceed in it ; and more especially when I informed them , that it is not in Asia as in our ...
... agreeable and profitable for use . And the learned , to whom I communicated my design , en- couraged me very much ( by their commendations ) to proceed in it ; and more especially when I informed them , that it is not in Asia as in our ...
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... agreeable and useful . As it is the avowed intention of each article to explain some passage , it is proper that it should be inserted at length , and in a manner so conspicuous as at once to attract the attention of xii PREFACE .
... agreeable and useful . As it is the avowed intention of each article to explain some passage , it is proper that it should be inserted at length , and in a manner so conspicuous as at once to attract the attention of xii PREFACE .
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... agreeable than any of our dances . " ( Let- ters , vol . ii . p . 45. ) This gives us a different apprehen- sion of the meaning of these words than we should otherwise form . Miriam the prophetess , the sister of Aaron , took a timbrel ...
... agreeable than any of our dances . " ( Let- ters , vol . ii . p . 45. ) This gives us a different apprehen- sion of the meaning of these words than we should otherwise form . Miriam the prophetess , the sister of Aaron , took a timbrel ...
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... agreeable illustration from the following ex- " In Abyssinia there is an officer named KAL HATZE , who stands always upon steps at the side of the lattice window , where there is a hole covered in the inside with a curtain of green ...
... agreeable illustration from the following ex- " In Abyssinia there is an officer named KAL HATZE , who stands always upon steps at the side of the lattice window , where there is a hole covered in the inside with a curtain of green ...
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... agreeable to the sultan that he gave the robe that he had on to the imam . Just thus Jona- than stripped himself of the robe that was upon him , and gave it to David . HARMER , vol . ii . p . 94 . No. 93.-xx. 5. New moon . ] " " As soon ...
... agreeable to the sultan that he gave the robe that he had on to the imam . Just thus Jona- than stripped himself of the robe that was upon him , and gave it to David . HARMER , vol . ii . p . 94 . No. 93.-xx. 5. New moon . ] " " As soon ...
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Page 311 - 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 66 - And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
Page 243 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed ; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
Page 376 - Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: 2.
Page 286 - And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
Page 310 - 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 222 - This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it ; because the Lord, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
Page 141 - In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened. And the doors shall be shut in the streets when the sound of the grinding is low...
Page 398 - 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 297 - And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.