Observations on divers passages of Scripture [by T. Harmer]., Volume 21776 |
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Page 161
... used : the Ægyptians , we are told , have used above a thousand ells of filletting about a body , besides what was wrapped about the head . Thevenot found it so , he informs us * , in a Mummy which he examined . The Jews , it is ...
... used : the Ægyptians , we are told , have used above a thousand ells of filletting about a body , besides what was wrapped about the head . Thevenot found it so , he informs us * , in a Mummy which he examined . The Jews , it is ...
Page 172
... used for writing , excepting parchment 66 only , being of so durable a nature as to " laft from Moses's time till then , ( which " was eight hundred and thirty years . " ) But is this reasoning demonftrative ? The very old Ægyptians used ...
... used for writing , excepting parchment 66 only , being of so durable a nature as to " laft from Moses's time till then , ( which " was eight hundred and thirty years . " ) But is this reasoning demonftrative ? The very old Ægyptians used ...
Page 331
... used in Ægypt in the days of these translators , may be questioned ; as may Maillet's account of the fishing with nets , in the lake at Memphis , in ancient days once in three years , nets at other times being only used by the Ægyptian ...
... used in Ægypt in the days of these translators , may be questioned ; as may Maillet's account of the fishing with nets , in the lake at Memphis , in ancient days once in three years , nets at other times being only used by the Ægyptian ...
Page 543
... used for the doing persons honour , ii . 102 , & 106 , 107 Caves , retired to for safety , ii . 131 Chains , about ... used for fealing , ii . 457 Cloud , indicating a storm , i . 56 ; regulated the march of Ifrael | according to ...
... used for the doing persons honour , ii . 102 , & 106 , 107 Caves , retired to for safety , ii . 131 Chains , about ... used for fealing , ii . 457 Cloud , indicating a storm , i . 56 ; regulated the march of Ifrael | according to ...
Page 547
... used for clothing . See Dervise , and John Baptist Haman , why his face covered , ii . [ 548 ] [ 549 ] [ 550 ] Noon. 95 Honey , fatal effect of eating much , i . 300 ; different forts , i . 302 ; manner of collecting in E- gypt , ii ...
... used for clothing . See Dervise , and John Baptist Haman , why his face covered , ii . [ 548 ] [ 549 ] [ 550 ] Noon. 95 Honey , fatal effect of eating much , i . 300 ; different forts , i . 302 ; manner of collecting in E- gypt , ii ...
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Popular passages
Page 435 - Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field ; Let us lodge in the villages. Let us get up early to the vineyards; Let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, And the pomegranates bud forth: There will I give thee my loves.
Page 191 - For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills...
Page 332 - And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, "Who shall give us flesh to eat? We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
Page 115 - 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 94 - 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 142 - Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead In the rock for ever!
Page 257 - And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.
Page 223 - Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; 5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
Page 287 - To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.
Page 115 - Eurotas. The great lady still leads the dance, and is followed by a troop of young girls, who imitate her steps, and, if she sings, make up the chorus. The tunes are extremely gay and lively, yet with something in them wonderfully soft. The steps are varied according to the pleasure of her that leads the dance, but always in exact time, and infinitely more agreeable than any of our dances...