Oriental customs: or, An illustration of the Sacred scriptures by an explanatory application of the customs and manners of the Eastern nations, Volumen1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812 |
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... death , and , in the struggle , to have been brought upori one knee ; to have bruised the head of the great serpent with his mace ; and in his final engagement with that monster to have beat him to the earth , and slain him . This ...
... death , and , in the struggle , to have been brought upori one knee ; to have bruised the head of the great serpent with his mace ; and in his final engagement with that monster to have beat him to the earth , and slain him . This ...
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... death of the last male child among them . " See also Gen. xxvi . 28 , 29 . . No. 12. xxii . 3. Saddled his ass . ] There is no ground for supposing that the ancient eastern saddles were like our modern ones . Such were not known to the ...
... death of the last male child among them . " See also Gen. xxvi . 28 , 29 . . No. 12. xxii . 3. Saddled his ass . ] There is no ground for supposing that the ancient eastern saddles were like our modern ones . Such were not known to the ...
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... death , and frightful , for their mourning is right down despair , and an image of hell . I was lodged , in the year 1676 , at Ispahan , near the royal square ; the mistress of the next house to mine died at that time ; the moment she ...
... death , and frightful , for their mourning is right down despair , and an image of hell . I was lodged , in the year 1676 , at Ispahan , near the royal square ; the mistress of the next house to mine died at that time ; the moment she ...
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... death was a most grievous and terrible infliction . When the offender came within four cubits of the place of execution , he was stript naked , only leaving a covering before , and his hands being bound , he was led up to the fatal ...
... death was a most grievous and terrible infliction . When the offender came within four cubits of the place of execution , he was stript naked , only leaving a covering before , and his hands being bound , he was led up to the fatal ...
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... death of Saul , we are informed that they fastened his body to the wall of Beth - shan . Capital offences were sometimes punished by throwing the criminal upon hooks that were fixed in the wall below , where frequently they hung in the ...
... death of Saul , we are informed that they fastened his body to the wall of Beth - shan . Capital offences were sometimes punished by throwing the criminal upon hooks that were fixed in the wall below , where frequently they hung in the ...
Términos y frases comunes
Abyssinia according agreeable Aleppo alluded allusion amongst ancient apostle appears Arabs bread called camel caravanserais carried ceremony Chardin says Christ circumstance cloth court covered custom dead death deities describes Diodorus Siculus DODDRIDGE earth East eastern Egypt Egyptian expression Ezekiel feast feet fire frequently gate give Greeks ground hand HARMER hath head heathens Hebrew Herodotus Hist honour horse Iliad Isaiah Israel Israelites Jerusalem Jews Judea kind king Lord Maimonides manner MAUNDRELL mentioned Mingrelia mountain nations observed occasion passage Persian person Plutarch practice present prince probably prophet Psalm refers remarkable rites Romans sacred sacrifice salt scribes scriptures seal seems Septuagint sepulchres servants SHAW's Travels shekels shew signifies Sir John Chardin sometimes sort speaking stone supposed Syria temple thee thing thou tion Trav trees Turks unto vessel walls wine women words writing
Pasajes populares
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 348 - And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid ; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.
Página 314 - And he said unto him, Thy brother is come ; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
Página 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...
Página 307 - And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, 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.
Página 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.
Página 161 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds: I will be like the most High.
Página 79 - So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees, and said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea.
Página 394 - And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.