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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Página 82
... seal . ] The very ancient custom of sealing 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 sealing 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 ...
Página 90
... 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 ...
Página 95
... 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 ...
Página 103
... 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 ...
Página 106
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
Términos y frases comunes
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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.