Illustrations of the Holy Scriptures, Volumen2Ogle, 1819 |
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... custom , selected it as the reason of the name by which she is known in their lan- guage ; they call her ( r ) nets , from the verb natsa , to fly . She was reckoned , by many of the ancients , the swiftest of the feathered race . In ...
... custom , selected it as the reason of the name by which she is known in their lan- guage ; they call her ( r ) nets , from the verb natsa , to fly . She was reckoned , by many of the ancients , the swiftest of the feathered race . In ...
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... custom has descended to modern times ; Volney informs us , that the use of carrier pigeons has been laid aside , only for the last thirty or forty years , because the Curd robbers killed the birds , and carried off their dispatches ...
... custom has descended to modern times ; Volney informs us , that the use of carrier pigeons has been laid aside , only for the last thirty or forty years , because the Curd robbers killed the birds , and carried off their dispatches ...
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... customs and usages of orientals , are almost as permanent as the soil on which they tread . Averse to change , and ... custom seems to have been very general , and quite familiar . When , therefore , the character of those nations ...
... customs and usages of orientals , are almost as permanent as the soil on which they tread . Averse to change , and ... custom seems to have been very general , and quite familiar . When , therefore , the character of those nations ...
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... custom has descended to the present times ; for fruits and provisions of every kind are still commonly packed up in skins , by the inhabitants of Syria * . 1 These skin bottles were not confined to the countries of Asia ; the roving ...
... custom has descended to the present times ; for fruits and provisions of every kind are still commonly packed up in skins , by the inhabitants of Syria * . 1 These skin bottles were not confined to the countries of Asia ; the roving ...
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... custom of the east ; and the manner in which they . mend their old and rent bottles , is various . Sometimes they set in a piece ; sometimes they gather up the wounded place in the manner of a purse ; sometimes they put in a round flat ...
... custom of the east ; and the manner in which they . mend their old and rent bottles , is various . Sometimes they set in a piece ; sometimes they gather up the wounded place in the manner of a purse ; sometimes they put in a round flat ...
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