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 : Collected from the Most Celebrated Travellers, and the Most Eminent CriticsWhittingham, 1807 - 431 pages |
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... never to mention to me , else I could have made the same enquiry ; but I heard not only this servant , but many eye witnesses , often speak of the Abyssinians eat- ing raw meat . " No.5 . - ix.21.And he drank of the wine and GENESIS . 7.
... never to mention to me , else I could have made the same enquiry ; but I heard not only this servant , but many eye witnesses , often speak of the Abyssinians eat- ing raw meat . " No.5 . - ix.21.And he drank of the wine and GENESIS . 7.
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... eye could reach ; but neither could I discern any heaps of ruins , nor any smoke ascending above the surface of the water , às is usually described in the writings and maps of geographers . But yet I must not omit , what was con ...
... eye could reach ; but neither could I discern any heaps of ruins , nor any smoke ascending above the surface of the water , às is usually described in the writings and maps of geographers . But yet I must not omit , what was con ...
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... eye witness . Having been employed the lat- ter end of August , in taking a plan at Troas , one day after dinner , says he , a Turk coming to us " emptied the ashes from his pipe , and a spark of fire fell unobserved in the grass ...
... eye witness . Having been employed the lat- ter end of August , in taking a plan at Troas , one day after dinner , says he , a Turk coming to us " emptied the ashes from his pipe , and a spark of fire fell unobserved in the grass ...
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... eyes . ] The importance of a guide in traversing the deserts must be evident , when we peruse the following extract from BRUCE's Travels , ( vol . iv . p . 586. ) " A hybeer is a guide , from the Arabic word hubbar , to in- form ...
... eyes . ] The importance of a guide in traversing the deserts must be evident , when we peruse the following extract from BRUCE's Travels , ( vol . iv . p . 586. ) " A hybeer is a guide , from the Arabic word hubbar , to in- form ...
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... eyes , ears , nostrils , and mouths too , if they be not well guarded ; searching every place , as well within as without , so that there is not a little key- hole of any trunk or cabinet , if it be not covered , but receives some of ...
... eyes , ears , nostrils , and mouths too , if they be not well guarded ; searching every place , as well within as without , so that there is not a little key- hole of any trunk or cabinet , if it be not covered , but receives some of ...
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