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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... given a very extraordinary account of the practice of eating blood in Abyssinia . This custom , so prevalent in seve- ral places , is forbidden in the scriptures . A recital of the narrative will probably suggest to the reader the ...
... given a very extraordinary account of the practice of eating blood in Abyssinia . This custom , so prevalent in seve- ral places , is forbidden in the scriptures . A recital of the narrative will probably suggest to the reader the ...
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... given by Mr. Bruce , in these extracts , it may be satisfactory to affix what Mr. Antes has said upon the subject , in his Observations on the Manners and Cus- toms of the Egyptians , p . 17. " When Mr. Bruce returned from Abyssinia , I ...
... given by Mr. Bruce , in these extracts , it may be satisfactory to affix what Mr. Antes has said upon the subject , in his Observations on the Manners and Cus- toms of the Egyptians , p . 17. " When Mr. Bruce returned from Abyssinia , I ...
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... given him by God for his patrimony , with permission to take whatever he could find there ; and on this account they think they may , with a safe conscience , indemnify themselves , as well as they can , not only on the posterity of ...
... given him by God for his patrimony , with permission to take whatever he could find there ; and on this account they think they may , with a safe conscience , indemnify themselves , as well as they can , not only on the posterity of ...
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... given up as a pledge for money lent , per- forms service to the creditor , recovers his liberty when- ever the debtor discharges the debt ; if the debtor neg- lects to pay the creditor his money , and takes no thought of the person whom ...
... given up as a pledge for money lent , per- forms service to the creditor , recovers his liberty when- ever the debtor discharges the debt ; if the debtor neg- lects to pay the creditor his money , and takes no thought of the person whom ...
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... given an ac- count of several niches that are found there , says , must not be imagined , that the bodies deposited in these gloomy apartments were all enclosed in chests , and placed in niches ; the greatest part were simply em- balmed ...
... given an ac- count of several niches that are found there , says , must not be imagined , that the bodies deposited in these gloomy apartments were all enclosed in chests , and placed in niches ; the greatest part were simply em- balmed ...
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Expressions et termes fréquents
Abyssinia agreeable Aleppo alluded allusion amongst ancient apostle appears Arabs boards bread called camel caravanserais carried ceremony Chardin says chres Christ circumstance cloth common court custom dead death deities describes Diodorus Siculus divine DODDRIDGE earth East eastern edition 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 kings of Persia Lord manner MAUNDRELL mentioned Mingrelia mountain nations observed occasion passage Persian person Plutarch practice present prince probably prophet Psalm refers remarkable Romans sacred sacrifice salt scribes scriptures seal seems Septuagint sepulchres servants shekels shew signifies sometimes sort speaking stone supposed Syria temple thee thing thou tion Trav Travels trees Turks unto vessel walls wine women words writing