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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... horse ) , Cheir Allah , with whom I had some acquaintance before . He immediately resigned his place to me , and applied himself to draw together stones into an heap , in order to build himself a new seat . " This management might be ...
... horse ) , Cheir Allah , with whom I had some acquaintance before . He immediately resigned his place to me , and applied himself to draw together stones into an heap , in order to build himself a new seat . " This management might be ...
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... horses for ninety - four persons . The mehemander ( or conductor ) swore by the head of the king ( which is the greatest oath amongst the Persians ) that he could not possibly find any more . " And THEVENOT says ( Trav . p . 97 , part 2 ...
... horses for ninety - four persons . The mehemander ( or conductor ) swore by the head of the king ( which is the greatest oath amongst the Persians ) that he could not possibly find any more . " And THEVENOT says ( Trav . p . 97 , part 2 ...
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... horse was brought and sacrificed , with some rites similar to those prescribed in the Mosaic law . " The horse so sacri- ficed is in place of the sacrificer , bears his sins with him into the wilderness , into which he is turned adrift ...
... horse was brought and sacrificed , with some rites similar to those prescribed in the Mosaic law . " The horse so sacri- ficed is in place of the sacrificer , bears his sins with him into the wilderness , into which he is turned adrift ...
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... horses what might easily be carried by one . In like manner as to jewels , trinkets , and other things of value , they place in fifteen dishes , what a single plate would very well hold . " Something of this pomp seems to be referred to ...
... horses what might easily be carried by one . In like manner as to jewels , trinkets , and other things of value , they place in fifteen dishes , what a single plate would very well hold . " Something of this pomp seems to be referred to ...
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... Horses tied and asses tied . ] From the circumstances recorded concerning the flight of the Syrians , it appears to have been remarkably precipitate . That they were not altogether unprepared for a hasty departure may be inferred from ...
... Horses tied and asses tied . ] From the circumstances recorded concerning the flight of the Syrians , it appears to have been remarkably precipitate . That they were not altogether unprepared for a hasty departure may be inferred from ...
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