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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... means an object of curiosity : whatever way it was done , it surely was adroitly , and the two pieces were spread upon the outside of one of their shields . One of them still continued holding the head , while the other two were busy in ...
... means an object of curiosity : whatever way it was done , it surely was adroitly , and the two pieces were spread upon the outside of one of their shields . One of them still continued holding the head , while the other two were busy in ...
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... means subdue . These robberies they also justify , by alledging the hard usage of their father Ishmael , who being turned out of doors by Abraham , had the open plains and deserts given him by God for his patrimony , with permission to ...
... means subdue . These robberies they also justify , by alledging the hard usage of their father Ishmael , who being turned out of doors by Abraham , had the open plains and deserts given him by God for his patrimony , with permission to ...
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... means of one that was to descend from Abraham . HARMER , vol . iv . p . 477 . No. 14. xxvii . 39. Dew of Heaven . ] Egypt , says . M. Savary , would be uninhabitable , did not the nocturnal dews restore life to vegetables . These dews ...
... means of one that was to descend from Abraham . HARMER , vol . iv . p . 477 . No. 14. xxvii . 39. Dew of Heaven . ] Egypt , says . M. Savary , would be uninhabitable , did not the nocturnal dews restore life to vegetables . These dews ...
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... means of magical incantations , with a portion of the deity : they were consulted on occasions of great and pressing emergency , as a kind of divine oracles , and were suspended , either round the neck , or some other part of the body ...
... means of magical incantations , with a portion of the deity : they were consulted on occasions of great and pressing emergency , as a kind of divine oracles , and were suspended , either round the neck , or some other part of the body ...
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... means of a sort of round basket , slung on each side of a camel , ( with a cover ) which holds all their necessaries , and on it ( the camel ) a person sits crossed - legged . " Mr. Moryson , whose tra- vels were printed in the year ...
... means of a sort of round basket , slung on each side of a camel , ( with a cover ) which holds all their necessaries , and on it ( the camel ) a person sits crossed - legged . " Mr. Moryson , whose tra- vels were printed in the year ...
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