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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... tells us , that , " not long after our losing sight of the ruins of this ancient capital of Abyssinia , we overtook three travellers driving a cow before them : they had black goat skins upon their shoulders , and lances and shields in ...
... tells us , that , " not long after our losing sight of the ruins of this ancient capital of Abyssinia , we overtook three travellers driving a cow before them : they had black goat skins upon their shoulders , and lances and shields in ...
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... tell , or field in the desert ; or in case that I , or mine , should fly to them for refuge , if they did not protect us at the risk of their lives , their families , and their fortunes , or , as they emphatically expressed it , to the ...
... tell , or field in the desert ; or in case that I , or mine , should fly to them for refuge , if they did not protect us at the risk of their lives , their families , and their fortunes , or , as they emphatically expressed it , to the ...
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... tell me , that I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs , with tabret and with harp ? ] The Easterns used to set out , at least on their longer journeys , with music . When the prefetto of Egypt was preparing for his jour ...
... tell me , that I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs , with tabret and with harp ? ] The Easterns used to set out , at least on their longer journeys , with music . When the prefetto of Egypt was preparing for his jour ...
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... tells us , be true , that the distinction in this case , even to Egyptian kings themselves , in all public feasts and banquets , was no more than a double mess . lib . vi . chap . 27. " ( Bibliotheca Bibl . ) STACKHOUSE'S Hist . of the ...
... tells us , be true , that the distinction in this case , even to Egyptian kings themselves , in all public feasts and banquets , was no more than a double mess . lib . vi . chap . 27. " ( Bibliotheca Bibl . ) STACKHOUSE'S Hist . of the ...
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... tells us likewise , that the manner of some was to pour melted wax into the cup , wherein was water , which wax would range itself into order , and so form answers , according to the questions proposed . SAURIN'S Diss . 38 . No. 34 ...
... tells us likewise , that the manner of some was to pour melted wax into the cup , wherein was water , which wax would range itself into order , and so form answers , according to the questions proposed . SAURIN'S Diss . 38 . No. 34 ...
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