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 Critics1831 |
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... king of Persia's tents , magnificent perdahs , or hangings of needle - work , are suspended , as well as on the doors of the great mosques in Turkey ; and these circumstances combined will , perhaps , illustrate Exodus , xxvi . 36 ...
... king of Persia's tents , magnificent perdahs , or hangings of needle - work , are suspended , as well as on the doors of the great mosques in Turkey ; and these circumstances combined will , perhaps , illustrate Exodus , xxvi . 36 ...
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... KINGS , XX . 34. Thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus . ] The circumstances connected with this passage , and ... king a yerely tribute of ten thousand duckats , which dishonourable conditions the distressed emperor was glad to ...
... KINGS , XX . 34. Thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus . ] The circumstances connected with this passage , and ... king a yerely tribute of ten thousand duckats , which dishonourable conditions the distressed emperor was glad to ...
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... king's gate . ] This gate was so called because Solomon built it and the rest of the wall on that side , at an extraordinary trouble and ex- pense , raising the foundation four hundred cubits , or seven hundred and twenty - nine feet ...
... king's gate . ] This gate was so called because Solomon built it and the rest of the wall on that side , at an extraordinary trouble and ex- pense , raising the foundation four hundred cubits , or seven hundred and twenty - nine feet ...
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... king of Persia caused a tent to be made which cost two millions . They called it the House of Gold , because gold glittered every where about it . " He adds , " that there was an in- scription wrought upon the cornice of the antichamber ...
... king of Persia caused a tent to be made which cost two millions . They called it the House of Gold , because gold glittered every where about it . " He adds , " that there was an in- scription wrought upon the cornice of the antichamber ...
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... king sat in the winter- house , in the ninth month , and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him . ] In all probability the word translated hearth , means a kind of brasier or portable machine to keep fuel together for burning ...
... king sat in the winter- house , in the ninth month , and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him . ] In all probability the word translated hearth , means a kind of brasier or portable machine to keep fuel together for burning ...
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Oriental Customs, Or, An Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures: By an ... Samuel Burder Affichage du livre entier - 1807 |
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Albania Aleppo ancient appears Arabian Arabs beard Bedouin bread bread and salt bride BUCKINGHAM's Travels Cairo called camels caravan caravanserais carpet carried ceremony chap CHARDIN CLARKE'S Travels cloth Constantinople corn covered custom desert dogs door East Eastern Egypt eyes feet FORBES's Oriental Memoirs frequently garment gate give gold Greece Greeks ground hand head HERODOTUS Hindoos Hist History of Persia honour horses hour Indian inhabitants ISAIAH Jews Journey through Persia kind king Levant Lord manner marriage MATT MORIER'S Second Journey Nadir Shah night Nubia observed occasion Palestine person pieces present princes PSALM R. K. PORTER'S Travels river salt sand says seat sent servants side Sir R. K. PORTER'S sometimes stone Syria temple tent thing thou throne tomb Trav Travels in Persia tribe Turkish Turks unto village Voyage walls women