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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Page 153
... describes the habitations of the Troglodyte to have been somewhat of this kind . " ( Maundrell , p . 118. ) The Horites , who dwelt on Mount Seir , were Troglodytes , as their name imports ; but those mentioned by Strabo were on each ...
... describes the habitations of the Troglodyte to have been somewhat of this kind . " ( Maundrell , p . 118. ) The Horites , who dwelt on Mount Seir , were Troglodytes , as their name imports ; but those mentioned by Strabo were on each ...
Page 173
... describes the Almighty as measuring the waters in the hollow of his hand . " Indian Antiquities , vol . iii . p . 240 . No. 258. xli . 15. Threshing . ] The manner of threshing corn in the East differs essentially from the method ...
... describes the Almighty as measuring the waters in the hollow of his hand . " Indian Antiquities , vol . iii . p . 240 . No. 258. xli . 15. Threshing . ] The manner of threshing corn in the East differs essentially from the method ...
Page 180
... describes : " The next morning nothing extraordinary passed , which gave many of the pilgrims leisure to have their arms marked with the usual ensigns of Jerusalem . The artists , who undertake the operation , do it in this manner ...
... describes : " The next morning nothing extraordinary passed , which gave many of the pilgrims leisure to have their arms marked with the usual ensigns of Jerusalem . The artists , who undertake the operation , do it in this manner ...
Page 194
... describes . “ I beheld children writing their lessons with their fingers on the ground , the pave- ment being for that purpose strewed all over with very fine sand . When the pavement was full , they put the writing out , and , if need ...
... describes . “ I beheld children writing their lessons with their fingers on the ground , the pave- ment being for that purpose strewed all over with very fine sand . When the pavement was full , they put the writing out , and , if need ...
Page 196
... describes the destruction of a family amongst the Arabs , and the rendering one of their habitations desolate , after the same manner : How oft is the candle of the wicked put out , and how oft cometh their destruction upon them ! ( Job ...
... describes the destruction of a family amongst the Arabs , and the rendering one of their habitations desolate , after the same manner : How oft is the candle of the wicked put out , and how oft cometh their destruction upon them ! ( Job ...
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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