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 : Together with Observations on Many Difficult and Obscure Texts Collected from the Most Celebrated Travellers, and the Most Eminent Critics, Zväzok 2William W. Woodward, 1807 |
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Strana 2
... according to Porphyry ( De Abstinentia , p . 73. ) a very curious and ancient festival , annually cele- brated at Athens , to the honour of the Sun and Hours , which , in the simplicity of the offerings , remarkably re- sembled the ...
... according to Porphyry ( De Abstinentia , p . 73. ) a very curious and ancient festival , annually cele- brated at Athens , to the honour of the Sun and Hours , which , in the simplicity of the offerings , remarkably re- sembled the ...
Strana 5
... according to the established custom of Egypt , she gave him a name of honour : not merely a name of distinction , for such all nations had ( who wor- shiped local tutelary deities ) before their communication with Egypt . But after that ...
... according to the established custom of Egypt , she gave him a name of honour : not merely a name of distinction , for such all nations had ( who wor- shiped local tutelary deities ) before their communication with Egypt . But after that ...
Strana 20
... according to the qua- lity of people . There is nothing more disagreeable to the eyes of those that are unaccustomed to the sight for these pendants by their weight widen so extremely the hole of the ear , that one might put in two ...
... according to the qua- lity of people . There is nothing more disagreeable to the eyes of those that are unaccustomed to the sight for these pendants by their weight widen so extremely the hole of the ear , that one might put in two ...
Strana 24
... according to the custom usually observed towards all foreign ministers . " Travels , p . 199 . Caffetans are long vests of gold or silver brocade , flowered with silk . See also Ezra ii . 69. Neh . vii . 70 . No. 648. xlvi . 4. Put his ...
... according to the custom usually observed towards all foreign ministers . " Travels , p . 199 . Caffetans are long vests of gold or silver brocade , flowered with silk . See also Ezra ii . 69. Neh . vii . 70 . No. 648. xlvi . 4. Put his ...
Strana 37
... according to Herodotus and Plutarch , had their original in Egypt , used to tear the members of living creatures to pieces , and eat them raw . It is ob- servable , that the Syriac version renders the clause . " Eat not of it raw , eat ...
... according to Herodotus and Plutarch , had their original in Egypt , used to tear the members of living creatures to pieces , and eat them raw . It is ob- servable , that the Syriac version renders the clause . " Eat not of it raw , eat ...
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Strana 210 - He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
Strana 211 - Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
Strana 389 - And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
Strana 118 - And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
Strana 329 - Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
Strana 390 - But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
Strana 306 - The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
Strana 250 - O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
Strana 339 - And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.
Strana 207 - They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.