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 strán (strany) |
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Strana 27
... women . Their sentiments of joy or grief are properly transports , and their transports are ungoverned , excessive , and outrageous . When any one returns from a long journey , or dies , his family burst into cries that may be heard ...
... women . Their sentiments of joy or grief are properly transports , and their transports are ungoverned , excessive , and outrageous . When any one returns from a long journey , or dies , his family burst into cries that may be heard ...
Strana 31
... women went out after her with timbrels and with dances . } Lady M. W. Montague , speaking of the eastern dances , says , " Their manner is certainly the same that Diana is said to have danced on the banks of Eurotas . The great lady ...
... women went out after her with timbrels and with dances . } Lady M. W. Montague , speaking of the eastern dances , says , " Their manner is certainly the same that Diana is said to have danced on the banks of Eurotas . The great lady ...
Strana 35
... women of the idol , or dancing girls of the pagoda , have little golden bells fastened to their feet , the soft harmonious tinkling of which vibrates in unison with the exquisite melody of their voices . " ( MAURICE's Indian Antiquities ...
... women of the idol , or dancing girls of the pagoda , have little golden bells fastened to their feet , the soft harmonious tinkling of which vibrates in unison with the exquisite melody of their voices . " ( MAURICE's Indian Antiquities ...
Strana 37
... women in Bar- bary are so fond of their ornaments , and particularly of their looking glasses , which they hang upon their breasts , that they will not lay them aside , even when , after the drudgery of the day , they are obliged to go ...
... women in Bar- bary are so fond of their ornaments , and particularly of their looking glasses , which they hang upon their breasts , that they will not lay them aside , even when , after the drudgery of the day , they are obliged to go ...
Strana 42
... women , lie on the bare ground , and walk on a brisk fire . The eighteenth day they assembled , on the sound of instruments , their heads crowned with flowers , the body bedaubed with saffron , and follow in cadence the figures of Darma ...
... women , lie on the bare ground , and walk on a brisk fire . The eighteenth day they assembled , on the sound of instruments , their heads crowned with flowers , the body bedaubed with saffron , and follow in cadence the figures of Darma ...
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