Oriental customs: or, An illustration of the Sacred scriptures by an explanatory application of the customs and manners of the Eastern nations, Volumen1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812 |
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Página 14
... night . This is the reason why ( the scripture promises the Israelites , who inhabited a climate pretty similar to that of Egypt , the dew of heaven as a signal favour . 3 J 17 No. 15. xxviii . 17. The gate of heaven . ] After hav ...
... night . This is the reason why ( the scripture promises the Israelites , who inhabited a climate pretty similar to that of Egypt , the dew of heaven as a signal favour . 3 J 17 No. 15. xxviii . 17. The gate of heaven . ] After hav ...
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... night . ] " In Europe the days and nights resemble each other with respect to the qualities of heat and cold ; but it is quite otherwise in the East . In the Lower Asia in particular , the day is always hot ; and as soon as the sun is ...
... night . ] " In Europe the days and nights resemble each other with respect to the qualities of heat and cold ; but it is quite otherwise in the East . In the Lower Asia in particular , the day is always hot ; and as soon as the sun is ...
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... nights . " ( Chardin in Harmer , vol . i . p . 74. ) Campbell ( Travels , part ii . p . 100 , ) says , sometimes we lay at night out in the open air , rather than enter a town ; on which occasions I found the weather as piercing cold as ...
... nights . " ( Chardin in Harmer , vol . i . p . 74. ) Campbell ( Travels , part ii . p . 100 , ) says , sometimes we lay at night out in the open air , rather than enter a town ; on which occasions I found the weather as piercing cold as ...
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... night , and not by the high road , but through the fields ; and I observed that he avoided as much as he could going near any village or encamp- ment , and sometimes stood still , as I thought , to hearks en . " Just in that manner ...
... night , and not by the high road , but through the fields ; and I observed that he avoided as much as he could going near any village or encamp- ment , and sometimes stood still , as I thought , to hearks en . " Just in that manner ...
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... night , should contract such a quan- tity , that when he came to wring it , a bowl full of water was produced . Irwin , in his voyage up the Red Sea , when on the Arabian shores , says , " difficult as we find it to keep ourselves cool ...
... night , should contract such a quan- tity , that when he came to wring it , a bowl full of water was produced . Irwin , in his voyage up the Red Sea , when on the Arabian shores , says , " difficult as we find it to keep ourselves cool ...
Términos y frases comunes
Abyssinia according agreeable Aleppo alluded allusion amongst ancient apostle appears Arabs bread called camel caravanserais carried ceremony Chardin says Christ circumstance cloth court covered custom dead death deities describes Diodorus Siculus DODDRIDGE earth East eastern 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 Lord Maimonides manner MAUNDRELL mentioned Mingrelia mountain nations observed occasion passage Persian person Plutarch practice present prince probably prophet Psalm refers remarkable rites Romans sacred sacrifice salt scribes scriptures seal seems Septuagint sepulchres servants SHAW's Travels shekels shew signifies Sir John Chardin sometimes sort speaking stone supposed Syria temple thee thing thou tion Trav trees Turks unto vessel walls wine women words writing
Pasajes populares
Página 310 - I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Página 311 - And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: and if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
Página 348 - And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid ; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.
Página 314 - And he said unto him, Thy brother is come ; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
Página 141 - In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened. And the doors shall be shut in the streets when the sound of the grinding is low...
Página 307 - And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman ? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
Página 222 - This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it ; because the Lord, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
Página 161 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds: I will be like the most High.
Página 79 - So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees, and said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea.
Página 394 - And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.