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 עמודים |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 39
עמוד 1
... honour of the mystical number three , a number deemed particularly dear to Heaven , every ninth month wit- nessed the groans and dying struggles of nine unfor- tunate victims . The fatal blow being struck , the lifeless bodies were ...
... honour of the mystical number three , a number deemed particularly dear to Heaven , every ninth month wit- nessed the groans and dying struggles of nine unfor- tunate victims . The fatal blow being struck , the lifeless bodies were ...
עמוד 25
... honour those , who were in their favour , by sending such dishes to them as were first served up to themselves , Joseph shewed that token of respect to his brethren ; but to express a particular value for Benjamin , he sent him five ...
... honour those , who were in their favour , by sending such dishes to them as were first served up to themselves , Joseph shewed that token of respect to his brethren ; but to express a particular value for Benjamin , he sent him five ...
עמוד 28
... honour appropriated to persons of distinction , coffins not being universally used in Egypt . Maillet , speaking of the Egyptian repositories of the dead , having given an ac- count of several niches that are found there , says , must ...
... honour appropriated to persons of distinction , coffins not being universally used in Egypt . Maillet , speaking of the Egyptian repositories of the dead , having given an ac- count of several niches that are found there , says , must ...
עמוד 41
... honour of Darma Rajah , and called the FEAST OF FIRE , in which , as in the ancient rights of Moloch , the devotees walk barefoot over a glowing fire , extending forty feet . It is called the feast of fire , because they then walk on ...
... honour of Darma Rajah , and called the FEAST OF FIRE , in which , as in the ancient rights of Moloch , the devotees walk barefoot over a glowing fire , extending forty feet . It is called the feast of fire , because they then walk on ...
עמוד 64
... honour in the east . MAUNDRELL ( Journey , p . 26. ) says , " Thursday , March 11 , this day we all dined at Con- sul Hastings's house , and after dinner went to wait upon Ostan , the bassa of Tripoli , having first sent [ 64 ]
... honour in the east . MAUNDRELL ( Journey , p . 26. ) says , " Thursday , March 11 , this day we all dined at Con- sul Hastings's house , and after dinner went to wait upon Ostan , the bassa of Tripoli , having first sent [ 64 ]
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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