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 Critics, Bind 1C. Whittingham and sold by Williams and Smith, 1807 |
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Side 141
... Sir John Chardin says , " the songs of those who work them . " May not this help to explain the meaning of this passage , in which the royal preacher , describing the infirmities of old age , among other weaknesses , says , the doors ...
... Sir John Chardin says , " the songs of those who work them . " May not this help to explain the meaning of this passage , in which the royal preacher , describing the infirmities of old age , among other weaknesses , says , the doors ...
Side 154
... Sir John Chardin says , that “ in Persia and Arabia they wear rings about their ancles , which are full of little bells . Children and young girls take a particular pleasure in giving them motion ; with this view they walk quick ...
... Sir John Chardin says , that “ in Persia and Arabia they wear rings about their ancles , which are full of little bells . Children and young girls take a particular pleasure in giving them motion ; with this view they walk quick ...
Side 246
... Sir John Chardin has made upon this passage . He informs us , that the Persians and Turks are not only fond of almonds , plumbs , and melons in a mature state , but that they are remarkable for eating them be- fore they are ripe . As ...
... Sir John Chardin has made upon this passage . He informs us , that the Persians and Turks are not only fond of almonds , plumbs , and melons in a mature state , but that they are remarkable for eating them be- fore they are ripe . As ...
Side 310
... Sir John Chardin also observes , that it is usual for a whole family to sleep in the same room , especially those in lower life , laying their beds on the ground . From these cir- cumstances we learn the precise meaning of the reply now ...
... Sir John Chardin also observes , that it is usual for a whole family to sleep in the same room , especially those in lower life , laying their beds on the ground . From these cir- cumstances we learn the precise meaning of the reply now ...
Side 320
... , and the fact is apparent , that one and the same person has had different names ; but they have determined , in common at least , nothing about the manner in which they came by them . Sir John Chardin thinks , 320 ST . JOHN .
... , and the fact is apparent , that one and the same person has had different names ; but they have determined , in common at least , nothing about the manner in which they came by them . Sir John Chardin thinks , 320 ST . JOHN .
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Side 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.
Side 66 - And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
Side 243 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed ; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
Side 376 - Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: 2.
Side 286 - And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 398 - And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads ; and that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Side 297 - And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.