...according to thf custom of eastern princes, under magnificent paviliens, erected for £ this purfiose ; [Where were] white, green, and blue [hangings,] fastened...pillars of marble : the beds [were of] gold and silver, that is, and couches on which they reclined, were studded with gvld or til* ver, or overlaid with plate*...

...magnificence of the Persian kings upon these publick entertainment*. We read of white, green, arid blue hangings fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble ; that the beds were of gold and silver upon a pavement of red, blue, white, and black marble ; and...

...all the people of Shushan were feasted for seven days together : where were white, blue, and green hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble ; the beds or sofas were of gold or silver, upon a pavement of red, blue, white, and black marble ; they gave...

...the garden of the king's palace ; tr/iere mere iftite, green, and bitte hangings, fastened with conis of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble. The beds wert of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and Hack, тагЫе. Esther...

...unto great and small, sf ven days, in thecourtofthe garden of the king's palace; 6 Ц'Ъеге teere ng, took o/gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black marble. 7 And they gave them...

...him down upon his bed of gold, in a spacious room supported by pillars of marble, and adorned with white, green, and blue hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple, to silver rings. Thus he laid him down, amid an unrivalled profusion of eastern magnificence — but on that night,...

...the expiration of which he feasted all the people that were in Shusham, "both great and small," for seven days, " in the court of the garden of the king's...purple, to silver rings and pillars of marble. The Romans appear to have derived this idea from the Egyptians', as Lentulus Spinther was the first who...

...heat were of ancient use in Persia, we find in the Book 'of Esther, (ch. 1. ver. 6.) speaking of the palace,' Where were white, green, and blue hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen to silver rings, and pillars of marble.' The custom, indeed, prevails to the present day. It being...

...the expiration of which he feasted all the people that were in Shusham, " both great and small," for seven days, " in the court of the garden of the king's...purple, to silver rings and pillars of marble. The Romans appear to have derived this idea from the Egyptians, as Lentulus Spinther was the first who...

...inspired writer has given of the hangings in the royal garden at Sushan, the ancient capital of Persia : " Where were white, green, and blue hangings, fastened...purple, to silver rings and pillars of marble.'^ The upper part of the walls is adorned with the most ingenious wreathings and devices, in stucco and fret-...