Oriental Customs: Or, an Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures, by an Explanatory Application of the Customs and Manners of the Eastern Nations, and Expecially the Jews, Therien Alluded To, Together with Observations on Many Difficult and Obscure Texts, Collected from the Most Celebrated Travellers, and the Most Eminent Critics, Volumen1William W. Woodward, 1804 - 431 páginas |
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Página x
... method , and excite our sur- prise and regret at the neglect of it . A spirit of inquiry and research seems to have animated those persons , who , during the two last centuries , explored the regions of the East . Many of them were men ...
... method , and excite our sur- prise and regret at the neglect of it . A spirit of inquiry and research seems to have animated those persons , who , during the two last centuries , explored the regions of the East . Many of them were men ...
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... method I apprehend to be new , and not before attempted , but I hope will prove both agreeable and useful . -As it is the avowed intention of each article to ex- plain some passage , it is proper that it should be inserted at length ...
... method I apprehend to be new , and not before attempted , but I hope will prove both agreeable and useful . -As it is the avowed intention of each article to ex- plain some passage , it is proper that it should be inserted at length ...
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... method here adopted . Two indexes , one of scriptures incidentally illustrated , and the other of subjects discussed , are subjoin- ed : an appendage this , which I conceive no book ought to be destitute of that is designed to be useful ...
... method here adopted . Two indexes , one of scriptures incidentally illustrated , and the other of subjects discussed , are subjoin- ed : an appendage this , which I conceive no book ought to be destitute of that is designed to be useful ...
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... method of conveyance , still used in the East , is by means of a sort of round basket , slung on each side of a camel , ( with a cover , ) which holds all their necessaries , and on it ( the camel ) a per- son sits crossed - legged " Mr ...
... method of conveyance , still used in the East , is by means of a sort of round basket , slung on each side of a camel , ( with a cover , ) which holds all their necessaries , and on it ( the camel ) a per- son sits crossed - legged " Mr ...
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... method of divining by the cup , among the Abyssinians , Chaldees , and Egyptians , was to fill it first with water , then to throw into it their plates of gold and silver , together with some precious stones , F whereon were engraven ...
... method of divining by the cup , among the Abyssinians , Chaldees , and Egyptians , was to fill it first with water , then to throw into it their plates of gold and silver , together with some precious stones , F whereon were engraven ...
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Página 326 - 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 392 - 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.
Página 295 - I like not to take her; then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house. And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.
Página 313 - 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.
Página 405 - For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Página 414 - 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.
Página 157 - There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler : 6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. 7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
Página 177 - 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 393 - Lord must not strive ; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves, if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth, and that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
Página 299 - And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.