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, Volym 1C. Whittingham and sold by Williams and Smith, 1807 |
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... feet , while the third , who had a knife in his hand , to my very great surprise , in place of taking her by the throat , got astride upon her belly , ' before her hind legs , and gave her a very deep wound in the upper part of the ...
... feet , while the third , who had a knife in his hand , to my very great surprise , in place of taking her by the throat , got astride upon her belly , ' before her hind legs , and gave her a very deep wound in the upper part of the ...
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... feet , the soft harmonious tinkling of which vibrates in unison with the exquisite melody of their voices . " ( MAURICE's Indian Antiquities , vol . v . p . 137. ) " The ancient kings of Persia , who , in fact , united in their own ...
... feet , the soft harmonious tinkling of which vibrates in unison with the exquisite melody of their voices . " ( MAURICE's Indian Antiquities , vol . v . p . 137. ) " The ancient kings of Persia , who , in fact , united in their own ...
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... feet , skin , and entrails , weighs about twelve or fourteen Aleppo roto- loes , of which the tail is usually three rotoloes or upwards ; but such as are of the largest breed , and have been fattened , will sometimes weigh above thirty ...
... feet , skin , and entrails , weighs about twelve or fourteen Aleppo roto- loes , of which the tail is usually three rotoloes or upwards ; but such as are of the largest breed , and have been fattened , will sometimes weigh above thirty ...
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... 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 that element . It lasts eighteen days , during which time LEVITICUS . 41.
... 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 that element . It lasts eighteen days , during which time LEVITICUS . 41.
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... feet in length . Some carry their children in their arms ; and others lances , sabres , and standards . The most fervent devotees walk several times over the fire . After the ceremony , the people press to collect some of the ashes to ...
... feet in length . Some carry their children in their arms ; and others lances , sabres , and standards . The most fervent devotees walk several times over the fire . After the ceremony , the people press to collect some of the ashes to ...
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Sida 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.
Sida 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.
Sida 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.
Sida 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.
Sida 286 - And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
Sida 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.
Sida 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.
Sida 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...
Sida 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.
Sida 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.