Oriental customs: or, An illustration of the Sacred scriptures by an explanatory application of the customs and manners of the Eastern nations, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812 |
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Pagina 2
... Persian legislator wrote of the advent of the Messiah in terms even more express than those contained in the foregoing predic- tion . " Zeradusht , " says he , " the preceptor of the magi , taught the Persians concerning the manifesta ...
... Persian legislator wrote of the advent of the Messiah in terms even more express than those contained in the foregoing predic- tion . " Zeradusht , " says he , " the preceptor of the magi , taught the Persians concerning the manifesta ...
Pagina 78
... was apprehended from them , on account of some mental or bodily disqualification . Blindness saved the life of Ma- hammed Khodabendeh , a Persian prince of the sixteenth 2 century , when his brother Ismael put all the 78 1 KINGS .
... was apprehended from them , on account of some mental or bodily disqualification . Blindness saved the life of Ma- hammed Khodabendeh , a Persian prince of the sixteenth 2 century , when his brother Ismael put all the 78 1 KINGS .
Pagina 79
... Persian magi ( Herodotus , lib . vii . c . 191. ) used to appease tem- pests , and allay the winds by making incisions in their flesh . They who carried about the Syrian goddess , ( Apuleius , lib . viii . ) cut and slashed themselves ...
... Persian magi ( Herodotus , lib . vii . c . 191. ) used to appease tem- pests , and allay the winds by making incisions in their flesh . They who carried about the Syrian goddess , ( Apuleius , lib . viii . ) cut and slashed themselves ...
Pagina 82
... Persian ink serves not only for writing , but for subscribing with their seal ; indeed many of the Persians in high office could not write . In their rings they wear agates , which serve for a seal , on which is frequently engraved ...
... Persian ink serves not only for writing , but for subscribing with their seal ; indeed many of the Persians in high office could not write . In their rings they wear agates , which serve for a seal , on which is frequently engraved ...
Pagina 84
... water , somewhat like a coffee- pot , and a little soap , and lets the water run upon their hands one after another , in order as they sit . " Mr. HANWAY , speaking of a Persian supper , says , ( Trav . vol . i . p . 223. ) " supper [ 84 ]
... water , somewhat like a coffee- pot , and a little soap , and lets the water run upon their hands one after another , in order as they sit . " Mr. HANWAY , speaking of a Persian supper , says , ( Trav . vol . i . p . 223. ) " supper [ 84 ]
Parole e frasi comuni
Abyssinia according agreeable Aleppo alluded allusion amongst ancient apostle appears Arabs bread called camel caravanserais carried ceremony Chardin says Christ circumstance cloth court covered custom dead death deities describes Diodorus Siculus DODDRIDGE earth East eastern 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 Lord Maimonides manner MAUNDRELL mentioned Mingrelia mountain nations observed occasion passage Persian person Plutarch practice present prince probably prophet Psalm refers remarkable rites Romans sacred sacrifice salt scribes scriptures seal seems Septuagint sepulchres servants SHAW's Travels shekels shew signifies Sir John Chardin sometimes sort speaking stone supposed Syria temple thee thing thou tion Trav trees Turks unto vessel walls wine women words writing
Brani popolari
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 348 - And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid ; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.
Pagina 314 - And he said unto him, Thy brother is come ; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 307 - And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman ? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 161 - 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.
Pagina 79 - So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees, and said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea.
Pagina 394 - And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.