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 : Together with Observations on Many Difficult and Obscure Texts Collected from the Most Celebrated Travellers, and the Most Eminent Critics, Volumen2William W. Woodward, 1807 |
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Página 122
... Alex . ab Alex- andro ( lib . i . cap . 24. ) reports of a people in Carmania , that if any were desirous to marry , it was necessary that he should first bring the king the head of an enemy . The Roman custom on this point differed ...
... Alex . ab Alex- andro ( lib . i . cap . 24. ) reports of a people in Carmania , that if any were desirous to marry , it was necessary that he should first bring the king the head of an enemy . The Roman custom on this point differed ...
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... Alex- ander , and he had taken a view of it , his historians remark that he openly expressed his sorrow for his mis- fortunes , and shed tears over a prince , that died in a manner so unworthy his former rank and dignity . ( Plutarch ...
... Alex- ander , and he had taken a view of it , his historians remark that he openly expressed his sorrow for his mis- fortunes , and shed tears over a prince , that died in a manner so unworthy his former rank and dignity . ( Plutarch ...
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... ( Alex . ab Alex . Genial . Dier . 1. i . c . 26. ) It may be this was given to Hamán to seal with it the letters that were or should be written , giving orders for the destruction of the Jews . Among the Romans in aftertimes , when any ...
... ( Alex . ab Alex . Genial . Dier . 1. i . c . 26. ) It may be this was given to Hamán to seal with it the letters that were or should be written , giving orders for the destruction of the Jews . Among the Romans in aftertimes , when any ...
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... ( Alex . ab Alex . Ge- nial . Dier . 1. i . c . 14. ) To this Juvenal refers when speaking of Nestor , Suos jam dextra computat annos . Sat. x . 249 . No. 1021.-v. 15. Drink waters out of thine own eistern , and running waters out of ...
... ( Alex . ab Alex . Ge- nial . Dier . 1. i . c . 14. ) To this Juvenal refers when speaking of Nestor , Suos jam dextra computat annos . Sat. x . 249 . No. 1021.-v. 15. Drink waters out of thine own eistern , and running waters out of ...
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... Alex . ab Alex . Genial . Dier . 1. iii . c . 23. See 2 Kings . x . 27 . No. 1128.-ii. 48. Then the king made Daniel a great man . ] For various purposes and services the eastern princes honoured and dignified men of wisdom and ...
... Alex . ab Alex . Genial . Dier . 1. iii . c . 23. See 2 Kings . x . 27 . No. 1128.-ii. 48. Then the king made Daniel a great man . ] For various purposes and services the eastern princes honoured and dignified men of wisdom and ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Página 29 - I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
Página 5 - And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
Página 250 - O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
Página 339 - And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.
Página 390 - But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
Página 306 - The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
Página 18 - Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp ? 28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters?
Página 8 - And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
Página 11 - And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; and said, Whose daughter art thou?
Página 377 - And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith : for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.