Illustrations of the Holy Scriptures, derived principally from the manners, customs, rites, traditions, forms of speech, antiquities, climate, and works of art and literature of the Eastern nations; embodying all that is valuable in the works of Harmer, Burder, Paxton, and Roberts, and the most celebrated oriental travellers; embracing also the subject of the fulfilment of prophecy, as exhibited by Keith and others ... Edited by Rev. G. Bush. [With plates.]Brattleboro' Typographic Company, 1839 - 656 páginas |
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... manners and customs , opinions and institutions , retain all the fixedness of their mountains , and flow on as ... manner as in the precedent ages ; so that one may reasonably believe , that in that part of the world , the exterior ...
... manners and customs , opinions and institutions , retain all the fixedness of their mountains , and flow on as ... manner as in the precedent ages ; so that one may reasonably believe , that in that part of the world , the exterior ...
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... manners of the old patriarchs . entertaining enough to see the horde of Arabs decamp , as nothing could be more ... manner of changing their abode . Numerous flocks , which precede the caravan , express by their bleating , their joy ...
... manners of the old patriarchs . entertaining enough to see the horde of Arabs decamp , as nothing could be more ... manner of changing their abode . Numerous flocks , which precede the caravan , express by their bleating , their joy ...
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... manner daubed with bitumen ( chemar ) and pitch ; but the mother of Mo- ses , considering the poverty of her house , cannot be sup- posed to have procured it from a distance , nor at any great expense : she must therefore have found it ...
... manner daubed with bitumen ( chemar ) and pitch ; but the mother of Mo- ses , considering the poverty of her house , cannot be sup- posed to have procured it from a distance , nor at any great expense : she must therefore have found it ...
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... manner in which the Arabs harass the caravans of the East , is described in the same page . Chardin tells that the manner of their making war , and pillaging the caravans , is , to keep by the side of them , or to follow them in the ...
... manner in which the Arabs harass the caravans of the East , is described in the same page . Chardin tells that the manner of their making war , and pillaging the caravans , is , to keep by the side of them , or to follow them in the ...
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... manner , and its uninterrupted per- manency , is the necessary result of the nature of their country . They have continued wild or uncivilized , and have retained their habits of hostility towards all the rest of the human race , though ...
... manner , and its uninterrupted per- manency , is the necessary result of the nature of their country . They have continued wild or uncivilized , and have retained their habits of hostility towards all the rest of the human race , though ...
Términos y frases comunes
Abner Absalom according Achish Aleppo Ammonites ancient animal appears Arabs army beard beasts blood bread called camels Canaan CHAP CHAPTER children of Israel circumstances command corn crime custom David death desert earth East eastern Egypt enemies ephod eyes father favour feet give ground hand hath head heaven Hebrew holy honour horses inhabitants Ishbosheth Israel Israelites Jebusites Jerusalem Jews Joab Josephus journey Judah kind king land Lord manner means mentioned Mephibosheth Moses mountains murder nations nature never observed occasion passage Persia person Philistines polygamy present princes probably prophet punishment rain reason rendered sacred Samaria Saul Saul's says scripture seems sent servant Shimei signifies Solomon stones suppose Syria temple thee thing thou shalt throne tion translation traveller tree tribe of Judah tribes unto Uzzah whole wife word writers