Observations on Divers Passages of Scripture. Placing Many of Them in a Light Altogether New ... and More Amply Illustrating the Rest Than Has Been Yet Done, by Means of Circumstances Incidentally Mentioned in Books of Voyages and Travels Into the East: In Two Volumes. ...J. Johnson, 1797 |
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... ftill more amuf- ing to the imagination , and , at the fame time , may juftly be fuppofed to be more instructive ; fince many of their ancient cuftoms remain unal- tered , and references to thofe ancient cuftoms ap- pear every where in ...
... ftill more amuf- ing to the imagination , and , at the fame time , may juftly be fuppofed to be more instructive ; fince many of their ancient cuftoms remain unal- tered , and references to thofe ancient cuftoms ap- pear every where in ...
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... ftill in being , and which I have perufed on this occafion . They are referred to in the Preface to his printed Travels , in which he mentions his defign of other publications . They consist chiefly of memorandums , written with the ...
... ftill in being , and which I have perufed on this occafion . They are referred to in the Preface to his printed Travels , in which he mentions his defign of other publications . They consist chiefly of memorandums , written with the ...
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... ftill at Jerufalem , for St. Jerome , who lived long in the Holy - Land , denies , in his com- mentary on Amos , his having ever feen rain in thofe provinces , and efpecially in Judæa , in the end of fune , or in the month of July ; but ...
... ftill at Jerufalem , for St. Jerome , who lived long in the Holy - Land , denies , in his com- mentary on Amos , his having ever feen rain in thofe provinces , and efpecially in Judæa , in the end of fune , or in the month of July ; but ...
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... ftill greater digreffion , that furely this Phæno- menon at Aleppo deferves a very nice en- quiry . A temporary Thermometer may be made with water , as well as fpirit of wine . or quickfilver ; and metalline inftruments * Maillet Let ...
... ftill greater digreffion , that furely this Phæno- menon at Aleppo deferves a very nice en- quiry . A temporary Thermometer may be made with water , as well as fpirit of wine . or quickfilver ; and metalline inftruments * Maillet Let ...
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... and herds unmolefted , in inhabited countries as well as in deferts . I 1 Voy . dans la Pal . par la Roque p . 173 , 2 a P. 158 . But But this ancient custom ftill continues in Palaeftine , which 78 Of the living in Tents.
... and herds unmolefted , in inhabited countries as well as in deferts . I 1 Voy . dans la Pal . par la Roque p . 173 , 2 a P. 158 . But But this ancient custom ftill continues in Palaeftine , which 78 Of the living in Tents.
Términos y frases comunes
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