Oriental customs: or, An illustration of the Sacred scriptures by an explanatory application of the customs and manners of the Eastern nations1839 |
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... described as one that seeketh mixed wine ( Prov . xxiii . 30 ) , and is mighty to mingle strong drink ( Isaiah v . 22 ) ; and hence the Psalmist took that highly poetical and sublime image of the cup of God's wrath , called by Isaiah ...
... described as one that seeketh mixed wine ( Prov . xxiii . 30 ) , and is mighty to mingle strong drink ( Isaiah v . 22 ) ; and hence the Psalmist took that highly poetical and sublime image of the cup of God's wrath , called by Isaiah ...
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... DESCRIBED . 2 COR . v . 20. We are ambassadors . ] Ambassadors were usually persons of great worth or eminent station , that by their quality and deportment they might command respect and attention from their very enemies ; and what ...
... DESCRIBED . 2 COR . v . 20. We are ambassadors . ] Ambassadors were usually persons of great worth or eminent station , that by their quality and deportment they might command respect and attention from their very enemies ; and what ...
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... DESCRIBED . EZEK . xxiv . 5. Take the choice of the flock , and burn also the bones under it . ] The following account of a royal Arab camel feast will afford some illustration of the parable contained in this chapter . " Before mid ...
... DESCRIBED . EZEK . xxiv . 5. Take the choice of the flock , and burn also the bones under it . ] The following account of a royal Arab camel feast will afford some illustration of the parable contained in this chapter . " Before mid ...
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... described as plump and large , uses exactly the same image , comparing her to the horse in the chariots of Thessaly . ( Idyl . xviii . ver c 2 ORIENTAL CUSTOMS . 19 garnish round about the table. In the middle was ...
... described as plump and large , uses exactly the same image , comparing her to the horse in the chariots of Thessaly . ( Idyl . xviii . ver c 2 ORIENTAL CUSTOMS . 19 garnish round about the table. In the middle was ...
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... DESCRIBED . JUDGES iv . 21. A nail of the tent . ] SHAW , describing the tents of the Bedoween Arabs ( p . 221 ) , says , " these tents are kept firm and steady , by bracing or stretching down their eaves with cords , tied down to ...
... DESCRIBED . JUDGES iv . 21. A nail of the tent . ] SHAW , describing the tents of the Bedoween Arabs ( p . 221 ) , says , " these tents are kept firm and steady , by bracing or stretching down their eaves with cords , tied down to ...
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Aleppo alludes allusion altar amongst ancient apostle appears Arabs blessing bread called caravanserais ceremony Chardin Christ circumstance cloth common custom dead death described DEUT divine drink earth East EASTERN COUNTRIES Egypt Egyptians EXOD expression father feast feet fire garments gate GILL give gold Greeks ground hand HARMER hath head heathens Hebrew Herodotus Hist Homer honour horse Iliad instance ISAIAH Israel Israelites Jerusalem Jewish Jews Josephus Judea kind king king of Persia Lord LUKE Maimonides manner MATT mentioned mourning nations observed occasion offered Ovid passage passover Persians person Plutarch practice priest princes prophet PROV PSALM refers Romans sacred sacrifice says scripture sepulchres servants signifies sometimes speaking stone supposed Syria temple thee thing thou tion Trav Travels trees unto usual Virgil walls wash wine women words xviii xxii xxiv
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