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. ... |
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... of yosephus ; and he thought it also an usage as ancient as the time of Saul ,
Perhaps too , this describing Saul as known by the spear stuck by him may
intimate , that he slept with his face covered , being laid on the ground in the
open air .
... of yosephus ; and he thought it also an usage as ancient as the time of Saul ,
Perhaps too , this describing Saul as known by the spear stuck by him may
intimate , that he slept with his face covered , being laid on the ground in the
open air .
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The floors are covered first with a “ great thick felt , and over that a beauti“ ful
carpet , or two , according to the size . . ' I say of the Alfyrians , for
Nabuchodonosor , whose general he was , is called king of the Assyrians in the
book of Judith .
The floors are covered first with a “ great thick felt , and over that a beauti“ ful
carpet , or two , according to the size . . ' I say of the Alfyrians , for
Nabuchodonosor , whose general he was , is called king of the Assyrians in the
book of Judith .
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... quite covered with trees " and underwood . ” It seems to have been from the
consideration of the extreme labour and difficulty attending the erection of such
massive buildings , in such elevated situations , that the prophet Zechariah says ...
... quite covered with trees " and underwood . ” It seems to have been from the
consideration of the extreme labour and difficulty attending the erection of such
massive buildings , in such elevated situations , that the prophet Zechariah says ...
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Takhtdar , d ' Herbelot informs us ' , is a Persian word , which properly signifies a
prea cious carpet , which is made use of for the covering the throne of the kings of
Persia ; and that this word is also used as an epithet , by which the Persians ...
Takhtdar , d ' Herbelot informs us ' , is a Persian word , which properly signifies a
prea cious carpet , which is made use of for the covering the throne of the kings of
Persia ; and that this word is also used as an epithet , by which the Persians ...
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By the multitude of thy mer“ chandise they have filled the midst of thee “ with
violence , and thou hast sinned : there“ c fore I will cast thee as profane out of the
“ mountain of God : and I will destroy thee , “ O covering cherub , from the midst of
...
By the multitude of thy mer“ chandise they have filled the midst of thee “ with
violence , and thou hast sinned : there“ c fore I will cast thee as profane out of the
“ mountain of God : and I will destroy thee , “ O covering cherub , from the midst of
...
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| Title | 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. ... Volume 3 of 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, Sir John Chardin |
| Author | Thomas Harmer |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, 1787 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 Jun 2007 |
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