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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... the relations , accompanied by all that have “ been invited to the wedding , men
and Fr of her sisters , or nearest female relations ,. wonen , return once more to
the house " where the bride is , in procession , each car. “ rying a candle , and ...
... the relations , accompanied by all that have “ been invited to the wedding , men
and Fr of her sisters , or nearest female relations ,. wonen , return once more to
the house " where the bride is , in procession , each car. “ rying a candle , and ...
Page 314
30 , ) which has some relation to what I am now mentioning , and therefore may
here be taken notice of ; and that is , that if the dying the tails and the hair of the
foreheads of buffaloes red be thought to be ornamental , yet how could the black
...
30 , ) which has some relation to what I am now mentioning , and therefore may
here be taken notice of ; and that is , that if the dying the tails and the hair of the
foreheads of buffaloes red be thought to be ornamental , yet how could the black
...
Page 394
Their disinal cries “ suited very well with the lonely hour of “ the night : and I
understand that this “ relic of the Grecian customs lasts for the “ space of seven
days ; during which interval “ the female relations of the deceased make a “ tour ...
Their disinal cries “ suited very well with the lonely hour of “ the night : and I
understand that this “ relic of the Grecian customs lasts for the “ space of seven
days ; during which interval “ the female relations of the deceased make a “ tour ...
Page 399
as these Arabs did : for how else could it have been known , if it had been only a
general noise of weeping and groaning that had been heard in Jerusalem , on
this occasion , who they were that they mourned for that some mourned relations
...
as these Arabs did : for how else could it have been known , if it had been only a
general noise of weeping and groaning that had been heard in Jerusalem , on
this occasion , who they were that they mourned for that some mourned relations
...
Page 409
dead , appears to have been one of the nearest relations , not one hired to
personate another in affliction ; as those that go now every week , ( and I may add
, often more frequently , ) certainly are not hired people , but relations , that go to ...
dead , appears to have been one of the nearest relations , not one hired to
personate another in affliction ; as those that go now every week , ( and I may add
, often more frequently , ) certainly are not hired people , but relations , that go to ...
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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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