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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... Maillet , " is principally obferved in the fre- quent vifits which they make one another ' " through the course of the year , which 66 66 are always preceded by presents of fowls , " fheep , rice , coffee , and other provifions of ...
... Maillet , " is principally obferved in the fre- quent vifits which they make one another ' " through the course of the year , which 66 66 are always preceded by presents of fowls , " fheep , rice , coffee , and other provifions of ...
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... Maillet tells us , that at the cir- cumcifion of their children they are com- monly wont to receive prefents ' ; neverthe- lefs he tells us that Ifhmael , who was Ba- thaw of Egypt while he refided there , and whose only fon was ...
... Maillet tells us , that at the cir- cumcifion of their children they are com- monly wont to receive prefents ' ; neverthe- lefs he tells us that Ifhmael , who was Ba- thaw of Egypt while he refided there , and whose only fon was ...
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In Two Volumes. ... Thomas Harmer ! Maillet , in his account of that country * , where these gifts are carried with great pomp too to the bridegroom's houfe , but on the marriage - day itself , and immediately before the bride : carpets ...
In Two Volumes. ... Thomas Harmer ! Maillet , in his account of that country * , where these gifts are carried with great pomp too to the bridegroom's houfe , but on the marriage - day itself , and immediately before the bride : carpets ...
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... Maillet , in that paffage I quoted in the laft article but one , fpeaks diminutively of the cobcal , or wooden fandals of the ladies , which are carried in their nuptial proceffions with the reft ; though , according to his own account ...
... Maillet , in that paffage I quoted in the laft article but one , fpeaks diminutively of the cobcal , or wooden fandals of the ladies , which are carried in their nuptial proceffions with the reft ; though , according to his own account ...
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