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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Page 11
... covered with bitumen , or mortar of a dark colour , vestments being heaped up from the bottom to the top of thefe repofitories of theirs . But the more fimple interpre- tation , I first pointed out , feems much preferable , ] « We " We ...
... covered with bitumen , or mortar of a dark colour , vestments being heaped up from the bottom to the top of thefe repofitories of theirs . But the more fimple interpre- tation , I first pointed out , feems much preferable , ] « We " We ...
Page 62
... covered 66 66 ( 6 commonly with fcarlet cloth , and large " bolsters of brocade , hard ftuffed with cot- " ton , are fet against the walls , ( or rails , " when fo fituated as not to touch the wall , ) " for the conveniency of leaning ...
... covered 66 66 ( 6 commonly with fcarlet cloth , and large " bolsters of brocade , hard ftuffed with cot- " ton , are fet against the walls , ( or rails , " when fo fituated as not to touch the wall , ) " for the conveniency of leaning ...
Page 64
... covered with a Perfian carpet , and had great cushions of crimson velvet , adorned with gold fringe and lace ; and another fofa oppofite to it , differently ornamented , on which , fays he , we cat , feated on carpets , after the man ...
... covered with a Perfian carpet , and had great cushions of crimson velvet , adorned with gold fringe and lace ; and another fofa oppofite to it , differently ornamented , on which , fays he , we cat , feated on carpets , after the man ...
Page 67
... or fome such " woollen covering , ) the other fheet being fowed to the quilt . A divan cufhion often ferves for a pillow and bolster . " ] 66 F 2 coftly coftly works made at Damafcus , the learned Caftalio fuppofes in the Holy - Land . 67.
... or fome such " woollen covering , ) the other fheet being fowed to the quilt . A divan cufhion often ferves for a pillow and bolster . " ] 66 F 2 coftly coftly works made at Damafcus , the learned Caftalio fuppofes in the Holy - Land . 67.
Page 78
... covered me with a rich cloth , to " make me the better receive it . " This last circumftance is expreffed with fo much brevity , that it is really obfcure . Dr. Pococke , who attended an English conful to Cairo , gives this account of a ...
... covered me with a rich cloth , to " make me the better receive it . " This last circumftance is expreffed with fo much brevity , that it is really obfcure . Dr. Pococke , who attended an English conful to Cairo , gives this account of a ...
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