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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... fome additional remarks to make upon this head , which poffibly may not be ungrateful to the curious reader , and which therefore I fhall here fet down . I fuppofe my reader acquainted with Maundrell ; but it will be proper , for the ...
... fome additional remarks to make upon this head , which poffibly may not be ungrateful to the curious reader , and which therefore I fhall here fet down . I fuppofe my reader acquainted with Maundrell ; but it will be proper , for the ...
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... fome time , waiting the anfwer of God , during which time hofpitality would require the Prophet to aík them to take some repast with him . And as the Prophet would naturally treat them with fome regard to their quality , they doubtless ...
... fome time , waiting the anfwer of God , during which time hofpitality would require the Prophet to aík them to take some repast with him . And as the Prophet would naturally treat them with fome regard to their quality , they doubtless ...
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... fome inftances however of those that have refufed them . So Monf . 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 ...
... fome inftances however of those that have refufed them . So Monf . 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 ...
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... fome occa- fions they think proper to decline presents , with- out having any objection to the nature of them . Secular men , in fome cafes , have re- fused them as well as the Old Prophets , but in common they are prefented to all ...
... fome occa- fions they think proper to decline presents , with- out having any objection to the nature of them . Secular men , in fome cafes , have re- fused them as well as the Old Prophets , but in common they are prefented to all ...
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... fome fons of Belial , fome perverfe towns , or fome unhap- pily - difpofed particular perfons of wealth and figure , refused to pay him this compliment , defpifing these efforts of his'against the ene- mies of their country , till the ...
... fome fons of Belial , fome perverfe towns , or fome unhap- pily - difpofed particular perfons of wealth and figure , refused to pay him this compliment , defpifing these efforts of his'against the ene- mies of their country , till the ...
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