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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... imagine they were a merce- nary set of people , and rudely to rank them with cunning - men and fortune - tellers , who will not from principles of benevolence reveal thofe fecrets , or foretell thofe future events , of the perfect ...
... imagine they were a merce- nary set of people , and rudely to rank them with cunning - men and fortune - tellers , who will not from principles of benevolence reveal thofe fecrets , or foretell thofe future events , of the perfect ...
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... imagine may be acceptable , and in particular of con- veniences for the making their eating and drink- ing more agreeable . So when Dr. Perry travelled in Ægypt , and vifited the temple at Luxor , he fays , [ 3 So Sir J. Chardin tells ...
... imagine may be acceptable , and in particular of con- veniences for the making their eating and drink- ing more agreeable . So when Dr. Perry travelled in Ægypt , and vifited the temple at Luxor , he fays , [ 3 So Sir J. Chardin tells ...
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... imagine , the complaint relates to fome perfons omitting to make him a visit of congratulation , as the Chaldee paraphrast feems to think ; or of thofe who apprehend , it refers to the neglect of accommodating • Vide Poli Syn . in loc ...
... imagine , the complaint relates to fome perfons omitting to make him a visit of congratulation , as the Chaldee paraphrast feems to think ; or of thofe who apprehend , it refers to the neglect of accommodating • Vide Poli Syn . in loc ...
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... imagine these commentators must have fuppofed the Prophet Elifha's were full as large , to be able to make use of forty camel - loads of provifions , equivalent to twenty thousand pound weight at leaft , during his stay at Damascus . 6 ...
... imagine these commentators must have fuppofed the Prophet Elifha's were full as large , to be able to make use of forty camel - loads of provifions , equivalent to twenty thousand pound weight at leaft , during his stay at Damascus . 6 ...
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... imagine , pre- fents of this kind were only made to travel- lers , that wanted provifions ; but this would be a mistake . Sir John Chardin , in his MS , exprefsly tells us , it is the custom of the Eaft for poor people , and especially ...
... imagine , pre- fents of this kind were only made to travel- lers , that wanted provifions ; but this would be a mistake . Sir John Chardin , in his MS , exprefsly tells us , it is the custom of the Eaft for poor people , and especially ...
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