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 17
... laid out in furniture for a cham- ber , in cloaths , jewels , or ornaments of gold , for the bride , whofe father makes fome addition , according to his circumstances ; which things are sent with great pomp to the bridegroom's houfe ...
... laid out in furniture for a cham- ber , in cloaths , jewels , or ornaments of gold , for the bride , whofe father makes fome addition , according to his circumstances ; which things are sent with great pomp to the bridegroom's houfe ...
Page 35
... lay upon the ground before him , & c . This was enough to lead St. Peter to say to Cornelius , a Roman , who received him with a reverence esteemed the lowest and moft fubmiffive even in the ceremonious Eaft , and which the Romans were ...
... lay upon the ground before him , & c . This was enough to lead St. Peter to say to Cornelius , a Roman , who received him with a reverence esteemed the lowest and moft fubmiffive even in the ceremonious Eaft , and which the Romans were ...
Page 59
... lay a cushion there . He also informs us , that people of quality caufe carpets and cushions to be carried every where , that they like , in order to repofe themselves upon them more agreeably . When Job fpeaks of his preparing his feat ...
... lay a cushion there . He also informs us , that people of quality caufe carpets and cushions to be carried every where , that they like , in order to repofe themselves upon them more agreeably . When Job fpeaks of his preparing his feat ...
Page 64
... lay down on clothes , or carpets ; and the going up to them by steps " made them very much refem- ble the ancient Eaftern mittahs . Thefe obfervations may be fufficient to give us the meaning of the Prophet in general , when he speaks ...
... lay down on clothes , or carpets ; and the going up to them by steps " made them very much refem- ble the ancient Eaftern mittahs . Thefe obfervations may be fufficient to give us the meaning of the Prophet in general , when he speaks ...
Page 67
... lay over them , and another under them . Dr. Ruffell's account , ( p . 90. ) differs very little . " Their beds confift of a mattrefs laid on the floor , and < 6 over this a fheet , ( in winter a carpet , or fome such " woollen covering ...
... lay over them , and another under them . Dr. Ruffell's account , ( p . 90. ) differs very little . " Their beds confift of a mattrefs laid on the floor , and < 6 over this a fheet , ( in winter a carpet , or fome such " woollen covering ...
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