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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... least they fometimes spoke of them in that ftrain : fo Curtius tells us , " that Alexander thought the habit and manners of the Macedonian kings unequal to his greatness , after the con- queft of Afia , and was for being treated ac ...
... least they fometimes spoke of them in that ftrain : fo Curtius tells us , " that Alexander thought the habit and manners of the Macedonian kings unequal to his greatness , after the con- queft of Afia , and was for being treated ac ...
Page 41
... the contrary perfectly agreeable to the mo- dern ceremonial of Eastern courts , at least of that of Perfia . ] 1 Ego & Rex meus . OBSER- XI . OBSERVATION XVIII . I have been fuppofing that in the Holy - Land . 41 OBSERVATION XVII. ...
... the contrary perfectly agreeable to the mo- dern ceremonial of Eastern courts , at least of that of Perfia . ] 1 Ego & Rex meus . OBSER- XI . OBSERVATION XVIII . I have been fuppofing that in the Holy - Land . 41 OBSERVATION XVII. ...
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... least to kiss the angel's lips , the effect they produced in him was proftration at the angel's feet . The fourth interpretation in the Synopfis , which is that of a Jewish Rabbi , is one of the most childish conceits that can be easily ...
... least to kiss the angel's lips , the effect they produced in him was proftration at the angel's feet . The fourth interpretation in the Synopfis , which is that of a Jewish Rabbi , is one of the most childish conceits that can be easily ...
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... least this is agreeable to the customs of those that now live in that country : for d'Arvieux , de- fcribing the affembling together of several of the petty Arab princes at an entertainment , telleth us that " All the Emirs came juft 66 ...
... least this is agreeable to the customs of those that now live in that country : for d'Arvieux , de- fcribing the affembling together of several of the petty Arab princes at an entertainment , telleth us that " All the Emirs came juft 66 ...
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... least in Ægypt , if Maillet may be ad- mitted to be a judge 3 , are much higher and more exquifitely grateful , than with us ; but .. if thofe diftillations fhould be thought not to have been known fo early , the burning fragrant things ...
... least in Ægypt , if Maillet may be ad- mitted to be a judge 3 , are much higher and more exquifitely grateful , than with us ; but .. if thofe diftillations fhould be thought not to have been known fo early , the burning fragrant things ...
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