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 15
... night there , under his tents , and ordered fupper to be got ready . Nothing , " fays d'Arvieux , " was more eafy ; for every body at Tar- toura , " ( in the neighbourhood of which town the Emir then was , ) " vyed with each " other as ...
... night there , under his tents , and ordered fupper to be got ready . Nothing , " fays d'Arvieux , " was more eafy ; for every body at Tar- toura , " ( in the neighbourhood of which town the Emir then was , ) " vyed with each " other as ...
Page 65
... night " I make my bed to fwim ( , the divan on which I am placed ) : I water my " couch ( or the divan furniture , ) with my 66 " tears . " 66 Mattraffes , or fomething of that kind , must have been used without doubt for fleeping in ...
... night " I make my bed to fwim ( , the divan on which I am placed ) : I water my " couch ( or the divan furniture , ) with my 66 " tears . " 66 Mattraffes , or fomething of that kind , must have been used without doubt for fleeping in ...
Page 66
... night . The tranflation of our text by no means agrees with modern oriental ufages , unless we fuppofe the mercy was only momentary ; a thought by no means admiffible . On the other hand , the Jews of the apoftolic age feem to have ...
... night . The tranflation of our text by no means agrees with modern oriental ufages , unless we fuppofe the mercy was only momentary ; a thought by no means admiffible . On the other hand , the Jews of the apoftolic age feem to have ...
Page 87
... night ; and therefore the words might have been better tranflated , " Then commanded Belfhazzar " that they should clothe Daniel with scarlet . " This is certainly an unneceffary refinement . [ I would here take the liberty of annexing ...
... night ; and therefore the words might have been better tranflated , " Then commanded Belfhazzar " that they should clothe Daniel with scarlet . " This is certainly an unneceffary refinement . [ I would here take the liberty of annexing ...
Page 117
... night or two . He expreffes himself however with obfcurity , and fome uncer- tainty ; but it is made certain by the ac- counts of other travellers , that it is a mat- ter of state and magnificence . So Thevenot tells us , that when he ...
... night or two . He expreffes himself however with obfcurity , and fome uncer- tainty ; but it is made certain by the ac- counts of other travellers , that it is a mat- ter of state and magnificence . So Thevenot tells us , that when he ...
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