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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... tion . “ It is counted uncivil to vifit in this country “ without an offering in hand . All great men expect it as a kind of tribute due to their character and authority ; and look upon " themselves as affronted , and indeed de- frauded ...
... tion . “ It is counted uncivil to vifit in this country “ without an offering in hand . All great men expect it as a kind of tribute due to their character and authority ; and look upon " themselves as affronted , and indeed de- frauded ...
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... tion who have brought them prefents . So the Khalife Mahadi , according to d'Herbelot , gave an Arab that had entertained him in the desert , a veft , and a purfe of filver . ] 7 P. 208 , 209 . 6 2 Kings 5. 11 .瞽 of an hundred complete ...
... tion who have brought them prefents . So the Khalife Mahadi , according to d'Herbelot , gave an Arab that had entertained him in the desert , a veft , and a purfe of filver . ] 7 P. 208 , 209 . 6 2 Kings 5. 11 .瞽 of an hundred complete ...
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... - dently of that kind , the following verfe puts it out of all doubt ; but the haughty 7 Ezek . 27. 18 . Afiatic Afiatic princes oftentimes put that conftruc- tion on presents that 20 Of the Methods of doing Perfons Honour.
... - dently of that kind , the following verfe puts it out of all doubt ; but the haughty 7 Ezek . 27. 18 . Afiatic Afiatic princes oftentimes put that conftruc- tion on presents that 20 Of the Methods of doing Perfons Honour.
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... tion on presents that were not fent with any fuch intention . As they do fo now , they pro- bably did fo anciently : to which fome lefs powerful or diftreffed princes might the more willingly fubmit , as there was an equivocalnefs in ...
... tion on presents that were not fent with any fuch intention . As they do fo now , they pro- bably did fo anciently : to which fome lefs powerful or diftreffed princes might the more willingly fubmit , as there was an equivocalnefs in ...
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... tion . 9 , 66 When then the Pfalmift says , Pf . lxxii . 8 , " He fhall have dominion from fea to fea , and from the river to the ends of the " earth ; " he marks out extent of empire ; when he adds , " they that dwell in the wil ...
... tion . 9 , 66 When then the Pfalmift says , Pf . lxxii . 8 , " He fhall have dominion from fea to fea , and from the river to the ends of the " earth ; " he marks out extent of empire ; when he adds , " they that dwell in the wil ...
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