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 126
... trees for fhelter from the heat , we may perhaps think it almost incredible that kings fhould , imagining that either pro- 3 Vol . 1. p . 57 . [ * St. Luke does not mention the quality of him that made the feaft ; but St. Matthew , in ...
... trees for fhelter from the heat , we may perhaps think it almost incredible that kings fhould , imagining that either pro- 3 Vol . 1. p . 57 . [ * St. Luke does not mention the quality of him that made the feaft ; but St. Matthew , in ...
Page 127
... tree in Ramah , " or , according to the margin , under a grove in an high place , “ hav- ing his fpear in his hand ... trees . The go- vernor might , no doubt , had he pleafed , have lodged in fome village ; but he rather chofe a place ...
... tree in Ramah , " or , according to the margin , under a grove in an high place , “ hav- ing his fpear in his hand ... trees . The go- vernor might , no doubt , had he pleafed , have lodged in fome village ; but he rather chofe a place ...
Page 128
... tree or grove ; the stopping on an high place ; and the facred hiftorian's remark that he had his Spear by him . It is certain , that when a long pike is carried be- fore a company of Arabs , it is a mark that an Arab Schech ( or prince ) ...
... tree or grove ; the stopping on an high place ; and the facred hiftorian's remark that he had his Spear by him . It is certain , that when a long pike is carried be- fore a company of Arabs , it is a mark that an Arab Schech ( or prince ) ...
Page 133
... trees , on which two hundred lamps hanged , at the gate of the little inclofure which fur- rounded his pavilions , which were lighted in the night - time ; and that there was the fame 2 Voyages faits en Mofcovie par Olearius , p . 238 ...
... trees , on which two hundred lamps hanged , at the gate of the little inclofure which fur- rounded his pavilions , which were lighted in the night - time ; and that there was the fame 2 Voyages faits en Mofcovie par Olearius , p . 238 ...
Page 175
... tree , and confequently may be thought to have much more nearly refem- bled the modern pens of Perfia , which are canes or reeds " , their paper not bearing such pens as ours , than the quills we make use of . The other Hebrew word we ...
... tree , and confequently may be thought to have much more nearly refem- bled the modern pens of Perfia , which are canes or reeds " , their paper not bearing such pens as ours , than the quills we make use of . The other Hebrew word we ...
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