Oriental Illustrations of the Sacred Scriptures,: Collected from the Customs, Manners, Rites, Superstitions, Traditions, Parabolical, Idiomatical, and Proverbial Forms of Speech, Climate, Works of Art, and Literature, of the Hindoos, During a Residence in the East of Nearly Fourteen YearsJohn Murray, 1835 - 619 pages |
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... face , and changed the crescent into the full moon . § The crescent is common to both , and is assumed as circumstances may require . See particularly on Isai . lxv . 11 . -- " SHACH , or SACA , another god or goddess , partly the same ...
... face , and changed the crescent into the full moon . § The crescent is common to both , and is assumed as circumstances may require . See particularly on Isai . lxv . 11 . -- " SHACH , or SACA , another god or goddess , partly the same ...
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... face ; " " the hot one ; " " the shot arrow ; " " the driver of the wind ; " " the driven swiftness . " The Lion is called , " the king of beasts ; " " the victorious one ; " " he with claws . " The Tiger is , " the springer ; " " the ...
... face ; " " the hot one ; " " the shot arrow ; " " the driver of the wind ; " " the driven swiftness . " The Lion is called , " the king of beasts ; " " the victorious one ; " " he with claws . " The Tiger is , " the springer ; " " the ...
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... face or head ) ; " those who come from eggs . ' The Arrows , " the givers of omens . " The Crow is , " the receiver of offerings " ( alluding to those who fast on the Saturday in honour of Sanne Saturn , who give part of their rice to ...
... face or head ) ; " those who come from eggs . ' The Arrows , " the givers of omens . " The Crow is , " the receiver of offerings " ( alluding to those who fast on the Saturday in honour of Sanne Saturn , who give part of their rice to ...
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... " The English notion of an Eastern veil is , that it is merely used to cover or conceal the face ; but this is not all , as it serves also for a garment . The object of Abimelech appears to have been to purchase C 4 GENESIS . 23.
... " The English notion of an Eastern veil is , that it is merely used to cover or conceal the face ; but this is not all , as it serves also for a garment . The object of Abimelech appears to have been to purchase C 4 GENESIS . 23.
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... face . It is considered to be a great charity to give garments of that description , and rich men often purchase large quantities for that purpose . A husband will say to his wife , when he wants her to do any thing which is arduous ...
... face . It is considered to be a great charity to give garments of that description , and rich men often purchase large quantities for that purpose . A husband will say to his wife , when he wants her to do any thing which is arduous ...
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Popular passages
Page 433 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Page 300 - The gold and the crystal cannot equal it : and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls : for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Page 361 - Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: Fire and hail; snow and vapours: stormy wind fulfilling his word: Mountains and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl...
Page 417 - And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.
Page 523 - And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.
Page 13 - And behold I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh wherein is the breath of life from under heaven, and every thing that is in the earth shall die, but with thee will I establish My Covenant, and thou shalt come into the ark, thou and thy sons and thy wife, and thy sons
Page 571 - And yet indeed she is my sister: she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother ; and she became my wife.
Page 358 - Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Page 385 - He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
Page 576 - Neither was there any among them that lacked : for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, and laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.