Oriental Illustrations of the Sacred Scripture Collected from the Customs, Manners, Rites, Superstitions, Traditions of the HindoosJ. Murray, 1835 - 619 pages |
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... child or a man , the enquiry is not how many years , but , " Days how many ? " - In speaking of a man who will die soon " Ah ! in five years his days will be gone . That young man has grey hairs ; to him how many days ? he has seen ...
... child or a man , the enquiry is not how many years , but , " Days how many ? " - In speaking of a man who will die soon " Ah ! in five years his days will be gone . That young man has grey hairs ; to him how many days ? he has seen ...
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... children by her . " The Hebrew has " Be builded by her . " When a wife has been for some time considered steril , should she have a child , she is said to be making her house new , or rather , she has caused the house to be newly built ...
... children by her . " The Hebrew has " Be builded by her . " When a wife has been for some time considered steril , should she have a child , she is said to be making her house new , or rather , she has caused the house to be newly built ...
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... child , a fortunate day is looked for , and the event is accompanied with feasting and religious ceremonies . Rice is given to the child in a formal way , and the relations are invited to join in the festivities . For almost every event ...
... child , a fortunate day is looked for , and the event is accompanied with feasting and religious ceremonies . Rice is given to the child in a formal way , and the relations are invited to join in the festivities . For almost every event ...
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... child of twelve years of age , who is the only son of his mother . " The father was to seize and hold the child , and the mother was to cut it up and prepare it . " Then , " said he , " I will eat . " The curry was prepared , and ...
... child of twelve years of age , who is the only son of his mother . " The father was to seize and hold the child , and the mother was to cut it up and prepare it . " Then , " said he , " I will eat . " The curry was prepared , and ...
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... children by the smell . It is common for a mother or father to say , " Ah ! child , thy smell is like the Sen - Paga - Poo . " * The crown of the head is the principal place for smelling . Of an amiable man , it is said , " How sweet is ...
... children by the smell . It is common for a mother or father to say , " Ah ! child , thy smell is like the Sen - Paga - Poo . " * The crown of the head is the principal place for smelling . Of an amiable man , it is said , " How sweet is ...
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Page 300 - No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Page 411 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds: I will be like the most High.
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 417 - Let their table become a snare before them : and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
Page 37 - And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.
Page 215 - And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased, because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
Page 151 - And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord ; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold : only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
Page 374 - A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
Page 429 - He shall not cry, nor lift up, Nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench : He shall bring forth judgment unto truth. He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth : And the isles shall wait for his law.
Page 13 - There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.