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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Page 14
... rain falls in torrents , the people say , " the heavens are broken . " VIII . 15. " Noah removed the covering of the ark . " The native vessels in India have not decks like those in Europe , but strong laths are put on , which are well ...
... rain falls in torrents , the people say , " the heavens are broken . " VIII . 15. " Noah removed the covering of the ark . " The native vessels in India have not decks like those in Europe , but strong laths are put on , which are well ...
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... rain for a long time , the water is often muddy , and very unwholesome . But Providence has again been bountiful by giving to the people the Teatta Maram , Strychnos Potatorum . All who live in the neighbourhood of such water , or who ...
... rain for a long time , the water is often muddy , and very unwholesome . But Providence has again been bountiful by giving to the people the Teatta Maram , Strychnos Potatorum . All who live in the neighbourhood of such water , or who ...
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... rain , the farmer is almost sure to have a crop . Another reason is , there may be a doubt as to which kind the land is most adapted ; and therefore recourse is had to this plan . Some plants also require shade , and therefore they sow ...
... rain , the farmer is almost sure to have a crop . Another reason is , there may be a doubt as to which kind the land is most adapted ; and therefore recourse is had to this plan . Some plants also require shade , and therefore they sow ...
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... rain ? which gives me oil for my lamp , a ladle Saul had also fasted ; " he had eaten no bread all the day , nor all the night ; " which corresponds with the practice of the Hindoos , as they always fast before they consult the familiar ...
... rain ? which gives me oil for my lamp , a ladle Saul had also fasted ; " he had eaten no bread all the day , nor all the night ; " which corresponds with the practice of the Hindoos , as they always fast before they consult the familiar ...
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... rain - as the small rain upon the tender herb . " Oriental writers often speak of beautiful language as drop- The Hebrew has for " prophesy " ping upon the hearers . in Micah , ii . 6. " drop . " The same word is used for drops of rain ...
... rain - as the small rain upon the tender herb . " Oriental writers often speak of beautiful language as drop- The Hebrew has for " prophesy " ping upon the hearers . in Micah , ii . 6. " drop . " The same word is used for drops of rain ...
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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.