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 53
... supposed the rain first returned in the fpring . For pro- pofing this as a difficulty , in one of his MS . notes , the Prophet faid , " The barrel of " meal shall not waste , neither shall the crufe of “ oil fail , until the day that ...
... supposed the rain first returned in the fpring . For pro- pofing this as a difficulty , in one of his MS . notes , the Prophet faid , " The barrel of " meal shall not waste , neither shall the crufe of “ oil fail , until the day that ...
Page 136
... supposed that their blackness is ad- ventitious , and owing to the fun and rain ; as well as that they have a beautiful ap- pearance on the other hand , it has not been obferved , I think , as it ought , that the tents of the Arabs are ...
... supposed that their blackness is ad- ventitious , and owing to the fun and rain ; as well as that they have a beautiful ap- pearance on the other hand , it has not been obferved , I think , as it ought , that the tents of the Arabs are ...
Page 179
... with great beauty . • P. 206 . 2 Figure prife de ceux qui font ce mortier compofé de chaux & de cendre corroy eé de bains . N 2 Some Some learned men have supposed the wicked here are compared in the Holy - Land . 179 * 1 ...
... with great beauty . • P. 206 . 2 Figure prife de ceux qui font ce mortier compofé de chaux & de cendre corroy eé de bains . N 2 Some Some learned men have supposed the wicked here are compared in the Holy - Land . 179 * 1 ...
Page 180
... supposed to be that mentioned by Herodotus , as built by Cheops , and therefore very ancient : an evident proof of the great durableness of bricks of that kind in Egypt . Norden , p . 132 . I Norden , V. 1. p . 129 . accom ...
... supposed to be that mentioned by Herodotus , as built by Cheops , and therefore very ancient : an evident proof of the great durableness of bricks of that kind in Egypt . Norden , p . 132 . I Norden , V. 1. p . 129 . accom ...
Page 222
... supposed him- felf to be , or the places in Syria he travelled through unfortunately differed from the reft of that country . " Kefteen , " fays Maun- drell , in the very beginning of his travels , " is a large plentiful village on the ...
... supposed him- felf to be , or the places in Syria he travelled through unfortunately differed from the reft of that country . " Kefteen , " fays Maun- drell , in the very beginning of his travels , " is a large plentiful village on the ...
Common terms and phrases
according Ægypt affures againſt agreeable Aleppo alfo alſo ancient anfwer appears Arabs baked Barbary barley becauſe befides bread Chardin circumftance confequently confiderable corn cuſtom d'Arvieux defcribes deferts defigned diftinction doth Eaft Eaſt Eaſtern Egmont and Heyman Egypt exprefs facred faid fame fays fecond feems fent ferved feveral fhall fhould fide fignifies fince firft firſt fmall fome fomething fometimes fpeaks ftill fuch fufficient fummer fuppofe himſelf Holy-Land honey houfes houſes Ifrael Ifraelites illuftrate imagine Jerufalem Judæa Kenites kind Kings lefs Maillet manner mentioned Mofes moft moſt muft muſt obferved occafion paffage Perfia perfons places Pococke prefent Prophet publiſhed purpoſe rain reafon Ruffell ſeems Septuagint Shaw Sir John Chardin Solomon ſpeak ſuppoſed tells tents thefe themſelves theſe theſe countries Thevenot thing thofe thoſe tion tranflated travellers ufual underſtand underſtood uſed veffel wine wont word