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 iii
... ancient Greek writers , to remark these re- femblances : an infinite number almoft , of very amusing and inftructive particulars are taken no ... ancient A 2 ビ ancient inhabitants of Scotland may illustrate fome circumstances recorded by.
... ancient Greek writers , to remark these re- femblances : an infinite number almoft , of very amusing and inftructive particulars are taken no ... ancient A 2 ビ ancient inhabitants of Scotland may illustrate fome circumstances recorded by.
Page iv
... ancient cuftoms remain unal- tered , and references to thofe ancient cuftoms ap- pear every where in the Scriptures . That their cuftoms in general remain unalter- ed , on which much depends in the following pa- pers , is a fact that ...
... ancient cuftoms remain unal- tered , and references to thofe ancient cuftoms ap- pear every where in the Scriptures . That their cuftoms in general remain unalter- ed , on which much depends in the following pa- pers , is a fact that ...
Page xvi
... thofe places , and their ancient customs . The following Obfervations will fhew that St. Jerome is , unhappily , of the number of thefe . ADVER- ADVERTISEMENT Concerning this SECOND EDITION . HE Bookseller being defirous xvi PREFACE .
... thofe places , and their ancient customs . The following Obfervations will fhew that St. Jerome is , unhappily , of the number of thefe . ADVER- ADVERTISEMENT Concerning this SECOND EDITION . HE Bookseller being defirous xvi PREFACE .
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... ancient kings of Ægypt , by which they diftributed the waters of the Nile through their whole country , as the greatest , the moft magnificent , and the most admirable of all their works ; and these labours which they caufed their ...
... ancient kings of Ægypt , by which they diftributed the waters of the Nile through their whole country , as the greatest , the moft magnificent , and the most admirable of all their works ; and these labours which they caufed their ...
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... ancient canals , and thofe made by the Ifraelites in Egypt defigned for purposes of this kind , they must have heard with great pleasure the words of Mofes , affuring them the country to which they were going would want no canals to be ...
... ancient canals , and thofe made by the Ifraelites in Egypt defigned for purposes of this kind , they must have heard with great pleasure the words of Mofes , affuring them the country to which they were going would want no canals to be ...
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