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 11
... beginning of Strife to these finall outlets , which are every moment enlarging , till the inun- dation proves irrecoverably destructive . ] Let . ix . p . 5 , 6 . Let . iv . p . 144 , leagues leagues long , was entirely paved , and its ...
... beginning of Strife to these finall outlets , which are every moment enlarging , till the inun- dation proves irrecoverably destructive . ] Let . ix . p . 5 , 6 . Let . iv . p . 144 , leagues leagues long , was entirely paved , and its ...
Page 19
... beginning from the 12th of December , and ending the 20th of January ; and that this computation comes in fact very near the truth . That the air during this time is exceffively piercing , even to them that are but just come from a cold ...
... beginning from the 12th of December , and ending the 20th of January ; and that this computation comes in fact very near the truth . That the air during this time is exceffively piercing , even to them that are but just come from a cold ...
Page 28
... beginning of the feverity of the winter defpaired of taking it , and return- ed to Jerufalem , in the middle of the month of December . At Aleppo it lasts about 40 days , and is called by the natives Maarbanie . I do not know how long ...
... beginning of the feverity of the winter defpaired of taking it , and return- ed to Jerufalem , in the middle of the month of December . At Aleppo it lasts about 40 days , and is called by the natives Maarbanie . I do not know how long ...
Page 35
... beginning of November , according to him , is the time of the firft defcent of rain in the Holy - Land . The seasons are exceeding regular in the Eaft , as Dr. Ruffell obferves , but it is not to be imagined that the rains of autumn ...
... beginning of November , according to him , is the time of the firft defcent of rain in the Holy - Land . The seasons are exceeding regular in the Eaft , as Dr. Ruffell obferves , but it is not to be imagined that the rains of autumn ...
Page 41
... beginning of May , and the wheat as well as that is generally over by the 20th 2. In Bar- bary it comes at the latter end of May or the beginning of June , according to the qua- lity of the preceding feafons . Agreeably to this Raimond ...
... beginning of May , and the wheat as well as that is generally over by the 20th 2. In Bar- bary it comes at the latter end of May or the beginning of June , according to the qua- lity of the preceding feafons . Agreeably to this Raimond ...
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