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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... this na- ture content themselves with propofing a very few ; as large collections of thefe writers are very expensive ; and , after all , numbers of ufeful things will will be found to have been paffed over in filence PREFA CE . XV.
... this na- ture content themselves with propofing a very few ; as large collections of thefe writers are very expensive ; and , after all , numbers of ufeful things will will be found to have been paffed over in filence PREFA CE . XV.
Page 10
... themselves fuppofe gar- dens of herbs , and confequently fuch plan- tations as thefe , were to be watered by art in the Jewish country , and the difference defigned to be pointed out , was the neceffity the Ægyptians were under of ...
... themselves fuppofe gar- dens of herbs , and confequently fuch plan- tations as thefe , were to be watered by art in the Jewish country , and the difference defigned to be pointed out , was the neceffity the Ægyptians were under of ...
Page 21
... themselves for fear of their lives , for fo in his letter to Algafia ' he underftands , as to the literal fenfe , the direction of our Lord to his difciples to pray that their flight might not be in winter , the feverity of the cold ...
... themselves for fear of their lives , for fo in his letter to Algafia ' he underftands , as to the literal fenfe , the direction of our Lord to his difciples to pray that their flight might not be in winter , the feverity of the cold ...
Page 58
... themselves speedily on the ground , with their face close to these burning fands , * with which they are furrounded , and to " cover their head with fome cloth or carpet , " left in refpiration they should fuck in that 46 66 deadly ...
... themselves speedily on the ground , with their face close to these burning fands , * with which they are furrounded , and to " cover their head with fome cloth or carpet , " left in refpiration they should fuck in that 46 66 deadly ...
Page 75
... themselves thither from a northern climate ; and to the growth of the plants of Europe ; he closes with obferving , the prophet Jeremiah fpeaks of this contra- riety of the eastern days and nights in his xxxvi ch . v . 303 . 1 Mr ...
... themselves thither from a northern climate ; and to the growth of the plants of Europe ; he closes with obferving , the prophet Jeremiah fpeaks of this contra- riety of the eastern days and nights in his xxxvi ch . v . 303 . 1 Mr ...
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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