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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... understood the art of heal- ing , and practifed it ; and this fkill was reckoned a military accomplishment . The examining , how- ever , the narratives of what Travellers have ob- ferved in the Holy - Land itself , is ftill more amuf ...
... understood the art of heal- ing , and practifed it ; and this fkill was reckoned a military accomplishment . The examining , how- ever , the narratives of what Travellers have ob- ferved in the Holy - Land itself , is ftill more amuf ...
Page 7
... understood to refer to winter , and to mean tears of grief ; it may also undoubt- edly , full as well at least , be confidered as an image derived from the fpring , which is agreeably moist in those countries . And on the other hand ...
... understood to refer to winter , and to mean tears of grief ; it may also undoubt- edly , full as well at least , be confidered as an image derived from the fpring , which is agreeably moist in those countries . And on the other hand ...
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... understood : for Maillet tells us , that he was affured that the large canal which filled the cifterns of Alexandria , and which is at least fifteen • Let . 2. p . 45 : 6 [ s s The MS.C. in a note on Prov . xvii . 14. informs us , that ...
... understood : for Maillet tells us , that he was affured that the large canal which filled the cifterns of Alexandria , and which is at least fifteen • Let . 2. p . 45 : 6 [ s s The MS.C. in a note on Prov . xvii . 14. informs us , that ...
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... understood of thofe of the poorer fort , who have no places more proper for converfation with their friends : the better fort of houses in the eaft having porches , or gate - ways , according to Dr. Shaw , with benches on each fide ...
... understood of thofe of the poorer fort , who have no places more proper for converfation with their friends : the better fort of houses in the eaft having porches , or gate - ways , according to Dr. Shaw , with benches on each fide ...
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... understood to mean what the Aleppines exprefs by the term Maarbanie ? It occurs no where elfe in the Old Teftament , and another word is ufed for the rainy part of the year in general . If this thought be admitted , it will greatly ...
... understood to mean what the Aleppines exprefs by the term Maarbanie ? It occurs no where elfe in the Old Teftament , and another word is ufed for the rainy part of the year in general . If this thought be admitted , it will greatly ...
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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