Oriental Customs: Or, An Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures by an Explanatory Application of the Customs and Manners of the Eastern Nations and Especially the Jews, Therein Alluded To. Collected from the Most Celebrated Travellers, and the Most Eminent Critics, Volume 1 |
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Page 22
It was natural for the representative sign to bear impressed the object which it
represented ; and thus accordingly the earliest coins were stamped with the
figure of an ox or a sheep : for proof that they actually did thus impress them , we
can ...
It was natural for the representative sign to bear impressed the object which it
represented ; and thus accordingly the earliest coins were stamped with the
figure of an ox or a sheep : for proof that they actually did thus impress them , we
can ...
Page 56
They broke this figure in pieces , to see if there was any gold inclosed in it . There
was found in the mummy , which was opened in like manner for the same reason
, a small vessel , about a foot long , filled with the same kind of balsam with that ...
They broke this figure in pieces , to see if there was any gold inclosed in it . There
was found in the mummy , which was opened in like manner for the same reason
, a small vessel , about a foot long , filled with the same kind of balsam with that ...
Page 180
The artists , who undertake the operation , do it in this manner : they have stamps
in wood of any figure that you desire , ' which they first print off upon your arm ,
with powder of charcoal ; then taking two very fine needles tied close together ...
The artists , who undertake the operation , do it in this manner : they have stamps
in wood of any figure that you desire , ' which they first print off upon your arm ,
with powder of charcoal ; then taking two very fine needles tied close together ...
Page 192
The circumstance related by Mr Mungo Park , in the following extract , might
possibly have it parallel in the conduct of the ancients ; and if it had , clearly
accounts for such figures as have been referred to : “ Each of the negroes took
from his ...
The circumstance related by Mr Mungo Park , in the following extract , might
possibly have it parallel in the conduct of the ancients ; and if it had , clearly
accounts for such figures as have been referred to : “ Each of the negroes took
from his ...
Page 230
The images of the ancient idolaters were first cut out of wood by the carpenter , as
is very evident from the prophet Isaiah . This figure of wood was overlaid with
plates either of gold or silver , or sometimes perhaps of an inferior metal ; and in ...
The images of the ancient idolaters were first cut out of wood by the carpenter , as
is very evident from the prophet Isaiah . This figure of wood was overlaid with
plates either of gold or silver , or sometimes perhaps of an inferior metal ; and in ...
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| Title | Oriental Customs: Or, An Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures by an Explanatory Application of the Customs and Manners of the Eastern Nations and Especially the Jews, Therein Alluded To. Collected from the Most Celebrated Travellers, and the Most Eminent Critics, Volume 1 Oriental Customs, Samuel Burder Oriental Customs: Or, An Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures by an Explanatory Application of the Customs and Manners of the Eastern Nations and Especially the Jews, Therein Alluded To. Collected from the Most Celebrated Travellers, and the Most Eminent Critics, Samuel Burder |
| Author | Samuel Burder |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | C. Whittingham and sold by Williams and Smith, 1807 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Sep 2007 |
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