Oriental Illustrations of the Sacred Scriptures,: Collected from the Customs, Manners, Rites, Superstitions, Traditions, Parabolical, Idiomatical, and Proverbial Forms of Speech, Climate, Works of Art, and Literature, of the Hindoos, During a Residence in the East of Nearly Fourteen YearsJohn Murray, 1835 - 619 pages |
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... Leave thy husband ! " she will reply , " No , no ; · I will stand before him . " • 20 . - " And Adam gave names to all cattle , and to the fowl of the air , and to every beast of the field . " " It is well known , that the names affixed ...
... Leave thy husband ! " she will reply , " No , no ; · I will stand before him . " • 20 . - " And Adam gave names to all cattle , and to the fowl of the air , and to every beast of the field . " " It is well known , that the names affixed ...
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... leaves together , and made them- selves aprons . " Margin , " things to gird about . " Children in the East do not , in general , wear any clothes till they are five or six years of age , except when they are taken out on a visit . But ...
... leaves together , and made them- selves aprons . " Margin , " things to gird about . " Children in the East do not , in general , wear any clothes till they are five or six years of age , except when they are taken out on a visit . But ...
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... leaves , which can be removed at any time without difficulty . It can scarcely be believed , that so slight a covering will be a defence from the rain and sea ; but , generally speaking , it is so . Some of these vessels carry upwards ...
... leaves , which can be removed at any time without difficulty . It can scarcely be believed , that so slight a covering will be a defence from the rain and sea ; but , generally speaking , it is so . Some of these vessels carry upwards ...
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... leave their house , they never look back , as " it would be very unfortunate . " Should a husband have left any thing which his wife knows he will require , she will not call on him to turn or look back ; but will either take the ...
... leave their house , they never look back , as " it would be very unfortunate . " Should a husband have left any thing which his wife knows he will require , she will not call on him to turn or look back ; but will either take the ...
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... leave the house of a friend after sunset , he will be advised in going home not to look back : " as much as possible ... leaves the place , not to look back . A female known to me is believed to have got her crooked neck by looking back ...
... leave the house of a friend after sunset , he will be advised in going home not to look back : " as much as possible ... leaves the place , not to look back . A female known to me is believed to have got her crooked neck by looking back ...
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alluded allusions amongst animals Assyria Baal Peor Baal-zebub Babylon beasts beautiful believe blessed body Boothroyd Brahma Brahmin burning called Calmet cast ceremonies Ceylon CHAP child Dagon daughter dead death deity earth East Eastern Egypt enemies enquired evil eyes face familiar spirit father favour fear feast feet fellow female fire fruit give gods gold gone ground hair hand hath head heathen heaven Hebrew Hence Hindoos holy husband idols Imaus Israel jewels Jews Kandian war king lingam live look Lord margin marriage moon mother mountains mouth never night offering ornaments person Philistines Priapus priest rain reference rice Royal Asiatic Society sacred says Scanda Purana seen Septuagint serpent servant Siva sorrow speak stone taken Tamul translation temple thee thing thou shalt tree unto verse vessel Vishnoo walk wife woman word worship Yama