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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Page 4
... lives by the scent ; " " he who vomits ; " " the hero ; " " the idle one . " The Sheep is named , " the timid one ; " " the leaper . " The Alligator is called , " he who conceals himself ; " " he who comes from eggs . " The Bear , " the ...
... lives by the scent ; " " he who vomits ; " " the hero ; " " the idle one . " The Sheep is named , " the timid one ; " " the leaper . " The Alligator is called , " he who conceals himself ; " " he who comes from eggs . " The Bear , " the ...
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... have borne to him , and advises them to go to distant places , where they will be likely to live together in peace . 18. " He died . " Heb . for died , has " fell . " 66 This is a common way of speaking of those GENESIS . 29.
... have borne to him , and advises them to go to distant places , where they will be likely to live together in peace . 18. " He died . " Heb . for died , has " fell . " 66 This is a common way of speaking of those GENESIS . 29.
Page 45
... lives his youthful days again . Should there be any thing which his servants did worthy of being referred to , they , too , are re- minded of it , and they feel themselves highly honoured by such attention . 27. " The seven empty ears ...
... lives his youthful days again . Should there be any thing which his servants did worthy of being referred to , they , too , are re- minded of it , and they feel themselves highly honoured by such attention . 27. " The seven empty ears ...
Page 48
... lives are concerned in this matter . " XLIII . 7. " According to the tenor of these words . " The Margin has , for words , " mouth . ” Send a messenger with a message to deliver , and ask him , on his return , what he said , he will ...
... lives are concerned in this matter . " XLIII . 7. " According to the tenor of these words . " The Margin has , for words , " mouth . ” Send a messenger with a message to deliver , and ask him , on his return , what he said , he will ...
Page 49
... live upon another , who is continually endeavouring to get some- thing out of him , it is said , " That fellow is for ever rolling himself upon him . " So , also , " I will not submit to his con- duct any longer ; I will beat him , and ...
... live upon another , who is continually endeavouring to get some- thing out of him , it is said , " That fellow is for ever rolling himself upon him . " So , also , " I will not submit to his con- duct any longer ; I will beat him , and ...
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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