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 16
... soon " Ah ! in five years his days will gone . That young man has hairs ; to him how many days ? he has seen twenty - six years . " be grey X. 9. " A mighty hunter before the Lord . " It is said of great heroes , also of those who are ...
... soon " Ah ! in five years his days will gone . That young man has hairs ; to him how many days ? he has seen twenty - six years . " be grey X. 9. " A mighty hunter before the Lord . " It is said of great heroes , also of those who are ...
Page 17
... soon dishevelled , and the weaker fall beneath their antagonists . Then begins the beating , biting , and scratching , till in their cruel rage they have nearly destroyed some of the party . The next business is with the magistrate ...
... soon dishevelled , and the weaker fall beneath their antagonists . Then begins the beating , biting , and scratching , till in their cruel rage they have nearly destroyed some of the party . The next business is with the magistrate ...
Page 19
... soon as the host hears of the ap- proach of his visitant , he and his attendants go forth in courtly style ; and when they meet him , the host addresses him , “ Ah ! this is a happy day for me ; by your favour I am found in health ...
... soon as the host hears of the ap- proach of his visitant , he and his attendants go forth in courtly style ; and when they meet him , the host addresses him , “ Ah ! this is a happy day for me ; by your favour I am found in health ...
Page 22
... soon find it . " 4 .- " Let a little water , I pray you , be fetched , and wash your feet . " How often , in passing through a village , may we see this grateful office performed for the weary traveller ! As the people neither wear ...
... soon find it . " 4 .- " Let a little water , I pray you , be fetched , and wash your feet . " How often , in passing through a village , may we see this grateful office performed for the weary traveller ! As the people neither wear ...
Page 27
... soon be in his house . Should he , however , have no expect- ation of favour in future , he will say as Ephron , “ The thing is worth so much ; your pleasure , my lord . " XXIV . 11 .. " The time that women go out to draw water . " It ...
... soon be in his house . Should he , however , have no expect- ation of favour in future , he will say as Ephron , “ The thing is worth so much ; your pleasure , my lord . " XXIV . 11 .. " The time that women go out to draw water . " It ...
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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