Oriental customs: or, An illustration of the Sacred scriptures by an explanatory application of the customs and manners of the Eastern nations, Bind 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812 |
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Side 25
... Herodotus tells us , be true , that the distinction in this case , even to Egyptian kings themselves , in all public feasts and banquets , was no more than a double mess , lib . vi . chap 27. " ( Bibliotheca Bibl , ) STACKHOUSE'S Hist ...
... Herodotus tells us , be true , that the distinction in this case , even to Egyptian kings themselves , in all public feasts and banquets , was no more than a double mess , lib . vi . chap 27. " ( Bibliotheca Bibl , ) STACKHOUSE'S Hist ...
Side 36
... Herodotus , lib . iii . cap . 115. With this agrees the account given by the Abbé Mariti , ( Travels through Cyprus , vol . i . p . 36. ) " The mutton is juicy and ten- der . The tails of some of the sheep , which are remark- ably fine ...
... Herodotus , lib . iii . cap . 115. With this agrees the account given by the Abbé Mariti , ( Travels through Cyprus , vol . i . p . 36. ) " The mutton is juicy and ten- der . The tails of some of the sheep , which are remark- ably fine ...
Side 79
... ( Herodotus , lib . vii . c . 191. ) used to appease tem- pests , and allay the winds by making incisions in their flesh . They who carried about the Syrian goddess , ( Apuleius , lib . viii . ) cut and slashed themselves with knives ...
... ( Herodotus , lib . vii . c . 191. ) used to appease tem- pests , and allay the winds by making incisions in their flesh . They who carried about the Syrian goddess , ( Apuleius , lib . viii . ) cut and slashed themselves with knives ...
Side 90
... Herodotus , sect . 15. ) in giving an abstract of the History of Tobit , says , " we find him again at Nineveh ( Tobit xi . 16. ) from whence he dispatches his son Tobias to Rages by way of Ecbatana , for the money . At the lat- ter ...
... Herodotus , sect . 15. ) in giving an abstract of the History of Tobit , says , " we find him again at Nineveh ( Tobit xi . 16. ) from whence he dispatches his son Tobias to Rages by way of Ecbatana , for the money . At the lat- ter ...
Side 238
... or portable . temples , for the devotion of pil- grims . The custom of carrying the images of the gods under tents and in covered litters came originally from the Egyptians . Herodotus speaks of a feast of Isis , 238 AMOS :
... or portable . temples , for the devotion of pil- grims . The custom of carrying the images of the gods under tents and in covered litters came originally from the Egyptians . Herodotus speaks of a feast of Isis , 238 AMOS :
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Side 310 - I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Side 311 - And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: and if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
Side 348 - And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid ; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.
Side 314 - And he said unto him, Thy brother is come ; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
Side 141 - In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened. And the doors shall be shut in the streets when the sound of the grinding is low...
Side 307 - And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman ? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
Side 222 - This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it ; because the Lord, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
Side 161 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds: I will be like the most High.
Side 79 - So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees, and said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea.
Side 394 - And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.