A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World, Bind 10Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme (etc.), 1811 |
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... same time , to take up our lodgings in one of his houses . We were delighted thus to find the Arabs more civilized the further we pro- ceeded from Egypt , and to meet with fo polite a reception among the people who were the object of ...
... same time , to take up our lodgings in one of his houses . We were delighted thus to find the Arabs more civilized the further we pro- ceeded from Egypt , and to meet with fo polite a reception among the people who were the object of ...
Side 97
... same time , they are almoft abfolutely ftrangers to the book . Thefe people differ effentially in their manners from the Arabs in the cities of Yemen . They feldom take more than one wife each . Their women are not permitted to marry ...
... same time , they are almoft abfolutely ftrangers to the book . Thefe people differ effentially in their manners from the Arabs in the cities of Yemen . They feldom take more than one wife each . Their women are not permitted to marry ...
Side 101
... same productions , appear every where through the whole province . The Imam , however , feems to be mafter of the richeft , the most agreeable , and the most interesting part of this tract of country . It would not be easy to explain ...
... same productions , appear every where through the whole province . The Imam , however , feems to be mafter of the richeft , the most agreeable , and the most interesting part of this tract of country . It would not be easy to explain ...
Side 106
... same fect . These states have each a Mufti or Kadi for its fpiritual use . Although the Imam be abfolute , he is checked in the exercise of his authority by the fupreme tribunal of Sana , of which he is only prefident . This tribunal ...
... same fect . These states have each a Mufti or Kadi for its fpiritual use . Although the Imam be abfolute , he is checked in the exercise of his authority by the fupreme tribunal of Sana , of which he is only prefident . This tribunal ...
Side 290
... same manner at the making of their wills . They content not themselves to weep only for the dead , but make hideous cries and la- mentations , and cease not furiously to agitate their bodies here and there . They drefs no victuals for ...
... same manner at the making of their wills . They content not themselves to weep only for the dead , but make hideous cries and la- mentations , and cease not furiously to agitate their bodies here and there . They drefs no victuals for ...
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Side 395 - Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD : or who shall rise up in His holy place ? Even he that hath clean hands, and a pure heart : and that hath not lift up his mind unto vanity, nor sworn to deceive his neighbour.
Side 344 - It consisted of a plank of stone of about six inches in thickness, and in its other dimensions equalling the size of an ordinary door, or somewhat less. It was carved in such a manner, as to resemble a piece of wainscot. The stone of which it was made was visibly of...
Side 363 - Master, it is good for us to be here : let us make three tabernacles, one for thee, one for Moses, and one for Elias : not knowing what he said.
Side 334 - We were sufficiently instructed by experience, what the holy Psalmist means by the dew of Hermon, our tents being as wet with it, as if it had rained all night.
Side 675 - Sagar is a fine sheet of clear water, about half a mile long and a quarter of a mile broad.
Side 462 - It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down unto the beard : even unto Aaron's beard, and went down to the skirts of his clothing.
Side 390 - And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter : therefore the name of it was called Marah.
Side 322 - That this stream, at certain seasons of the year, especially about the feast of Adonis, is of a bloody colour; which the heathens looked upon as proceeding from a kind of sympathy in the river for the death of Adonis, who was killed by a wild boar in the mountains, out of which this stream rises.
Side 311 - Jews ; being such proteuses in religion, that nobody was ever able to discover what shape or standard their consciences are really of. All that is certain concerning them is, that they make very much and good wine, and are great drinkers.
Side 336 - ... husband's embraces ? He said they were plants of a large leaf, bearing a certain sort of fruit, in shape resembling an apple, growing ripe in harvest, but of an ill savour, and not wholesome. But the virtue of them was to help conception, being laid under the genial bed. That the women were often wont to apply it, at this day, out of an opinion of its prolifick virtue. Of these plants I saw several afterwards in the way to Jerusalem...