Oriental Customs: Or, an Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures, by an Explanatory Application of the Customs and Manners of the Eastern Nations, and Expecially the Jews, Therien Alluded To, Together with Observations on Many Difficult and Obscure Texts, Collected from the Most Celebrated Travellers, and the Most Eminent Critics, Volume 1 |
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Pagina 29
There is no ground for supposing that the ancient eastern saddles were like our
modern ones . Such were not known to the Greeks and Romans till many ages
after the Hebrew judges . “ No nation of antiquity knew the use of either saddles
or ...
There is no ground for supposing that the ancient eastern saddles were like our
modern ones . Such were not known to the Greeks and Romans till many ages
after the Hebrew judges . “ No nation of antiquity knew the use of either saddles
or ...
Pagina 37
... this circumstance is in part proved by the very names of certain of the Greek
and Roman coins , Thus the Attic mina and the Roman libra equally sig . nify a
pound ; and the statne ( stater ) of the Greeks , so called from weighing , is
decisive ...
... this circumstance is in part proved by the very names of certain of the Greek
and Roman coins , Thus the Attic mina and the Roman libra equally sig . nify a
pound ; and the statne ( stater ) of the Greeks , so called from weighing , is
decisive ...
Pagina 81
has some curious reflections on the custom of catching omens , which was
common amongst the Greeks , and which he conceives to be of great antiquity ,
and also of eastern origin . “ That it was practised by the Jews , is by some
inferred from ...
has some curious reflections on the custom of catching omens , which was
common amongst the Greeks , and which he conceives to be of great antiquity ,
and also of eastern origin . “ That it was practised by the Jews , is by some
inferred from ...
Pagina 107
... commonly neglect themselves at home , the laws against private pomp and
luxury being very severe . ” No . 136 . - 1 CHRONICLES xxvii . 28 . Cellars of oil .
Dr . CHANDLER ( Trav . in Greece , p . 126 . ) says , the modern Greeks keep
their ...
... commonly neglect themselves at home , the laws against private pomp and
luxury being very severe . ” No . 136 . - 1 CHRONICLES xxvii . 28 . Cellars of oil .
Dr . CHANDLER ( Trav . in Greece , p . 126 . ) says , the modern Greeks keep
their ...
Pagina 118
Another way made use of among the Greeks and Romans , and which was as
ancient as Homer , ( for he makes mention of it in his poems ) was , to write , on
tables of wood covered over with wax . On these they wrote with a bodkin or style
of ...
Another way made use of among the Greeks and Romans , and which was as
ancient as Homer , ( for he makes mention of it in his poems ) was , to write , on
tables of wood covered over with wax . On these they wrote with a bodkin or style
of ...
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