Oriental Customs: Or, An Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures, by an Explanatory Application of the Customs and Manners of the Eastern Nations and Especially the Jews Therein Alluded to : Together with Observations on Many Difficult and Obscure Texts Collected from the Most Celebrated Travellers, and the Most Eminent Critics, Volume 2William W. Woodward, 1807 |
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Pagina 47
... represented in a human shape , sitting on a throne , supported by an azure globe , which they called heaven . Four poles or sticks came out from two sides of this globe , at the ends of which serpents ' heads were carved , the whole ...
... represented in a human shape , sitting on a throne , supported by an azure globe , which they called heaven . Four poles or sticks came out from two sides of this globe , at the ends of which serpents ' heads were carved , the whole ...
Pagina 53
... represents Eumæus as acting . -Then on the board display'd The ready meal before Ulysses laid , With flour imbrown'd.- This flour , says Dacier , was made of parched corn . When the ancients fed upon any thing that had not been offered ...
... represents Eumæus as acting . -Then on the board display'd The ready meal before Ulysses laid , With flour imbrown'd.- This flour , says Dacier , was made of parched corn . When the ancients fed upon any thing that had not been offered ...
Pagina 64
... to their gods . Lucian represents this as a very common custom , and that he had himself complied with it . Suetonius relates an instance of it in his life of Nero , * informing us , that he cut off his first 64 NUMBERS .
... to their gods . Lucian represents this as a very common custom , and that he had himself complied with it . Suetonius relates an instance of it in his life of Nero , * informing us , that he cut off his first 64 NUMBERS .
Pagina 67
... represented as saying . No. 729. - xii . 3. Now the man Moses was very meek above all the men who were upon the face ... represents Cyrus upon his death - bed , as taking notice of the greatest beauty of his own character , his humanity ...
... represented as saying . No. 729. - xii . 3. Now the man Moses was very meek above all the men who were upon the face ... represents Cyrus upon his death - bed , as taking notice of the greatest beauty of his own character , his humanity ...
Pagina 68
... represented in Hesiod as bearing the sceptre of Jupiter : and Homer ( Il . i . 14. ) says , the priest Chryses had a sceptre of gold . The priests among the Greeks and Romans had their recurved rods ; and bishops in later ages have ...
... represented in Hesiod as bearing the sceptre of Jupiter : and Homer ( Il . i . 14. ) says , the priest Chryses had a sceptre of gold . The priests among the Greeks and Romans had their recurved rods ; and bishops in later ages have ...
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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
Aleppo Alex alludes allusion altar amongst ancient appears Arabs blessing blood bread brought caliph called carried ceremony Chardin Christ circumstance clothed colour common crown custom David death divine drink earth East eastern Egypt Egyptians expression father feast fire garments GILL give gods gold Greeks hair hands HARMER hath head heathens Hebrews Hence Herodotus Hist Homer honour horse instance Israel Israelites JENNINGS's Jewish Jerusalem Jewish Jews Josephus Judea kind king king of Persia Lord Maimonides manner mentioned Moses mourning nations night observed Odyss offered Ovid passage passover PATRICK Persians person Philistines Plutarch practice prayer priest prince prophet Psalm Romans round sacred sacrifice Saul says scripture Scythians servants shalt shew signifies speaking stones temple thee things thou tion Trav Travels unto usual Vathek Virgil wash wine women words worship Xenophon
Populaire passages
Pagina 29 - I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
Pagina 5 - And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
Pagina 250 - O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
Pagina 339 - And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.
Pagina 390 - But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
Pagina 306 - The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
Pagina 18 - Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp ? 28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters?
Pagina 8 - And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
Pagina 11 - And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; and said, Whose daughter art thou?
Pagina 377 - And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith : for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.