Oriental customs: or, An illustration of the Sacred scriptures by an explanatory application of the customs and manners of the Eastern nations, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812 |
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... instances they have failed , and have left the enquirer bewildered and perplexed . The reason they have not done better has been the want of a proper attention to oriental customs . Commentators in general have not sufficiently availed ...
... instances they have failed , and have left the enquirer bewildered and perplexed . The reason they have not done better has been the want of a proper attention to oriental customs . Commentators in general have not sufficiently availed ...
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... and last volume was then nearly completed at the press , and in a single instance only towards the close of it was any use made of these materials . From this col- 5 lection I have made many extracts , and have en- PREFACE . xiii.
... and last volume was then nearly completed at the press , and in a single instance only towards the close of it was any use made of these materials . From this col- 5 lection I have made many extracts , and have en- PREFACE . xiii.
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... instance , in the life of Saul , that shews the propensity of the Israelites to this crime : Saul's army , after a battle , flew , that is , fell voraciously upon the cattle they had taken , and threw them upon the ground to cut off ...
... instance , in the life of Saul , that shews the propensity of the Israelites to this crime : Saul's army , after a battle , flew , that is , fell voraciously upon the cattle they had taken , and threw them upon the ground to cut off ...
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... from its wetness . It was certainly a very common practice ; and as it ap- pears from the instance of Jacob , a very ancient one . HARMER , vol . iii . p . 215 . No. 24. xxxiii . 13. And he said unto him 20 GENESIS .
... from its wetness . It was certainly a very common practice ; and as it ap- pears from the instance of Jacob , a very ancient one . HARMER , vol . iii . p . 215 . No. 24. xxxiii . 13. And he said unto him 20 GENESIS .
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... instances of it we read in the Travels of the Ambassadors , p . 204. " there were but sixty horses for ninety - four persons . The mehemander ( or conductor ) swore by the head of the king ( which is the greatest oath amongst the ...
... instances of it we read in the Travels of the Ambassadors , p . 204. " there were but sixty horses for ninety - four persons . The mehemander ( or conductor ) swore by the head of the king ( which is the greatest oath amongst the ...
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