Observations on Divers Passages of Scripture. Placing Many of Them in a Light Altogether New ... and More Amply Illustrating the Rest Than Has Been Yet Done, by Means of Circumstances Incidentally Mentioned in Books of Voyages and Travels Into the East: In Two Volumes. ...J. Johnson, 1787 |
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Page xvi
... used fire to deftroy the flesh , which might fometimes happen , particularly in the cafe of Saul , and refpect was afterwards paid to fuch bones ' , I fhould think it natural to believe , they fomehow perfumed them . At leaft , that if ...
... used fire to deftroy the flesh , which might fometimes happen , particularly in the cafe of Saul , and refpect was afterwards paid to fuch bones ' , I fhould think it natural to believe , they fomehow perfumed them . At leaft , that if ...
Page xxvii
... used in this fenfe in the New Teft . Matt . 13. 44 , ch . 18. 7 , John 21. 6 , and elsewhere . 2 P. 234 . " There are feveral Turkish and Moorish " youths , and no fmall part likewife of the unmarried " foldiers , who attend their ...
... used in this fenfe in the New Teft . Matt . 13. 44 , ch . 18. 7 , John 21. 6 , and elsewhere . 2 P. 234 . " There are feveral Turkish and Moorish " youths , and no fmall part likewife of the unmarried " foldiers , who attend their ...
Page xxviii
... used for walking upon , & c , were fo in the days of Plautus , and long before his time ' ; and for that purpose are made of ftrong mortar , fo prepared as quickly to af- fume the hardness of stone , or other very firm and folid ...
... used for walking upon , & c , were fo in the days of Plautus , and long before his time ' ; and for that purpose are made of ftrong mortar , fo prepared as quickly to af- fume the hardness of stone , or other very firm and folid ...
Page xxxi
... used in the houses of thofe coun- tries . The making the windows more lightfome will appear in a still stronger light , if it should A & t . i . 2 . * Illuftrioris fecit . ] Id eft , fecit ædes clariores , de- jectis tegulis . be be ...
... used in the houses of thofe coun- tries . The making the windows more lightfome will appear in a still stronger light , if it should A & t . i . 2 . * Illuftrioris fecit . ] Id eft , fecit ædes clariores , de- jectis tegulis . be be ...
Page xxxiii
... used the plural , when he spoke of their way of coagulating milk , fince they use a greater variety than our dairy - women do - not only runnet , but the flowers of the wild artichoke , to which may be added churn - milk , which ...
... used the plural , when he spoke of their way of coagulating milk , fince they use a greater variety than our dairy - women do - not only runnet , but the flowers of the wild artichoke , to which may be added churn - milk , which ...
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Page 7 - In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Page 309 - And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had ; and they cried before him, Bow the knee : and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
Page 449 - Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
Page 313 - And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate! And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord.
Page 136 - And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
Page 198 - They shall not hunger nor thirst ; Neither shall the heat nor sun smite them : For he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, Even by the springs of water shall he guide them. And I will make all my mountains a way, And my highways shall be exalted. Behold, these shall come from far: And, lo, these from the north and from the west; And these from the land of Sinim.
Page 116 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!
Page 91 - Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you ? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light. As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
Page 425 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye build the tombs of the prophets and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, and say, 'If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
Page 116 - David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone. And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth.