Observations on Various Passages of Scripture: Placing Them in a New Light; and Ascertaining the Meaning of Several, Not Determinable by the Methods Commonly Made Use of by the Learned, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1808 |
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... Gold in the East 135 LXV . Horns used as drinking Vessels in the East ... 136 LXVI . Effects of Wine upon some Eastern Devotees . 139 LXVII . Different Kinds of Wines in the East ..... 140 LXVIII . Sweet Wines much esteemed in the East ...
... Gold in the East 135 LXV . Horns used as drinking Vessels in the East ... 136 LXVI . Effects of Wine upon some Eastern Devotees . 139 LXVII . Different Kinds of Wines in the East ..... 140 LXVIII . Sweet Wines much esteemed in the East ...
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... gold and silver , and thy raiment was of fine linen , and silk , and broidered work ; thou didst eat fine flour , and honey , and oil : and thou wast ex- ceeding beautiful , and thou didst prosper into a kingdom . But thou didst trust ...
... gold and silver , and thy raiment was of fine linen , and silk , and broidered work ; thou didst eat fine flour , and honey , and oil : and thou wast ex- ceeding beautiful , and thou didst prosper into a kingdom . But thou didst trust ...
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... gold is to that of a more impure nature . " But this will appear in a more easy light , if the diet and the relish of the present Moors , of West Barbary , be thought to resemble those of the times of the Psalmist for a pa- per ...
... gold is to that of a more impure nature . " But this will appear in a more easy light , if the diet and the relish of the present Moors , of West Barbary , be thought to resemble those of the times of the Psalmist for a pa- per ...
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... gold , and of spices great abundance , and precious stones ; neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon , 2 Chron . ix . 9. Sugar , in some form or other , might , along with those other things , be ...
... gold , and of spices great abundance , and precious stones ; neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon , 2 Chron . ix . 9. Sugar , in some form or other , might , along with those other things , be ...
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... droppings are as much preferable to honey , as refined gold to unrefined ; and compare the words of the other sacred writer , Pleasant words are as an honey- P. 230 . comb , or as the honey - tzuph , " 70 Relating to their Diet , & c .
... droppings are as much preferable to honey , as refined gold to unrefined ; and compare the words of the other sacred writer , Pleasant words are as an honey- P. 230 . comb , or as the honey - tzuph , " 70 Relating to their Diet , & c .
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