The Life of the People in Biblical TimesJewish Publication Society of America, 1929 - 236 pages |
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Page 119
... seems little point in using it . It may , to be sure , represent an ideal as well . The reference to the lover's dark color would scarcely be repeated unless that color was supposed to be some- thing particularly beautiful . The only ...
... seems little point in using it . It may , to be sure , represent an ideal as well . The reference to the lover's dark color would scarcely be repeated unless that color was supposed to be some- thing particularly beautiful . The only ...
Page 152
... seems to have sufficed for the prepara- tion of some rather elaborate dishes . Women , we may assume , did most of ... seem to have been women . As a craft we shall have occasion to speak of them later on . The individual household thus ...
... seems to have sufficed for the prepara- tion of some rather elaborate dishes . Women , we may assume , did most of ... seem to have been women . As a craft we shall have occasion to speak of them later on . The individual household thus ...
Page 190
... seems scarcely a desirable way and in all likelihood at every interruption in the banquet the diner was fain to relieve somewhat his cramped muscles . It is , however , not the posture but the absence of table implements that would seem ...
... seems scarcely a desirable way and in all likelihood at every interruption in the banquet the diner was fain to relieve somewhat his cramped muscles . It is , however , not the posture but the absence of table implements that would seem ...
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