Oriental Customs: Or an Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures, Volume 1Woodward, 1804 |
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Page 43
... women . Their sentiments of joy or grief are properly transports , and their transports are ungoverned , excessive , and outrageous . When any one returns from a long journey , or dies , his family burst into cries that may be heard ...
... women . Their sentiments of joy or grief are properly transports , and their transports are ungoverned , excessive , and outrageous . When any one returns from a long journey , or dies , his family burst into cries that may be heard ...
Page 47
... women went out after her with timbrels and with dances . ] Lady M. W. Montague , speaking of the eastern dances , says , " Their manner is certainly the same that Diana is sung to have danced on the banks of Eurotas . The great lady ...
... women went out after her with timbrels and with dances . ] Lady M. W. Montague , speaking of the eastern dances , says , " Their manner is certainly the same that Diana is sung to have danced on the banks of Eurotas . The great lady ...
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... women of the idol , or dancing girls of the pagoda , have little golden bells fastened to their feet , the soft harmonious tinkling of which vibrates in unison with the exquisite melody of their voices . " ( MAURICE's Indian Antiquities ...
... women of the idol , or dancing girls of the pagoda , have little golden bells fastened to their feet , the soft harmonious tinkling of which vibrates in unison with the exquisite melody of their voices . " ( MAURICE's Indian Antiquities ...
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... women in Barbary are so fond of their orna- ments , and particularly of their looking glasses , which they hang upon their breasts , that they will not lay them aside , even when , after the drudgery of the day , they are obliged to go ...
... women in Barbary are so fond of their orna- ments , and particularly of their looking glasses , which they hang upon their breasts , that they will not lay them aside , even when , after the drudgery of the day , they are obliged to go ...
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... women , lie on the bare ground , and walk on a brisk fire . The eighteenth day they assemble , on the sound of instruments , their heads crowned with flowers , the body bedaubed with saffron , and follow in cadence the figures of Darma ...
... women , lie on the bare ground , and walk on a brisk fire . The eighteenth day they assemble , on the sound of instruments , their heads crowned with flowers , the body bedaubed with saffron , and follow in cadence the figures of Darma ...
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Page 327 - And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: and if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
Page 304 - And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand : and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, king of the Jews!
Page 414 - And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads ; and that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Page 295 - I like not to take her; then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house. And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.
Page 326 - I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Page 183 - David will I lay upon his shoulder ; so he shall open, and none shall shut ; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
Page 47 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her, with timbrels, and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 35 - 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?
Page 127 - Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
Page 323 - Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.