Oriental Observations and Occasional Criticisms: More Or Less Illustrating Several Hundred Passages of ScriptureHoldsworth, 1827 - 92 pages |
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... officers . Instead of five in a rank put in the margin , if we accept the idea of embodied under the FIVE ; that is the officers established by the ordinary usages of en- campment , of military service , and of caravans as conducted by ...
... officers . Instead of five in a rank put in the margin , if we accept the idea of embodied under the FIVE ; that is the officers established by the ordinary usages of en- campment , of military service , and of caravans as conducted by ...
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... officer posted at the door to receive presents and register them , an ingenious gentleman , long resident in Ceylon , wrote this note : Such an officer sits at the door of a wedding - house , in the family of a modliar , and registers ...
... officer posted at the door to receive presents and register them , an ingenious gentleman , long resident in Ceylon , wrote this note : Such an officer sits at the door of a wedding - house , in the family of a modliar , and registers ...
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... officer of state , wise and prudent , but in the eye of strangers , his appearance is unpro- mising ; they are astonished at him , especially when he welcomes them by dashing them with fragrant waters : but this arises from their un ...
... officer of state , wise and prudent , but in the eye of strangers , his appearance is unpro- mising ; they are astonished at him , especially when he welcomes them by dashing them with fragrant waters : but this arises from their un ...
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... officer of state who occupies a certain post in the palace of an eastern monarch . See margin , Genesis , xxxvii . 36 . Daniel , ii . 4. O king , live for ever ! -1 Kings , i . 31. Then Bath- sheba bowed with her face to the earth , and ...
... officer of state who occupies a certain post in the palace of an eastern monarch . See margin , Genesis , xxxvii . 36 . Daniel , ii . 4. O king , live for ever ! -1 Kings , i . 31. Then Bath- sheba bowed with her face to the earth , and ...
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... officer , and thou be cast into prison . Satisfaction for money was forbidden by Moses , ( Numbers , xxxv . 31 , ) in instituting the cities of refuge ; but among the Turks , criminals guilty of murder or manslaughter , are allowed up ...
... officer , and thou be cast into prison . Satisfaction for money was forbidden by Moses , ( Numbers , xxxv . 31 , ) in instituting the cities of refuge ; but among the Turks , criminals guilty of murder or manslaughter , are allowed up ...
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Abimelech Achish alludes appears Arabs Behold Beth-Shemesh bride bridegroom Bruce Budhu Budhuist temple Calmet's cast Ceylon children of Israel Christ Christian Cingalese cloth Corinthians daughter David denote Deuteronomy earth East eastern Edom European Exodus eyes Ezekiel father feet galese garments Genesis give Grand Seignior hair hand hast hath head heathen Hebrew Hindoos images India Isaiah Jaffna Jeremiah Jewish Jews John Judea Judges king's Kings Lamech Luke Maachah margin Mark marriage Matthew Matura mother Naaman natives observed ornaments Parkhurst passage Pharaoh Philistines pray probably Proverbs Psalm rendered rivers saith the Lord Samuel say unto Scripture seed seems seen servants shekel silver skins sleep Solomon's Song stone supposed sword thee thine thing thou shalt travellers Turks usage usually verse voice woman women word worship writer's recollection xviii xxii xxiii xxiv Zedekiah