Oriental Observations and Occasional Criticisms: More Or Less Illustrating Several Hundred Passages of ScriptureHoldsworth, 1827 - 92 pages |
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... usage , nothing is less desired than to supersede any other work on the subject . Travellers in the East , during the last century , have furnished an ample commen- tary on difficulties formerly deemed unrelievable ; but what strikes ...
... usage , nothing is less desired than to supersede any other work on the subject . Travellers in the East , during the last century , have furnished an ample commen- tary on difficulties formerly deemed unrelievable ; but what strikes ...
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... usage as that of the Cingalese and Hindoos , who reduce the muddy surface of a paddy field to one consistency , by working about the little pools of water left by flooding , simply with the foot , just be- fore scattering the seed ...
... usage as that of the Cingalese and Hindoos , who reduce the muddy surface of a paddy field to one consistency , by working about the little pools of water left by flooding , simply with the foot , just be- fore scattering the seed ...
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... usage . Bruce observes , that on saying he had a confidential message , the room was instantly cleared ; and even the secretary rose to depart . Judges , v . 30. To Sisera a prey of divers colours , a prey of divers colours of ...
... usage . Bruce observes , that on saying he had a confidential message , the room was instantly cleared ; and even the secretary rose to depart . Judges , v . 30. To Sisera a prey of divers colours , a prey of divers colours of ...
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... rose , and the like , required by a landlord of his tenants on court - days in Europe , seem fragments of the same usage . A Cin- galese having to solicit a favour of a superior , when away from home , says , I must go to 19.
... rose , and the like , required by a landlord of his tenants on court - days in Europe , seem fragments of the same usage . A Cin- galese having to solicit a favour of a superior , when away from home , says , I must go to 19.
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... , xxvii . 2 . Instruction by signs as well as by similitudes , seems to have been an established usage . The grand seignior has a number of dumb men , who c 3 29 quaintance having a large Chinese map of one of their ...
... , xxvii . 2 . Instruction by signs as well as by similitudes , seems to have been an established usage . The grand seignior has a number of dumb men , who c 3 29 quaintance having a large Chinese map of one of their ...
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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