Bible Illustrations: A Description of Manners and Customs Peculiar to the East, Especially Explanatory of the Holy Scriptures |
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... piece was from the twenty - first book of Homer's Odyssey ; and the key you refer to was that of the storehouse of Ulysses . But , I mean , did you observe what was said of the shape of it ? Yes ; I think Homer distinguishes it by a ...
... piece was from the twenty - first book of Homer's Odyssey ; and the key you refer to was that of the storehouse of Ulysses . But , I mean , did you observe what was said of the shape of it ? Yes ; I think Homer distinguishes it by a ...
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... piece one against the other , Gen. xv . 9 , 10 . Now this was the usual mode of making trea- ties or engagements in the ... pieces . " For what did they do this , father ? No doubt , to intimate that if they were un- faithful to their ...
... piece one against the other , Gen. xv . 9 , 10 . Now this was the usual mode of making trea- ties or engagements in the ... pieces . " For what did they do this , father ? No doubt , to intimate that if they were un- faithful to their ...
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... pieces of the animals , are we ? Not in so many words ; but that which was equivalent to it took place . It is said , in the seventeenth verse , " When the sun went down , and it was dark , " that " a burning lamp passed between those ...
... pieces of the animals , are we ? Not in so many words ; but that which was equivalent to it took place . It is said , in the seventeenth verse , " When the sun went down , and it was dark , " that " a burning lamp passed between those ...
Page 72
... piece of silk or cotton tied round the waist , and hanging in a graceful manner to the feet ; it is afterwards brought over the body in negligent folds ; under this they cover the bosom with a short waistcoat of satin . Their long black ...
... piece of silk or cotton tied round the waist , and hanging in a graceful manner to the feet ; it is afterwards brought over the body in negligent folds ; under this they cover the bosom with a short waistcoat of satin . Their long black ...
Page 84
... pieces , thicker and longer than our ordinary beef - steaks , cut from the higher part of the buttock of the beast . It was done very skilfully , but I cannot tell how . " How shocking ! And so , I suppose , the poor cow bled to death ...
... pieces , thicker and longer than our ordinary beef - steaks , cut from the higher part of the buttock of the beast . It was done very skilfully , but I cannot tell how . " How shocking ! And so , I suppose , the poor cow bled to death ...
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Page 164 - Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
Page 212 - And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
Page 146 - Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom ? 11 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off?
Page 101 - The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
Page 91 - When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
Page 217 - I am the LORD'S"; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
Page 141 - Thus I was ; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
Page 101 - Thou gavest me no kiss : but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet. My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
Page 208 - And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.