Bible Illustrations: A Description of Manners and Customs Peculiar to the East, Especially Explanatory of the Holy Scriptures |
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... travellers have furnished us ; and more especially , by an inspection of the prints which adorn their volumes ; and which present , even before our eyes , the buildings , ornaments , uten- sils , and scenery peculiar to the eastern ...
... travellers have furnished us ; and more especially , by an inspection of the prints which adorn their volumes ; and which present , even before our eyes , the buildings , ornaments , uten- sils , and scenery peculiar to the eastern ...
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... Travellers inform us , that the houses are constructed even to the present day in the same manner . Look here , Harry ! And Peter , you know , father , went up to the roof at the house - top to pray , Acts x . 9 . True , Harry . And ...
... Travellers inform us , that the houses are constructed even to the present day in the same manner . Look here , Harry ! And Peter , you know , father , went up to the roof at the house - top to pray , Acts x . 9 . True , Harry . And ...
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... square , of wicker - work , plastered round towards the bottom , but without any door , each person hav- ing his separate apartment . A more recent traveller informs us , that , when in the east , he often slept on the. 10 HOUSES .
... square , of wicker - work , plastered round towards the bottom , but without any door , each person hav- ing his separate apartment . A more recent traveller informs us , that , when in the east , he often slept on the. 10 HOUSES .
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... travellers . " The eastern bricks , " says Sir John Chardin , " are only clay well moistened with water , mixed with straw , and dried in the sun . " So , it seems , that walls built with them would be little better than those built ...
... travellers . " The eastern bricks , " says Sir John Chardin , " are only clay well moistened with water , mixed with straw , and dried in the sun . " So , it seems , that walls built with them would be little better than those built ...
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... ? Yes ; many have been brought to England by travellers , and are preserved in cabinets as curiosities . And did the Israelites make bricks to build the pyramids ? Some have thought that the brick pyramids at a place 22 BRICKS .
... ? Yes ; many have been brought to England by travellers , and are preserved in cabinets as curiosities . And did the Israelites make bricks to build the pyramids ? Some have thought that the brick pyramids at a place 22 BRICKS .
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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.