Oriental Illustrations of the Sacred Scriptures,: Collected from the Customs, Manners, Rites, Superstitions, Traditions, Parabolical, Idiomatical, and Proverbial Forms of Speech, Climate, Works of Art, and Literature, of the Hindoos, During a Residence in the East of Nearly Fourteen YearsJohn Murray, 1835 - 619 Seiten |
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... blessed . It is a well - known fact , that , by all the inhabitants of the East , Ceylon is considered one of the most sacred spots on earth ; and the Arabians and Persians believe it was the Paradise . Though the names Adam's bridge ...
... blessed . It is a well - known fact , that , by all the inhabitants of the East , Ceylon is considered one of the most sacred spots on earth ; and the Arabians and Persians believe it was the Paradise . Though the names Adam's bridge ...
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... blessed them for their faith- fulness , and vanished out of their sight . " I will eat . " - 5. " I and the lad will go - — and come again . " The people of the East never say , as those of England , when taking leave , " I go , " or ...
... blessed them for their faith- fulness , and vanished out of their sight . " I will eat . " - 5. " I and the lad will go - — and come again . " The people of the East never say , as those of England , when taking leave , " I go , " or ...
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... blessed Rebekah , and said unto her , Thou art our sister , be thou the mother of thousands of millions . " From the numerous instances which are recorded in the Scriptures , of those who were aged , or holy , giving their blessing ...
... blessed Rebekah , and said unto her , Thou art our sister , be thou the mother of thousands of millions . " From the numerous instances which are recorded in the Scriptures , of those who were aged , or holy , giving their blessing ...
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... blessed thee since my coming . " Heb . " at my foot . " By the labour of Jacob's foot , the cattle of Laban had in- creased into a multitude . Of a man who has become rich by his own industry , it is said , " Ah ! by the labour of his ...
... blessed thee since my coming . " Heb . " at my foot . " By the labour of Jacob's foot , the cattle of Laban had in- creased into a multitude . Of a man who has become rich by his own industry , it is said , " Ah ! by the labour of his ...
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... blessed them . " Early rising is a universal custom . Thus , in every season of the year , the people may be seen at sunrise , strolling in all directions . At the time of the heavy dews , they bind a part of the robe round the head ...
... blessed them . " Early rising is a universal custom . Thus , in every season of the year , the people may be seen at sunrise , strolling in all directions . At the time of the heavy dews , they bind a part of the robe round the head ...
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alluded allusions amongst animals Assyria Baal Peor Baal-zebub Babylon beasts beautiful believe blessed body Boothroyd Brahma Brahmin burning called Calmet cast ceremonies Ceylon CHAP child daughter dead death deity earth East Eastern Egypt enemies enquired evil eyes face familiar spirit father favour fear feast feet fellow female fire fruit give gods gold gone ground hair hand hath head heathen heaven Hebrew Hence Hindoos holy husband idols Imaus Israel jewels Jews Kandian war king Lingam live look Lord margin marriage moon mother mountains mouth never night offering ornaments Parvati person Philistines Priapus priest rain reference rice Royal Asiatic Society sacred says Scanda Purana seen Septuagint serpent servant Siva sorrow speak stone taken Tamul translation temple thee thing thou shalt tree unto verse vessel Vishnoo walk wife woman word worship Yama
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Seite 433 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Seite 300 - The gold and the crystal cannot equal it : and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls : for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Seite 361 - Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: Fire and hail; snow and vapours: stormy wind fulfilling his word: Mountains and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl...
Seite 417 - And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.
Seite 523 - And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.
Seite 13 - And behold I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh wherein is the breath of life from under heaven, and every thing that is in the earth shall die, but with thee will I establish My Covenant, and thou shalt come into the ark, thou and thy sons and thy wife, and thy sons
Seite 571 - And yet indeed she is my sister: she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother ; and she became my wife.
Seite 358 - Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Seite 385 - He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
Seite 576 - Neither was there any among them that lacked : for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, and laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.