The People of PersiaReligious Tract Society, 1799 - 192 pàgines |
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Pàgina 19
... , than any- thing of the same kind we possess , and the floors are covered with the richest carpets the east ean furnish . The floors are first plastered with a mixture of lime and earth , and are thus DWELLINGS AND DOMESTIC HABITS . 19.
... , than any- thing of the same kind we possess , and the floors are covered with the richest carpets the east ean furnish . The floors are first plastered with a mixture of lime and earth , and are thus DWELLINGS AND DOMESTIC HABITS . 19.
Pàgina 20
... carpets are laid . It is probably known to most of our readers that these carpets , which are so much prized by us , under the name of " Turkey carpets , " are really the manufacture of Persia . The walls in the interior of the rooms ...
... carpets are laid . It is probably known to most of our readers that these carpets , which are so much prized by us , under the name of " Turkey carpets , " are really the manufacture of Persia . The walls in the interior of the rooms ...
Pàgina 22
John Kitto. * " in their mansions , reclining and lolling on their soft carpets , under the shade of the broad canvass awning stretched above the windows , on a hot summer's day , supported by soft cushions and pillows under their arm ...
John Kitto. * " in their mansions , reclining and lolling on their soft carpets , under the shade of the broad canvass awning stretched above the windows , on a hot summer's day , supported by soft cushions and pillows under their arm ...
Pàgina 23
... carpets of an inferior quality . The pavements of the courts are also rude , or of the naked earth , and a small open rill , taken from the larger canals , supplies the place of fountains . The roofs of the houses in Persia are flat ...
... carpets of an inferior quality . The pavements of the courts are also rude , or of the naked earth , and a small open rill , taken from the larger canals , supplies the place of fountains . The roofs of the houses in Persia are flat ...
Pàgina 31
... the floor , over which is spread a rich Persian carpet ; people in middling circumstances con- tent themselves with the felt alone . Instead of chairs , small mattresses , about a yard wide , DWELLINGS AND DOMESTIC HABITS . 31.
... the floor , over which is spread a rich Persian carpet ; people in middling circumstances con- tent themselves with the felt alone . Instead of chairs , small mattresses , about a yard wide , DWELLINGS AND DOMESTIC HABITS . 31.
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Abraham Abubekr Amer ancient appear Arabian Arabic Armenians Baghdad believe British and Foreign caliph caliphat called carpets Caspian Sea chief Christ Christian claims courts death declare descendants dish Divine doctrine dove's dung earth Euphrates European faith favour give gospel habit hand Harro Hassan honour Hossein houses imaum inhabitants Isfahan Islam Jews Justin Perkins Kerbelah Koran Kufah learned Lord Martyn matter Mecca medan Meerza ment Meshid missionaries Mohammed Mohammedan mollah Moses Moslem Moslem doctors mosques Nadir Shah nations observed occasion Omar peculiar Persian language Persians person pilgrimage plastered prayers present priest prince principles prophet racter Ramazan received regard religion religious respect Romanist roof sacred says scarcely Scott Waring Scripture sect servant Shah Sheahs sheikh-ul-islam Shiraz Sooffeeism Sooffees successor Sunnees supposed thee tion translation truth Turkey Turks unclean unto usually walls whole words worship Yezid
Passatges populars
Pàgina 58 - And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron, and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
Pàgina 179 - And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
Pàgina 178 - And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee : Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly ; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
Pàgina 57 - I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
Pàgina 179 - I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth. and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
Pàgina 42 - And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Pàgina 58 - Nay, my lord, hear me : the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee ; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
Pàgina 155 - Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
Pàgina 130 - Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief. 3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst 1 leave it, and come down to you?
Pàgina 58 - My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.