The People of PersiaReligious Tract Society, 1799 - 192 pàgines |
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Pàgina 15
... kind of fort , for security against robbers and the intrusion of curiosity . In many towns , the entrance pas- sage slopes downward , and the court to which it leads is several feet below the level of the street , the earth on the spot ...
... kind of fort , for security against robbers and the intrusion of curiosity . In many towns , the entrance pas- sage slopes downward , and the court to which it leads is several feet below the level of the street , the earth on the spot ...
Pàgina 17
... kind ; and such was doubtless the kind of " lat- tice " through which the mother of Sisera , with her ladies , ( Judges v . 28 , ) looked forth for her expected son . These sashes , when of wider tex- ture , are usually filled with ...
... kind ; and such was doubtless the kind of " lat- tice " through which the mother of Sisera , with her ladies , ( Judges v . 28 , ) looked forth for her expected son . These sashes , when of wider tex- ture , are usually filled with ...
Pàgina 19
... kind of liveliness to the front . But when we enter the interior of a good Persian house , we forget the narrow approach , and that the walls and exterior surface are of mud . The rooms are beautifully plastered with an admirable white ...
... kind of liveliness to the front . But when we enter the interior of a good Persian house , we forget the narrow approach , and that the walls and exterior surface are of mud . The rooms are beautifully plastered with an admirable white ...
Pàgina 32
... kind of counterpane , and two pillows of down . This is all the bed used by the Persians , among whom the employment of sheets and blankets is not known , and who rest without undressing . The mattress is of velvet , and the counterpane ...
... kind of counterpane , and two pillows of down . This is all the bed used by the Persians , among whom the employment of sheets and blankets is not known , and who rest without undressing . The mattress is of velvet , and the counterpane ...
Pàgina 47
... kind of mosaic of poetical quotations . Nor is this confined to persons of rank and education ; it is common to them and the dregs of the people , because those who have had no education , and cannot even read and write , take advantage ...
... kind of mosaic of poetical quotations . Nor is this confined to persons of rank and education ; it is common to them and the dregs of the people , because those who have had no education , and cannot even read and write , take advantage ...
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Frases i termes més freqüents
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.