The People of PersiaReligious Tract Society, 1799 - 192 pàgines |
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Pàgina 41
... matter of some consideration , is an affair of far less importance or duration than with us . Even when a prince gives a feast to his friends , the time of eating scarcely occupies half an hour . The guests sit on the felt carpet along ...
... matter of some consideration , is an affair of far less importance or duration than with us . Even when a prince gives a feast to his friends , the time of eating scarcely occupies half an hour . The guests sit on the felt carpet along ...
Pàgina 51
... matter of formal instruction and acquirement , along with archery and horsemanship , does not in fact recognise the ancient existence of the national tendency to untruthfulness . Be that as it may , the Persians are not now even taught ...
... matter of formal instruction and acquirement , along with archery and horsemanship , does not in fact recognise the ancient existence of the national tendency to untruthfulness . Be that as it may , the Persians are not now even taught ...
Pàgina 70
... matter of doctrine or ceremonial . It lies in the opinion which the Sheahs have inherited from the immediate partisans of Ali , that the cele- brated man of that name had a Divine and indefeasible right to have succeeded to the caliphat ...
... matter of doctrine or ceremonial . It lies in the opinion which the Sheahs have inherited from the immediate partisans of Ali , that the cele- brated man of that name had a Divine and indefeasible right to have succeeded to the caliphat ...
Pàgina 74
... matter should be referred after his decease . Ali was one of the six , and in the committee he did not hesitate to press his own claims . It is highly probable that the choice would have fallen on him , had he been willing to accede to ...
... matter should be referred after his decease . Ali was one of the six , and in the committee he did not hesitate to press his own claims . It is highly probable that the choice would have fallen on him , had he been willing to accede to ...
Pàgina 88
... matter . The difference is something , in this respect , like that between the Pharisees and the Sadducees , though there are no such doctrinal differences as subsisted between these two sects ; and the Sheahs do not , like the ...
... matter . The difference is something , in this respect , like that between the Pharisees and the Sadducees , though there are no such doctrinal differences as subsisted between these two sects ; and the Sheahs do not , like the ...
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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.