The People of PersiaReligious Tract Society, 1799 - 192 pàgines |
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Pàgina 22
... minds , in the uncertain tenure of their wealth , and the peril of their lives in that land of despotism , ‡ the burning passions that war in their bosoms , and the poignant stings of a buffeting conscience for their ill- gotten gains ...
... minds , in the uncertain tenure of their wealth , and the peril of their lives in that land of despotism , ‡ the burning passions that war in their bosoms , and the poignant stings of a buffeting conscience for their ill- gotten gains ...
Pàgina 26
... mind the sad sin and calamities into which David fell , in consequence of indulging in an idle curiosity , while walking upon the house- top . It remains to notice the third or lowest class of dwellings , inhabited by the peasantry ...
... mind the sad sin and calamities into which David fell , in consequence of indulging in an idle curiosity , while walking upon the house- top . It remains to notice the third or lowest class of dwellings , inhabited by the peasantry ...
Pàgina 52
... the same notable degree , flow from the same cause in Turkey . Its chief source is to be sought for in the native character of the Persians . Their imaginative- ness of mind , and their love of the marvellous 52 THE PEOPLE OF PERSIA .
... the same notable degree , flow from the same cause in Turkey . Its chief source is to be sought for in the native character of the Persians . Their imaginative- ness of mind , and their love of the marvellous 52 THE PEOPLE OF PERSIA .
Pàgina 53
John Kitto. ness of mind , and their love of the marvellous , may partly account for it in the instances . of their wonderful relations . Their extreme affa- bility and politeness , strange as it may seem , help to the same effect ; for ...
John Kitto. ness of mind , and their love of the marvellous , may partly account for it in the instances . of their wonderful relations . Their extreme affa- bility and politeness , strange as it may seem , help to the same effect ; for ...
Pàgina 64
... that class of external manifestations which temperament , habit of mind , climate , a false religion , and , among other circumstances but not solely , a bad system of government , may excite and impose . 64 THE PEOPLE OF PERSIA .
... that class of external manifestations which temperament , habit of mind , climate , a false religion , and , among other circumstances but not solely , a bad system of government , may excite and impose . 64 THE PEOPLE OF PERSIA .
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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.