The People of PersiaReligious Tract Society, 1799 - 192 pàgines |
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Pàgina 20
John Kitto. a mixture of lime and earth , and are thus rendered hard and level ; they are then covered with the reed mats , over which the carpets are laid . It is probably known to most of our readers that these carpets , which are so ...
John Kitto. a mixture of lime and earth , and are thus rendered hard and level ; they are then covered with the reed mats , over which the carpets are laid . It is probably known to most of our readers that these carpets , which are so ...
Pàgina 37
... render neither less nor more consideration than the position of his visitor claims . If the visitor is a person greatly superior , the master meets him at the entrance to the court of the house ; if considerably superior , at the ...
... render neither less nor more consideration than the position of his visitor claims . If the visitor is a person greatly superior , the master meets him at the entrance to the court of the house ; if considerably superior , at the ...
Pàgina 70
... the Persians are based very much upon historical events , it will be necessary , briefly , to state these circumstances , in order to render the details embraced in this volume more intel- ligible . For 70 THE PEOPLE OF PERSIA .
... the Persians are based very much upon historical events , it will be necessary , briefly , to state these circumstances , in order to render the details embraced in this volume more intel- ligible . For 70 THE PEOPLE OF PERSIA .
Pàgina 99
... rendered to him . How they also venerate the chief line of his de- scendants , the Imaums , has been already shown . Fatimah , the sole child of Mohammed , and wife of Ali , they venerate as a saint ; and through this appreciation of ...
... rendered to him . How they also venerate the chief line of his de- scendants , the Imaums , has been already shown . Fatimah , the sole child of Mohammed , and wife of Ali , they venerate as a saint ; and through this appreciation of ...
Pàgina 100
... observances has here , as among the Jews , been manifested in the multiplication of objects which render a person unclean , and in the carrying the scruples respecting legal purity to such lengths , that 100 THE PEOPLE OF PERSIA .
... observances has here , as among the Jews , been manifested in the multiplication of objects which render a person unclean , and in the carrying the scruples respecting legal purity to such lengths , that 100 THE PEOPLE OF PERSIA .
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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.