Oriental Illustrations of the Sacred Scriptures,: Collected from the Customs, Manners, Rites, Superstitions, Traditions, Parabolical, Idiomatical, and Proverbial Forms of Speech, Climate, Works of Art, and Literature, of the Hindoos, During a Residence in the East of Nearly Fourteen YearsJohn Murray, 1835 - 619 էջ |
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Արդյունքներ 60–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... rice to the crows ) . The Ka- Kā , " he with the iron beak . " The Peacock , " he whose riches or pleasures are in feathers . " The Eagle , " he who flies aloft ; " " the flesh eater . " The Pigeon , " the stone eater . " The Serpent ...
... rice to the crows ) . The Ka- Kā , " he with the iron beak . " The Peacock , " he whose riches or pleasures are in feathers . " The Eagle , " he who flies aloft ; " " the flesh eater . " The Pigeon , " the stone eater . " The Serpent ...
Էջ 10
... rice , cakes , oil , and perfumes , are offered to the gods . * I would here observe , once for all , that I have gone regularly through the marginal readings , and have found , with few exceptions , that they literally agree with ...
... rice , cakes , oil , and perfumes , are offered to the gods . * I would here observe , once for all , that I have gone regularly through the marginal readings , and have found , with few exceptions , that they literally agree with ...
Էջ 17
... rice , has been newly cut , as the grass left amongst the stubble is then long and green . The herdmen at that time become very tenacious , and woe to the ox , if within reach of stick or stone , until he shall get into his own field ...
... rice , has been newly cut , as the grass left amongst the stubble is then long and green . The herdmen at that time become very tenacious , and woe to the ox , if within reach of stick or stone , until he shall get into his own field ...
Էջ 24
... Rice is given to the child in a formal way , and the relations are invited to join in the festivities . For almost every event of life the Hindoos have a fixed rule from which they seldom deviate . They wean a female child within the ...
... Rice is given to the child in a formal way , and the relations are invited to join in the festivities . For almost every event of life the Hindoos have a fixed rule from which they seldom deviate . They wean a female child within the ...
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... rice is in his mouth . " " Why have you such a regard for that man ? " . " Is not his rice in my mouth ? " -- 30. " Feed me , I pray thee , with that same red pot- tage . " The people of the East are exceedingly fond of pottage , which ...
... rice is in his mouth . " " Why have you such a regard for that man ? " . " Is not his rice in my mouth ? " -- 30. " Feed me , I pray thee , with that same red pot- tage . " The people of the East are exceedingly fond of pottage , which ...
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Oriental Illustrations of the Sacred Scriptures ... Joseph Roberts (M.R.A.S.) Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1835 |
Oriental Illustrations of the Sacred Scriptures,: Collected from the Customs ... Joseph Roberts Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1835 |
Common terms and phrases
alluded allusions amongst animals Assyria Baal Peor Baal-zebub Babylon beasts beautiful believe blessed body Boothroyd Brahma Brahmin burning called Calmet cast ceremonies Ceylon CHAP child daughter dead death deity earth East Eastern Egypt enemies enquired evil eyes face familiar spirit father favour fear feast feet fellow female fire fruit give gods gold gone ground hair hand hath head heathen heaven Hebrew Hence Hindoos holy husband idols Imaus Israel jewels Jews Kandian war king Lingam live look Lord margin marriage moon mother mountains mouth never night offering ornaments Parvati person Philistines Priapus priest rain reference rice Royal Asiatic Society sacred says Scanda Purana seen Septuagint serpent servant Siva sorrow speak stone taken Tamul translation temple thee thing thou shalt tree unto verse vessel Vishnoo walk wife woman word worship Yama
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Էջ 433 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Էջ 300 - The gold and the crystal cannot equal it : and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls : for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Էջ 361 - Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: Fire and hail; snow and vapours: stormy wind fulfilling his word: Mountains and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl...
Էջ 417 - And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.
Էջ 523 - And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.
Էջ 13 - And behold I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh wherein is the breath of life from under heaven, and every thing that is in the earth shall die, but with thee will I establish My Covenant, and thou shalt come into the ark, thou and thy sons and thy wife, and thy sons
Էջ 571 - And yet indeed she is my sister: she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother ; and she became my wife.
Էջ 358 - Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Էջ 385 - He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
Էջ 576 - Neither was there any among them that lacked : for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, and laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.