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 pagina's |
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Pagina v
... object , few candid minds will deny . For many years I lived in habits of comparative intimacy with the Hindoos , and mixed with them in their joyous and sorrowful scenes ; and whatever I heard or saw , which promoted the object of my ...
... object , few candid minds will deny . For many years I lived in habits of comparative intimacy with the Hindoos , and mixed with them in their joyous and sorrowful scenes ; and whatever I heard or saw , which promoted the object of my ...
Pagina xii
... object alluded to as being wor- shipped by the Assyrians , it is well known that the Hindoos do the same thing . The lingam ( Priapus ) in the Hindoo temple of Sedambarem is supposed to have sprung from the earth of itself ; and its ...
... object alluded to as being wor- shipped by the Assyrians , it is well known that the Hindoos do the same thing . The lingam ( Priapus ) in the Hindoo temple of Sedambarem is supposed to have sprung from the earth of itself ; and its ...
Pagina xiv
... object as much as possible to avoid con- troversy ; hence I have left the reader to compare this with other commentaries ; and doubt not , in general , he will be led to right conclusions . Some of the articles are , perhaps , too brief ...
... object as much as possible to avoid con- troversy ; hence I have left the reader to compare this with other commentaries ; and doubt not , in general , he will be led to right conclusions . Some of the articles are , perhaps , too brief ...
Pagina 15
... object of desire . " This god is the author of all sensual desires . The most impure work in the East commences with an invocation to him . Vish- noo , by many Oriental scholars , is believed to be the same as Noah . Cama is the son of ...
... object of desire . " This god is the author of all sensual desires . The most impure work in the East commences with an invocation to him . Vish- noo , by many Oriental scholars , is believed to be the same as Noah . Cama is the son of ...
Pagina 21
... object , and that earnestly . A man coming from the jungle might say , " As I came this morning , I lifted up my eyes , and behold , I saw three elephants . " " Have you seen any thing to - day in your travels C 3 GENESIS . 21.
... object , and that earnestly . A man coming from the jungle might say , " As I came this morning , I lifted up my eyes , and behold , I saw three elephants . " " Have you seen any thing to - day in your travels C 3 GENESIS . 21.
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Oriental Illustrations of the Sacred Scriptures ... Joseph Roberts (M.R.A.S.) Volledige weergave - 1835 |
Oriental Illustrations of the Sacred Scriptures,: Collected from the Customs ... Joseph Roberts Volledige weergave - 1835 |
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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
Populaire passages
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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
Pagina 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.
Pagina 358 - Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Pagina 385 - He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
Pagina 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.