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... known to most of our readers that these carpets , which are so much prized by us , under the name of " Turkey carpets , " are really the manufacture of Persia . The walls in the interior of the rooms are not dead surfaces , but are ...
... known to most of our readers that these carpets , which are so much prized by us , under the name of " Turkey carpets , " are really the manufacture of Persia . The walls in the interior of the rooms are not dead surfaces , but are ...
Page 32
... known , and who rest without undressing . The mattress is of velvet , and the counterpane of silk brocade , or cloth of gold or silver . Articles of this kind are valuable , and are not changed perhaps for a century ; for the velvets ...
... known , and who rest without undressing . The mattress is of velvet , and the counterpane of silk brocade , or cloth of gold or silver . Articles of this kind are valuable , and are not changed perhaps for a century ; for the velvets ...
Page 55
... illustration with which it closes had been given some years before in a well - known English commentary , and will be nothing the worse for the corroboration of an independent authority . " In our flippant host we had PERSIAN CHARACTER .
... illustration with which it closes had been given some years before in a well - known English commentary , and will be nothing the worse for the corroboration of an independent authority . " In our flippant host we had PERSIAN CHARACTER .
Page 57
... known value , which you must pay or take the trouble of bating him down . This is done by simply leaving him , as he will quickly call after you to take the article at the price you have offered . I know not how often I have in ...
... known value , which you must pay or take the trouble of bating him down . This is done by simply leaving him , as he will quickly call after you to take the article at the price you have offered . I know not how often I have in ...
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... known as an invalid in pursuit of health , as a merchant seeking to mix profit with pleasure , or as a fugitive from Shiraz : his impressions on the way are thus recorded : - " There was scarcely PERSIAN CHARACTER . 61.
... known as an invalid in pursuit of health , as a merchant seeking to mix profit with pleasure , or as a fugitive from Shiraz : his impressions on the way are thus recorded : - " There was scarcely PERSIAN CHARACTER . 61.
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Abubekr Amer ancient appear Arabian Arabic Armenians Baghdad believe British and Foreign caliph caliphat called carpets Caspian Sea character chief Christ Christian claims courts death declare descendants dish Divine doctrine dove's dung earth Euphrates European faith favour give gospel habit hand Harro honour Hossein houses imaum inhabitants Isfahan Islam Jews Justin Perkins Kerbelah Koran Kufah learned Lord manner Martyn matter Mecca medan Meerza ment Meshid missionaries Mohammed Mohammedan mollah Moses Moslem Moslem doctors mosques nations observed occasion Omar peculiar Persian language Persians person plastered prayers present priest prince principles prophet racter Ramazan received regard religion RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY respect Romanist roof sacred says scarcely Scott Waring Scripture sect Sheahs sheikh-ul-islam Shiraz Sooffeeism Sooffees successor Sunnees supposed thee tion translation truth Turkey Turks unclean unto usually walls whole words worship Yezid
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Page 58 - And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron ; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
Page 57 - I am a stranger and a sojourner with you; give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 101 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 44 - The Son of man goeth as it is written of him : but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed ! it had been good for that man if he had not been born. 25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.
Page 58 - Hear us, my lord : thou art a mighty prince among us : in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead ; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
Page 136 - And he returned to the man of GOD, he and all his company, and came and stood before him : and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no GOD in all the earth, but in Israel : now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.