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... roofs rise but little , if at all , above those of the high ones of the lower story . The windows completely fill the whole front of the rooms , except the spaces occupied by two pillars in large rooms ; and they open from a few inches ...
... roofs rise but little , if at all , above those of the high ones of the lower story . The windows completely fill the whole front of the rooms , except the spaces occupied by two pillars in large rooms ; and they open from a few inches ...
Page 18
... roof , and , removing some of the boards which covered this part , were enabled to let their helpless friend down to the place where Jesus stood . Our acquaintance with various oriental houses , has presented difficul- ties to every ...
... roof , and , removing some of the boards which covered this part , were enabled to let their helpless friend down to the place where Jesus stood . Our acquaintance with various oriental houses , has presented difficul- ties to every ...
Page 19
... roof for such a purpose , would be very difficult , and would overwhelm the interior with the dust and rubbish of which such roofs are composed . The outsides of the houses in Persia are plastered with a mixture of mud and cut straw ...
... roof for such a purpose , would be very difficult , and would overwhelm the interior with the dust and rubbish of which such roofs are composed . The outsides of the houses in Persia are plastered with a mixture of mud and cut straw ...
Page 23
... larger canals , supplies the place of fountains . The roofs of the houses in Persia are flat , and terraced over with earth . Stout timbers are first laid across the walls , about two feet DWELLINGS AND DOMESTIC HABITS . 23.
... larger canals , supplies the place of fountains . The roofs of the houses in Persia are flat , and terraced over with earth . Stout timbers are first laid across the walls , about two feet DWELLINGS AND DOMESTIC HABITS . 23.
Page 24
... roof , furnished with a spout , a few feet long , conducts off the water . The soil is so tenacious in all parts of Persia , that there is little danger that a roof thus constructed will be pervious to the rain , if kept in a state of ...
... roof , furnished with a spout , a few feet long , conducts off the water . The soil is so tenacious in all parts of Persia , that there is little danger that a roof thus constructed will be pervious to the rain , if kept in a state of ...
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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.