The Eclectic Review, Volume 16; Volume 34Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood C. Taylor, 1821 |
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... Persia , Armenia , Ancient Babylonia , & c . & c . During the Years 1817 , 1818 , 1819 , and 1820. By Sir Robert Ker Porter . With numerous Engravings . In Two Volumes . 4to . Vol . I. pp . xxiv , 720. London . 1821 . TP HIS volume ...
... Persia , Armenia , Ancient Babylonia , & c . & c . During the Years 1817 , 1818 , 1819 , and 1820. By Sir Robert Ker Porter . With numerous Engravings . In Two Volumes . 4to . Vol . I. pp . xxiv , 720. London . 1821 . TP HIS volume ...
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... Persia , we are by no means oppressed with its superabun- dance ; and we were pleased when a new work on the same subject was announced from so diligent a traveller and so accurate an artist as Sir Robert Ker Porter . We hoped ( too ...
... Persia , we are by no means oppressed with its superabun- dance ; and we were pleased when a new work on the same subject was announced from so diligent a traveller and so accurate an artist as Sir Robert Ker Porter . We hoped ( too ...
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... Persian empire . The kind patriarch had lodged on the backs of his cattle an ample store of wine ; and in con ... Persian history upon clear and incontrovertible grounds , prior to Ardisbeer or Ar- taxerxes , the restorer of the Persian ...
... Persian empire . The kind patriarch had lodged on the backs of his cattle an ample store of wine ; and in con ... Persian history upon clear and incontrovertible grounds , prior to Ardisbeer or Ar- taxerxes , the restorer of the Persian ...
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... Persians dye , not only their hair black , but their nails , feet , and hands a bright red . They often smoke half a ... Persian ladies regard the bath as the place of their greatest amusement . They make appointments to meet there ; and ...
... Persians dye , not only their hair black , but their nails , feet , and hands a bright red . They often smoke half a ... Persian ladies regard the bath as the place of their greatest amusement . They make appointments to meet there ; and ...
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... Persians but in the humblest offices ; however , during meals at least , the honoured member certainly does the business of two , for no cessation could be observed in the active passage of meat , melon , sherbet , & c . from the board ...
... Persians but in the humblest offices ; however , during meals at least , the honoured member certainly does the business of two , for no cessation could be observed in the active passage of meat , melon , sherbet , & c . from the board ...
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Page 510 - Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them ; Though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; And though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, Thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them...
Page 244 - For even hereunto were ye called : because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps : who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth : who, when he was reviled, reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threatened not ; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously...
Page 376 - There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead.
Page 255 - And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them...
Page 402 - For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things, " that ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication, from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well.
Page 254 - Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, if we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole, be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
Page 141 - Disordred hong about his shoulders round, And hid his face ; through which his hollow eyne Lookt deadly dull, and stared as astound ; His raw-bone cheekes, through penurie and pine, Were shronke into his jawes, as he did never dine.
Page 130 - Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices, to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive...
Page 255 - Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto Him that sitteth on the throne.
Page 241 - Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.