A Geographical View of the World: Embracing the Manners, Customs, and Pursuits, of Every NationE. Hopkins and W. Reed, 1826 - Всего страниц: 452 |
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... priest of the parish at last celebrates the nuptial ; but the bridegroom is obliged to serve his father - in - law for four years after marriage . He then carries home his wife and her fortune , which consists of a few sheep , a ket ...
... priest of the parish at last celebrates the nuptial ; but the bridegroom is obliged to serve his father - in - law for four years after marriage . He then carries home his wife and her fortune , which consists of a few sheep , a ket ...
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... priests , and peasants , there exists not a single indi- vidual in a thousand , whose body is destitute of vermin . An English gentleman of Moscow , residing as a banker in the city , assured me , that , passing on horseback through the ...
... priests , and peasants , there exists not a single indi- vidual in a thousand , whose body is destitute of vermin . An English gentleman of Moscow , residing as a banker in the city , assured me , that , passing on horseback through the ...
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... priest is hired to pray for the soul , to purify it with incense , and sprinkle it with holy water while it remains above ground . When the body is carried to the grave , which is done with many gesticulations of sorrow , the priest ...
... priest is hired to pray for the soul , to purify it with incense , and sprinkle it with holy water while it remains above ground . When the body is carried to the grave , which is done with many gesticulations of sorrow , the priest ...
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... priest ordered . The vumaski , priests subordinate to the jumak , enjoy the greatest author- Tartar Tribes subject to Russia . 47 ity among the.
... priest ordered . The vumaski , priests subordinate to the jumak , enjoy the greatest author- Tartar Tribes subject to Russia . 47 ity among the.
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... priests have likewise a very commodious method of expediting their prayers ; when they have a number of petitions to ... priest of the profession to which the deceased belonged ; but the friends and relations return to the grave , under ...
... priests have likewise a very commodious method of expediting their prayers ; when they have a number of petitions to ... priest of the profession to which the deceased belonged ; but the friends and relations return to the grave , under ...
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Стр. 206 - Gentiles : and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword ; and there was not a man left.
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