 Where were white, green, and blue hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple, to silver rings, and pillars of marble : the beds were , of gdld and silver, upon a pavement of red and blue, and white, and black marble.  Indian Antiquities: Or, Dissertations, Relative to the Ancient Geographic ... - Page 259by Thomas Maurice - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 506 pages
...according to thf custom of eastern princes, under magnificent paviliens, erected for £ this purfiose ; [Where were] white, green, and blue [hangings,] fastened...pillars of marble : the beds [were of] gold and silver, that is, and couches on which they reclined, were studded with gvld or til* ver, or overlaid with plate*... | |
 | Greece - 1810 - 506 pages
...magnificence of the Persian kings upon these publick entertainment*. We read of white, green, arid blue hangings fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble ; that the beds were of gold and silver upon a pavement of red, blue, white, and black marble ; and... | |
 | J S. Pipe - Christianity - England - 19th century - 1813 - 646 pages
...all the people of Shushan were feasted for seven days together : where were white, blue, and green hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble ; the beds or sofas were of gold or silver, upon a pavement of red, blue, white, and black marble ; they gave... | |
 | Asia - 1817 - 696 pages
...the garden of the king's palace ; tr/iere mere iftite, green, and bitte hangings, fastened with conis of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble. The beds wert of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and Hack, тагЫе. Esther... | |
 | 1818 - 948 pages
...unto great and small, sf ven days, in thecourtofthe garden of the king's palace; 6 Ц'Ъеге teere ng, took o/gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black marble. 7 And they gave them... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - Conduct of life - 1818 - 432 pages
...him down upon his bed of gold, in a spacious room supported by pillars of marble, and adorned with white, green, and blue hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple, to silver rings. Thus he laid him down, amid an unrivalled profusion of eastern magnificence — but on that night,... | |
 | Henry Phillips - Botany, Economic - 1822 - 406 pages
...the expiration of which he feasted all the people that were in Shusham, "both great and small," for seven days, " in the court of the garden of the king's...purple, to silver rings and pillars of marble. The Romans appear to have derived this idea from the Egyptians', as Lentulus Spinther was the first who... | |
 | English poetry - 1822 - 820 pages
...heat were of ancient use in Persia, we find in the Book 'of Esther, (ch. 1. ver. 6.) speaking of the palace,' Where were white, green, and blue hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen to silver rings, and pillars of marble.' The custom, indeed, prevails to the present day. It being... | |
 | agriculture horticulture - 1823 - 434 pages
...the expiration of which he feasted all the people that were in Shusham, " both great and small," for seven days, " in the court of the garden of the king's...purple, to silver rings and pillars of marble. The Romans appear to have derived this idea from the Egyptians, as Lentulus Spinther was the first who... | |
 | George Paxton - 1825 - 578 pages
...inspired writer has given of the hangings in the royal garden at Sushan, the ancient capital of Persia : " Where were white, green, and blue hangings, fastened...purple, to silver rings and pillars of marble.'^ The upper part of the walls is adorned with the most ingenious wreathings and devices, in stucco and fret-... | |
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