| Thomas Harmer - 1776 - 516 pages
...note *, that a pavement like this is mentioned Efther i. 6, 7. " The beds were of gold and filver, " upon a pavement of red and blue and white " and black marble." But this is not the happieft of the Doctor's illuftrations, fmce floors of different coloured marble... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 506 pages
...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*... | |
| Thomas Maurice - 1806 - 402 pages
...palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace ; Where were white, green, and, blue hangings, fastened with...pavement of RED, and BLUE, and WHITE, and BLACK, marble. And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal... | |
| 1808 - 436 pages
...Palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the King's palace ; where were white, green, and blue hangings, fastened with...pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black marble. And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of... | |
| Thomas Shaw - 1808 - 516 pages
...is called PpIl'CS'? participating together.'1 * A pavement like this is mentioned, Esth. i. 6, 7. " The " beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red and blue " and white and black marble.1" damask bolsters are placed upon these carpets or mattresses— indulgences that seem to be... | |
| 1808 - 844 pages
...fastened with cords of tine linen and purple to silver rin;<s and' pillars of marble : the beds wern of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black marble. And tho-y gave them drink in vessels of gold, and royal wine in abundance, according to the slate of... | |
| Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1810 - 412 pages
...great and small, seven days, in the VOL. IV. M court court of the garden of the king's palace; where were white, green and blue hangings, fastened with...pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black marble. And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, the vessels being diverse one from another, and royal... | |
| 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... | |
| 1858 - 778 pages
...in the palace of Shushan, the magnificent summer residence of the Persian royal family — " Where were white, green, and blue hangings, fastened with...pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black marble." Twenty-two centuries have passed away since those hangings shone on the pillars of marble, since that... | |
| J S. Pipe - 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... | |
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