 | 1819 - 514 páginas
...already there, to mark the distances. In these posts a long vertical cut is made, about an arsheen and a half, above the ground ; on which a flat round iron plate (urns like a sheave in a block. Upon this phte the prayer is engraved, which is dedicated to the divinity... | |
 | 1823 - 536 páginas
...hole is cut, at a certain height above the ground, where a circular iron plate turns round, somewhat like a sheave in a block. Upon this plate, the prayer is engraven, which is dedicated to the divinity of the place. To turn it round, is deemed equivalent to... | |
 | Jehoshaphat Aspin - 1834 - 300 páginas
...ground, with a long vertical cut in it, about three feet and a half above the earth ; and in this opening a flat round iron plate turns, like a sheave in a block. The prayer is engraved upon the plate, and to turn it round is deemed equivalent to repeating the prayer,... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1836 - 588 páginas
...ground, with a long vertical cut in it, about three feet and a half above the earth; and in this opening a flat roun,d iron plate turns, like a sheave in a block. The prayer is engraved upon the plate, and to turn it round is equivalent to repeating the prayer,... | |
 | World - 1880 - 796 páginas
...already there, to mark the distances. In these posts a long vertical cut is made, about an arsheen and a half above the ground, on which a flat round iron plate turns, like a sheave in a block. Upon this plato the prayer is engraved which is dedicated to the divinity of the place ; to turn it round is... | |
 | Robin D. Gill - 2004 - 740 páginas
...already there, to mark distances. In these posts a long vertical cut is made, about an arsheen and a half, above the ground; on which a flat round iron...dedicated to the divinity of the place; to turn it around is equivalent to repeating the prayer, and the prayer is supposed to be repeated as many times... | |
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Upon this plate the prayer is en- ' graved, which is dedicated to the divinity of the place ; to turn it round is equivalent to repeating the prayer, and the prayer is supposed to be repeated as many times as it turns round. 