 | 1844 - 994 pages
...worthy of, whom the king hath a mind to honour. 12 And Mardochai returned to the palace gate: and Aman made haste to go to his house, mourning and having his head covered : 13 And he told Zares his wife, and his friends all that had befallen him. And the wise men whom he... | |
 | Theology - 1859 - 880 pages
...deep and sad significance. Covering the. brad was in ancient days a sign of mourning. " Hunan hastened to his house, mourning and having his head covered." (Esther vi. 12.) In like manner Demosthenes, when insulted by the populace, went home with his head covered. "And David... | |
 | John Moore Capes - 1850 - 422 pages
...worthy of, whom the king hath a mind to honour. And Mardochai returned to the palace gate : and Aman made haste to go to his house, mourning and having his head covered : and he told Zares his wife, and his friends all that had befallen him. And the wise men whom he had... | |
 | Henry Formby - 1857 - 572 pages
...worthy of, whom the king hath a mind to honour." And Mardochai returned to the palace, gate : and Aman made haste to go to his house, mourning and having his head covered. When he told his wife and friends what had happened, they said, " If Mardochai be of the seed of the... | |
 | John Timbs - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1864 - 338 pages
...deep and sad significance. Covering the head was in ancient days a sign of mourning. " Haman hastened to his house, mourning and having his head covered." (Esther vi. 12). In like manner Demosthenes, when insulted by the populace, went home with his head covered. " And David... | |
 | John Timbs - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1864 - 320 pages
...deep and sad significance. Covering the head was in ancient days a sign of mourning. " Hainan hastened to his house, mourning and having his head covered." (Esther vi. 12). In like manner Demosthenes, when insulted by the populace, went home with his head covered. " And David... | |
 | John Timbs - 1864 - 328 pages
...deep and sad significance. Covering the head was in ancient days a sign of mourning. " Haman hastened to his house, mourning and having his head covered." (Esther vi. 12). In like manner Demosthenes, when insulted by the populace, went home with his head covered. " And David... | |
 | John George Wenham - 1875 - 396 pages
...worthy of whom the king hath a mind to honour. And Mardoehai returned to the palace-gato, and Aman made haste to go to his house, mourning and having his head covered. And he told Zares his wife and his friend.'-- all that had befallen him. And the wise men whom he had... | |
 | Thomas Talbot - Greece - 1881 - 392 pages
...the head as a sign of mourning, in Holy Writ: " And Mordecai returned to the palace gate ; and Haman made haste to go to his house, mourning and having his head covered." (Esther vi. 12.) And again : " The great ones sent their inferiors to the water; they came to draw, they found no water,... | |
 | Law - 1883 - 540 pages
...perhaps a remnant of the ancient custom of covering the head, as a token of grief. Thus "Haman hastened to his house mourning, and having his head covered." (Esther vi. 12). David too "wept as lie went up, and had his head covered * * * and all the people that were with him... | |
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Aman made haste to go to his house, mourning and having his head covered : and he told Zares his wife, and his friends all that had befallen him. And the wise men whom he had in counsel, and his wife answered him : If Mardochai be of the seed of the Jews,... 
