Presents: Generally Procured a Favourable Reception

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Proverbs 18:16
A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.
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Proverbs 19:6
Many will entreat the favor of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that gives gifts.
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The Reaction against Egypt
... Tel el-Amarna letters refers to presents of this ... These stations generally consisted
of square or rectangular ... The king selected a favourable site for his temple ...
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The Last Days of the Old Eastern World
... is proved by the campaigns which procured him his ... of volutes curved in opposite
directions, generally two at ... to the palace, bearing the presents destined for ...
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Footnotes
... or less than four), they generally obtained appointments in ... Assembly, Wodrow says,
not very favourable to the ... 107 [His eloquence procured for him, according to ...
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The First Chaldaean Empire and the Hyksos in Egypt
... exceed 9000.* Anti-Lebanon is, speaking generally, 1000 or ... to that of the Orontes,
the coast presents a rugged ... give the stranger but a sorry reception: he would ...
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Chaldaean Civilization
... was often augmented by considerable presents from her ... of the Family, according to
the generally received interpretation ... the comforts which it procured, but he ...
/.../chapter iiichaldaean civilization.htm

The Temples and the Gods of Chaldaea
... with cedar or cypress"rare woods procured as articles ... not fail to hear and grant
a favourable reply to ... This notion, which has been generally admitted by most ...
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The Hebrews and the Philistines --Damascus
... Under able leadership, and in positions favourable for the operations of their chariots ...
for Moses (Judges 18:30), but the correction was not generally accepted. ...
/.../chapter iiithe hebrews and the.htm

Memoir of John Bunyan
... in this year the Republican troops were generally pious men ... She presents a pattern
to any woman, who, having ... She embraced the favourable moment, and set him at ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/memoir of john bunyan.htm

The Pilgrim's Progress
... Then they went on again; and said Mercy to Christiana, Had I as good ground to hope
for a loving reception at the wicket-gate as you, I think no Slough of ...
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The Holy War,
... and garrisoned by Emmanuel. To the Christian, whose aim and end is peace,
war presents a most forbidding aspect. He loves not to ...
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Subtopics

Presents

Presents of Persons of Rank, of Great Value and Variety

Presents were Given by Kings to Each Other in Token of Inferiority

Presents were Given in Token of Friendship

Presents were Given: As Tribute

Presents were Given: At Marriages

Presents were Given: On all Occasions of Public Rejoicing

Presents were Given: On Occasions of Visits

Presents were Given: On Recovering from Sickness

Presents were Given: On Restoration to Prosperity

Presents were Given: On Sending Away Friends