"Nard" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... India, Arabia, or Palestine—placed upon glowing embers, in vessels of golden fretwork. It is probable, also, that the Hebrew ladies used amber, bisam, and the musk of Thibet; and when fully arranged, the hair was sprinkled with oil of nard, myrrh, oil of cinnamon, &c. The importance attached to this part of the Hebrew toilette may be collected indeed from an ordinance, of the Thalmud, III. 80, which directs that the bridegroom shall set apart one-tenth of the income which the bride brings him, for ...
— Theological Essays and Other Papers v2 • Thomas de Quincey
... out thieves from your house or your room, My second[611] expresses a Syrian perfume. My whole[612] is a man in whose converse is shar'd, The strength of a Bar and the sweetness of Nard.' ...
— Life Of Johnson, Volume 4 (of 6) • Boswell
... Dhaibhioth, ata na liaghais ar uile anshocair na nanma. Ata an saoghal & gach be['o] chreatuir da bfuil ann, na chlarsigh; an duine, se is Clairseoir & duanaire, chum moladh an mor-Dhia mirbhuileach do sheinn; & ata Daibhidh do ghn['a] mar fhear don chuideachd bhias marso ag caoin-chaint gu ceolmhar ma nard-R['i].... Do ghabhas mar chongnamh don obairsi, dioghlum ughdairidh an uile ch['a]il, ar sheann['o]s, phriomh chreideamh & eachdardha na nGaoidheal, sgriobhta & cl['o]-bhuailte: achd gu ba reula iuil & soluis dhamh, br['i]dh na nSalm fein. Anois maseadh ...
— Elements of Gaelic Grammar • Alexander Stewart |
