Lettres sur l'Égypte: où l'on offre le parallèle des moeurs anciennes & modernes de ses habitans, où l'on décrit l'état, le commerce, l'agriculture, le gouvernement du pays, & la descente de S. Louis à Damiette, tirée de Joinville & des auteurs arabes, avec des cartes géographiques, Том 1Onfroi, 1834 - 310 стор. |
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... ascend the tower . The weather , though cold , was clear ; and the view which presented itself , interesting and varied in a very high degree . To the south and west , was the desert ; to the north , the sea ; beneath our feet , towards ...
... ascend the tower . The weather , though cold , was clear ; and the view which presented itself , interesting and varied in a very high degree . To the south and west , was the desert ; to the north , the sea ; beneath our feet , towards ...
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... ascend . At first , it must be owned , " the way seemed difficult and steep to climb ; " but , as you proceed , and rise from one of the Bauda ( as the steps are aptly termed by Herodotus ) to another , you gradually become familiar ...
... ascend . At first , it must be owned , " the way seemed difficult and steep to climb ; " but , as you proceed , and rise from one of the Bauda ( as the steps are aptly termed by Herodotus ) to another , you gradually become familiar ...
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... ascend to the clouds ; and , if you turn your eyes below , the height looks dizzy , prodigious , fearful , and the people at the bottom appear to be shrunk to dwarfs . The prospect of the country enlarges at every step ; the breadth of ...
... ascend to the clouds ; and , if you turn your eyes below , the height looks dizzy , prodigious , fearful , and the people at the bottom appear to be shrunk to dwarfs . The prospect of the country enlarges at every step ; the breadth of ...
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... ascend . XCI . We now prepared to descend into the in- terior chambers . The heat and closeness being very great within , we partly undressed , and leaving our superfluous garments at the entrance , each person took a lighted taper in ...
... ascend . XCI . We now prepared to descend into the in- terior chambers . The heat and closeness being very great within , we partly undressed , and leaving our superfluous garments at the entrance , each person took a lighted taper in ...
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... ascend into what is com- monly called " Davison's Chamber , " we had come unprepared with a ladder , and our guides were un- able to supply the deficiency . As , moreover , the greater part of the day was spent , it would have been too ...
... ascend into what is com- monly called " Davison's Chamber , " we had come unprepared with a ladder , and our guides were un- able to supply the deficiency . As , moreover , the greater part of the day was spent , it would have been too ...
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Сторінка 16 - land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as " the land of Mitzraim, from whence ye came out, " where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it " with thy foot, as a garden of herbs: but the " land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of " hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain
Сторінка 108 - Fie, fie upon her! There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip, Nay, her foot speaks ; her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body.
Сторінка 546 - Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the Lord!
Сторінка ii - With all the gifts that heaven and earth impart, The smiles of nature, and the charms of art, While proud oppression in her valleys reigns, And tyranny usurps her happy plains ? The poor inhabitant beholds in vain The...
Сторінка 311 - Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded : the love-tale Infected Sion's daughters with like heat, Whose wanton passions in the sacred porch Ezekiel saw, when, by the vision led, His eye surveyed the dark idolatries Of alienated Judah.
Сторінка 485 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night! O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumbered gild the glowing pole; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head.
Сторінка 485 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies : The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye...
Сторінка 287 - With thee conversing, I forget all time ; All seasons, and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Сторінка 287 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Сторінка 546 - This is the least difficult, and the shortest route the merchants can take with their goods, the produce of India, from Aden to that city. In this port of Aden, likewise, the merchants ship a great number of Arabian horses, which they carry for sale to all the kingdoms and islands of India, obtaining high prices for them, and making large profits.