Travels in Egypt and the Holy LandLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824 - 452 sider |
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... considerable danger from the great body of water which rushes through the arches . I arrived at Avignon , formerly part of the papal dominions . Here still remain the ruins of an extensive ecclesiastical palace , on an elevated spot ...
... considerable danger from the great body of water which rushes through the arches . I arrived at Avignon , formerly part of the papal dominions . Here still remain the ruins of an extensive ecclesiastical palace , on an elevated spot ...
Side 8
... considerable degree of anxiety began to prevail on board , lest our provisions should be ex- hausted before the completion of the voyage . The captain , who , it may be observed , had previously boasted he had holy - water on board ...
... considerable degree of anxiety began to prevail on board , lest our provisions should be ex- hausted before the completion of the voyage . The captain , who , it may be observed , had previously boasted he had holy - water on board ...
Side 16
... considerable degree of alarm had been excited among the European inhabitants , but Hourchid Pacha , the Turkish Governor of Alexandria , by confining the Albanian troops within the forts , prevented those scenes of tumult and disorder ...
... considerable degree of alarm had been excited among the European inhabitants , but Hourchid Pacha , the Turkish Governor of Alexandria , by confining the Albanian troops within the forts , prevented those scenes of tumult and disorder ...
Side 45
... considerable depth , elevated about two feet from the ground ; many of them are without doors or inclosures for the accommo- dation of travellers . There is a large court or area in front , where the animals are fastened to the ground ...
... considerable depth , elevated about two feet from the ground ; many of them are without doors or inclosures for the accommo- dation of travellers . There is a large court or area in front , where the animals are fastened to the ground ...
Side 52
... considerable degree of bustle . I observed a number of colossal statues and muti- lated figures of antiquity in an inclosure , which had recently been brought from Upper Egypt with the view of being transported to England . It may be ...
... considerable degree of bustle . I observed a number of colossal statues and muti- lated figures of antiquity in an inclosure , which had recently been brought from Upper Egypt with the view of being transported to England . It may be ...
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Side 361 - PRAISE be to God, the Lord of all creatures, the most merciful, the king of the day of judgment. Thee do we worship, and of thee do we beg assistance. Direct us in the right way, in the way of those to whom thou hast been gracious ; not of those against whom thou art incensed, nor of those who go astray...
Side 5 - England, with all thy faults, I love thee still — My country ! and, while yet a nook is left, Where English minds and manners may be found, Shall be constrain'd to love thee.
Side 8 - Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. How much less man, that is a worm; and the son of man, which is a worm?
Side 146 - AND when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them ; and straightway he will send them.
Side 40 - As to the unbelievers, their works are like a vapour in a plain, which the thirsty traveller thinketh to be water, until when he cometh thereto he findeth it to be nothing.
Side 27 - If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed.
Side 371 - Sacred to the memory of The Right Honorable Lady MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU, who happily introduced from Turkey, into this country, the salutary art of inoculating the small-pox. Convinced of its efficacy, she first tried it with success on her own children, and then recommended the practice of it to her fellow-citizens. Thus by her example and advice we have softened the virulence, and escaped the danger, of this malignant disease.
Side 314 - ... and all other official characters ; but, withal, their awfully degraded and cannibal state ; yet, more especially, from the influence Christianity is exerting : directly, in turning men from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to...
Side 362 - IT is the custom of the Mahometans, if they see any printed or written paper upon the ground, to take it up and. lay it aside carefully, as not knowing but it may contain some piece of their Alcoran.
Side 375 - In some of these mournful assemblies it is the custom for a priest to go about to each person at the height of his grief, with a piece of cotton in his hand, with which he carefully collects the falling tears, and which he then squeezes into a bottle, preserving them with the greatest caution. This practically illustrates that passage in the 5 6th Psalm, 8th verse, Put thou my tears into thy bottle.