Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile: In the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, & 1773, Bind 2James Ballantyne, 1804 - 436 sider |
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Side 6
... considerable number of the bird called Gooto , and several hares , likewise , so that I sent one of my servants loaded to the boat . I then walked down past a small village called Nizelet el Himma , and returned by a still smaller one ...
... considerable number of the bird called Gooto , and several hares , likewise , so that I sent one of my servants loaded to the boat . I then walked down past a small village called Nizelet el Himma , and returned by a still smaller one ...
Side 8
... considerable place . It belonged once to an Arab prince of that name , who possessed it by a grant from the Grand Signior , for a cer- tain revenue to be paid yearly . That family is now extinct ; and another Arab prince , Hamam Shekh ...
... considerable place . It belonged once to an Arab prince of that name , who possessed it by a grant from the Grand Signior , for a cer- tain revenue to be paid yearly . That family is now extinct ; and another Arab prince , Hamam Shekh ...
Side 9
... . There was a manufactory of coarse cotton cloth in the town , to a considerable extent ; and a great quanti- ty of poultry , esteemed the best in Egypt , was bred here , and sent down to Cairo . The reason THE SOURCE OF THE NILE . 9.
... . There was a manufactory of coarse cotton cloth in the town , to a considerable extent ; and a great quanti- ty of poultry , esteemed the best in Egypt , was bred here , and sent down to Cairo . The reason THE SOURCE OF THE NILE . 9.
Side 13
... considerable town at this day , all covered with thick groves of palm - trees , the same that Juvenal describes it to have been in his time . Juvenal himself must have seen it , at least once , in passing , as he is said to have died in ...
... considerable town at this day , all covered with thick groves of palm - trees , the same that Juvenal describes it to have been in his time . Juvenal himself must have seen it , at least once , in passing , as he is said to have died in ...
Side 20
... considerable distance ; but the fool , or saint , got into the boat with a yellow flag in his hand , and sat down at the foot of the main - mast , saying , with an idiot smile , " That we should fire , for he was out of the reach of the ...
... considerable distance ; but the fool , or saint , got into the boat with a yellow flag in his hand , and sat down at the foot of the main - mast , saying , with an idiot smile , " That we should fire , for he was out of the reach of the ...
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Side 40 - The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, "See, this is new?" it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
Side 317 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
Side 364 - Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters : the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.
Side 346 - And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.
Side 347 - And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, that Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying, Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
Side 335 - WOE to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia : that sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, " Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto ; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled...
Side 396 - The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon ; aud, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
Side 424 - Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.
Side 397 - AND when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. 2 And Solomon told her all her questions...
Side 333 - In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.