Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land, Bind 1Harper & Brothers, 1838 |
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Side 42
... foot of the Caucasus , then the lords and ty- rants of Egypt , and now an exterminated race : the tombs are large , handsome buildings , with domes and minarets , the inte- rior of the domes beautifully wrought , and windows of stained ...
... foot of the Caucasus , then the lords and ty- rants of Egypt , and now an exterminated race : the tombs are large , handsome buildings , with domes and minarets , the inte- rior of the domes beautifully wrought , and windows of stained ...
Side 52
... foot was a little swinging shelf , containing my LIBRARY , which consisted of the Modern Traveller on Egypt , Volney's Travels , and an Italian grammar and dictionary . My only companion was my servant ; and as he is about to be ...
... foot was a little swinging shelf , containing my LIBRARY , which consisted of the Modern Traveller on Egypt , Volney's Travels , and an Italian grammar and dictionary . My only companion was my servant ; and as he is about to be ...
Side 54
... foot of ground is said to possess an exciting interest , during my first day's journey on the Nile I was thrown very much upon my own resources . My gun was the first thing that presented itself . I had bought it in Cairo , doubled ...
... foot of ground is said to possess an exciting interest , during my first day's journey on the Nile I was thrown very much upon my own resources . My gun was the first thing that presented itself . I had bought it in Cairo , doubled ...
Side 56
... foot of the Arabian mountains ; and contains , as its most prominent objects , a mosque and minaret , and what is here called a palace or seraglio ; that is , a large coarse building covered with white cement , and having grated windows ...
... foot of the Arabian mountains ; and contains , as its most prominent objects , a mosque and minaret , and what is here called a palace or seraglio ; that is , a large coarse building covered with white cement , and having grated windows ...
Side 67
... foot , and following the nimble footsteps of my little Arab girl , we climbed by a steep ascent to the first range of tombs . They were the first I had seen , and are but little visited by trav- ellers ; and though I afterward saw all ...
... foot , and following the nimble footsteps of my little Arab girl , we climbed by a steep ascent to the first range of tombs . They were the first I had seen , and are but little visited by trav- ellers ; and though I afterward saw all ...
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Akaba Alexandria ancient Arab Arabian Assouan bank beautiful Bedouins boat body buried Cairo camels caravan Cataracts chamber Charles Joseph Latrobe Christian convent dark dead Dendera desert donkey door dragoman dromedary Edom Egypt Egyptian English Engravings eyes face feeling feet foot gate governor ground half hands head holy hour hundred Idumea interest janizary journey labour land land of Goshen living looked Maria Edgeworth mighty miles miserable monks monuments morning Moses Mount Sinai mountains Mussulmans naked night Nile Nubian o'clock pacha palace palm-tree passed Paul Pharaoh pilgrims Portrait propylon pyramids Red Sea river rock ruins sand scene seemed seen sheik shore side Siout sitting standing stone stood stranger temple tent Thebes thing thousand told tombs traveller tribe Turks Upper Egypt valley village vols volume walked walls WARWICK VASE whole wild wind wonder
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Side 131 - All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch...
Side 159 - ... looketh unto Memphis and old Thebes, while his sister Oblivion reclineth semi-somnous on a pyramid, gloriously triumphing, making puzzles of Titanian erections, and turning old glories into dreams. History sinketh beneath her cloud. The traveller as he paceth through those deserts asketh of her, Who builded them ? and she mumbleth something, but what it is he heareth not.
Side 132 - Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door. And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.
Side 2 - Sallust's Jugurthine War and Conspiracy of Catiline, with an English Commentary, and Geographical and Historical Indexes. By Charles Anthon, LL.D. Sixth Edition, corrected and enlarged.
Side 8 - DUTIES ; Or, Instructions to Young Married Ladies on the Management of their Households, and the Regulation of their Conduct in the various Relations and Duties of Married Life. By Mrs W.
Side 132 - So I went in and saw ; and, behold, every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon the wall round about.
Side 75 - East slavery exists now precisely as it did in the days of the patriarchs. The slave is received into the family of a Turk in a relation more confidential and respectable than that of an ordinary domestic ; and, when liberated, which very often happens, stands upon the same footing with a free man. The curse does not rest upon him for ever ; he may sit at the same board, dip his hand in the same dish, and, if there are no other impediments, may marry his master's daughter.
Side 239 - THE HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE ; with a View of the Progress of Society, from the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms to the Peace of Paris, in 1763.
Side 29 - Cairo of the califs ; but before arriving there he will have seen a curious and striking spectacle. He will have seen, streaming from the gate among loaded camels and dromedaries, the dashing Turk with his glittering sabre, the wily Greek, the grave Armenian, and the despised Jew, with their long silk robes, their turbans, their solemn beards, and various and striking costumes ; he will have seen the harem of more than one rich Turk, eight or ten women on horseback, completely enveloped in large...
Side 19 - Gate, for chariot-races, and on the east a splendid gymnasium more than six hundred feet in length, with theatres, baths, and all that could make it a desirable residence for a luxurious people. When it fell into the hands of the Saracens...