Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land, Bind 1Harper & Brothers, 1838 |
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Side 17
... miles from the city , on the edge of the Libyan Desert , and near the shore of the sea . These great repositories of the dead are so little known , that we had some difficulty in finding them , although we inquired of everybody whom we ...
... miles from the city , on the edge of the Libyan Desert , and near the shore of the sea . These great repositories of the dead are so little known , that we had some difficulty in finding them , although we inquired of everybody whom we ...
Side 18
... miles under the surface , but how far will probably never be known . The excavations that have as yet been made are very trifling ; and unless the enlightened pacha should need the state chamber for his horses , the sands of the desert ...
... miles under the surface , but how far will probably never be known . The excavations that have as yet been made are very trifling ; and unless the enlightened pacha should need the state chamber for his horses , the sands of the desert ...
Side 19
... miles in circumference , containing a popu- lation of 300,000 citizens and as many slaves , one magnif- icent street 2000 feet broad ran the whole length of the city , from the Gate of the Sea to the Canopie Gate , com manding a view ...
... miles in circumference , containing a popu- lation of 300,000 citizens and as many slaves , one magnif- icent street 2000 feet broad ran the whole length of the city , from the Gate of the Sea to the Canopie Gate , com manding a view ...
Side 20
... mile outside the Rosetta Gate ; the country was covered with a beautiful verdure , and the Arab was turning up the ground with his plough ; herds of buffalo were quietly grazing near , and a caravan of camels was slowly winding its way ...
... mile outside the Rosetta Gate ; the country was covered with a beautiful verdure , and the Arab was turning up the ground with his plough ; herds of buffalo were quietly grazing near , and a caravan of camels was slowly winding its way ...
Side 22
... miles in length , ninety feet in breadth , and eighteen in depth , through a perfectly level country , not requiring a single lock . In regard to the time in which it was made it certainly is an extraordinary work , and it could only ...
... miles in length , ninety feet in breadth , and eighteen in depth , through a perfectly level country , not requiring a single lock . In regard to the time in which it was made it certainly is an extraordinary work , and it could only ...
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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...