Voyages to Portugal, Spain, Sicily, Malta, Asia Minor, Egypt, &c., &c., from 1706 to 1801S. Wiatt, 1809 - 335 sider |
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... Trade and Fertility - Gloomy Contrast -Rhodes - Its Situation - Extent - Antiquity -Commerce - Siege - Colossus - Declension -Present State - Reflection .. CHAP . XIII . Leave Rhodes - Enter the Gulf of , Macri - Water Spouts - Macri ...
... Trade and Fertility - Gloomy Contrast -Rhodes - Its Situation - Extent - Antiquity -Commerce - Siege - Colossus - Declension -Present State - Reflection .. CHAP . XIII . Leave Rhodes - Enter the Gulf of , Macri - Water Spouts - Macri ...
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... trade , and number of inhabitants . It is situated on the banks of the Douro . The entrance of the river is frequently extremely difficult , on account of a dangerous bar , and rocky bottom ; on this account shipping have fre- quently ...
... trade , and number of inhabitants . It is situated on the banks of the Douro . The entrance of the river is frequently extremely difficult , on account of a dangerous bar , and rocky bottom ; on this account shipping have fre- quently ...
Side 45
... continues for near a mile , and then there opens to view the well - built town of Oporto and its environs , with a further prospect of the Douro , and its banks . Oporto carries on considerable trade with the Brazils , and 45.
... continues for near a mile , and then there opens to view the well - built town of Oporto and its environs , with a further prospect of the Douro , and its banks . Oporto carries on considerable trade with the Brazils , and 45.
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... trade . The merchants of the factory , & c . appear to possess much of that liberality and generosity frequently attendant on law- ful enterprize . The wine and fruit of Oporto ensure it a considerable trade ; their vineyards are in ...
... trade . The merchants of the factory , & c . appear to possess much of that liberality and generosity frequently attendant on law- ful enterprize . The wine and fruit of Oporto ensure it a considerable trade ; their vineyards are in ...
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... trade is considerable in time of peace . The author visited it the latter end of the year 1789 , at which period its spacious harbour was well filled with shipping of almost every nation . - A pleasing sight ! Since that time its ...
... trade is considerable in time of peace . The author visited it the latter end of the year 1789 , at which period its spacious harbour was well filled with shipping of almost every nation . - A pleasing sight ! Since that time its ...
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Voyages to Portugal, Spain, Sicily, Malta, Asia Minor, Egypt, and C. , and C ... Francis Collins Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2013 |
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abundant Algiers anchor ancient appear attention Bay of Gibraltar beautiful blessed breezes Cadiz called Carthage Carthaginians celebrated CHAP Christian coast commerce consider considerable continued contrast coun danger delightful Divine Providence dreadful earthquake Egypt eminently empire entrance excited exhibit extraordinary favoured fertile frequently fruit Genoa Gibraltar Gospel gratified Greece Greeks happiness harbour honour idolatry inhabitants interesting island Italy Jews land length liberty Lisbon Malta mercy miles mind Minorca mountains nations native nature ness Nile Oporto Palermo passed perished pleasing port Portugal possession present preservation principal produce prosperity province of Rome Ptolemy Philadelphus reign religion remarkable rendered Rhodians rienced rise rock Roman Rome ruins sail sand Saracens Sardinia seamen ship shore Sicily situated soil soon spacious Spain storm superstition supply surprize thousand tion town Tunis Turks vales vicinity whole wind wonderful worship
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Side 309 - Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet ; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
Side 236 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Side 124 - And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux : to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.
Side 119 - Whatever fruits in different climes are found, That proudly rise, or humbly court the ground ; Whatever blooms in torrid tracts appear, Whose bright succession decks the varied year ; Whatever sweets salute the northern sky With vernal lives, that blossom but to die ; These here disporting own the kindred soil, Nor ask luxuriance from the planter's toil; While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling land.
Side 120 - ... nation knows. In florid beauty groves and fields appear, Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. Contrasted faults through all his manners reign ; Though poor, luxurious ; though submissive, vain ; Though grave, yet trifling ; zealous, yet untrue ; And even in penance planning sins anew.
Side 215 - shall have the heathen for his inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for his possession ; " when " the kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Side 306 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Side 226 - In all my ways Thy hand I own, Thy ruling providence I see ; Assist me still my course to run, And still direct my paths to Thee. 3. Whither, O whither should I fly, But to my loving Saviour's breast ! Secure within Thine arms to lie, And safe beneath Thy wings to rest.
Side 308 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
Side 116 - But there is yet a liberty unsung By poets, and by senators unpraised, Which monarchs cannot grant, nor all the powers Of Earth and Hell confederate take away : A liberty, which persecution, fraud, Oppression, prisons have no power to bind ; Which whoso tastes can be enslaved no more.