Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile,: In the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, & 1773, Bind 2James Ballantyne, 1805 |
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Side 4
... large town on the western shore . * Deirout and Monfalout are both Coptic names , the first ha- ving before it the feminine article , ti , which the Arabs uniform- It was once an old Egyptian town , and place TRAVELS TO DISCOVER.
... large town on the western shore . * Deirout and Monfalout are both Coptic names , the first ha- ving before it the feminine article , ti , which the Arabs uniform- It was once an old Egyptian town , and place TRAVELS TO DISCOVER.
Side 5
... shore at Tima . It is a small town , sur- rounded like the rest with groves of palm - trees . Be- low Tima is Bandini , three . miles on the east side . The Nile is here full of sandy islands . Those that the inundation has first left ...
... shore at Tima . It is a small town , sur- rounded like the rest with groves of palm - trees . Be- low Tima is Bandini , three . miles on the east side . The Nile is here full of sandy islands . Those that the inundation has first left ...
Side 6
... shore , and found a small temple of three columns in front , with the capitals entire , and the columns in several separate pieces . They seemed by that , and their slight proportions , to be of the most modern of that species * It is ...
... shore , and found a small temple of three columns in front , with the capitals entire , and the columns in several separate pieces . They seemed by that , and their slight proportions , to be of the most modern of that species * It is ...
Side 21
... shore , when , placing one foot upon the gunnel , he leaped clean upon land . We slacked our vessel down the stream a few yards , filling our sails , and stretching away . Upon seeing this , our saint fell into a desperate passion ...
... shore , when , placing one foot upon the gunnel , he leaped clean upon land . We slacked our vessel down the stream a few yards , filling our sails , and stretching away . Upon seeing this , our saint fell into a desperate passion ...
Side 25
... shore of the Nile , as Furshout is likewise . * We left Furshout the 7th of January 1769 , early in the morning . We had not hired our boat farther than Furshout ; but the good terms which subsisted between me and the saint , my Rais ...
... shore of the Nile , as Furshout is likewise . * We left Furshout the 7th of January 1769 , early in the morning . We had not hired our boat farther than Furshout ; but the good terms which subsisted between me and the saint , my Rais ...
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Side 38 - 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 311 - 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 358 - Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters : the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.
Side 341 - 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 340 - 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 130 - ... up the sea as a wall on the right, or to the south, of fifty feet high; still the difficulty would remain of building the wall on the left hand, or to the north. Besides, water standing in that position for a day must have lost the nature of fluid. Whence came that cohesion of particles which hindered that wall to escape at the sides ? This is as great a miracle as that of Moses.
Side 391 - 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 327 - 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.
Side 390 - 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; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
Side 326 - The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, "Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.