Travels in Egypt and Nubia, Syria, and the Holy Land: Including a Journey Round the Dead Sea, and Through the Country East of the JordanJohn Murray, 1845 - 150 من الصفحات |
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... armed in Nubia : our party was This sand , in the course of time , had now a tolerably strong one , as includ- accumulated to such a degree , as not ing Mr. Beechey's Greek servant , an only to fill up the whole of the valley , Arab ...
... armed in Nubia : our party was This sand , in the course of time , had now a tolerably strong one , as includ- accumulated to such a degree , as not ing Mr. Beechey's Greek servant , an only to fill up the whole of the valley , Arab ...
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... armed with swords , daggers , and spears . They wore sandals to preserve the soles of their feet from the burning sand , which we now feel most sensibly , being obliged to stop every now and then to pour it out of our shoes . These ...
... armed with swords , daggers , and spears . They wore sandals to preserve the soles of their feet from the burning sand , which we now feel most sensibly , being obliged to stop every now and then to pour it out of our shoes . These ...
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... armed with spears , swords , and daggers ; every minute they were arriving from all quarters on asses , and always going to the ren- dezvous under the sackey , where our vile crew had it in their power to tell any falsehoods against us ...
... armed with spears , swords , and daggers ; every minute they were arriving from all quarters on asses , and always going to the ren- dezvous under the sackey , where our vile crew had it in their power to tell any falsehoods against us ...
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... armed , were deter- mined not to be robbed , and that should they come to extremities , we would certainly make good use of our fire - arms , which we took care they should all see were pretty numerous and loaded . The asses were now ...
... armed , were deter- mined not to be robbed , and that should they come to extremities , we would certainly make good use of our fire - arms , which we took care they should all see were pretty numerous and loaded . The asses were now ...
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... armed , chased him into the boat with his drawn dagger , uttering savage imprecations . Halleel made a pretence to interfere ; but soon after , while we were settling the dispute , he sneaked away in his boat with all his attend- ants ...
... armed , chased him into the boat with his drawn dagger , uttering savage imprecations . Halleel made a pretence to interfere ; but soon after , while we were settling the dispute , he sneaked away in his boat with all his attend- ants ...
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Abou Admiral afternoon afterwards Algeziras amongst ancient appearance Arabs armed arrived artillery attack Bankes bastion batteries battering-ships British camp cannonade Captain cashiefs centre Ceuta columns combined fleets command continued crew Damascus desert distance Egypt enemy enemy's erected Europa Europa Point fascines fire Fort St four frigate front garrison Gibraltar governor Grand battery guard gun-boats guns Hamah hill janissary Kerek land Landport lines ment merlons Minorca mole morning mortar boats mountains mounted night Nubia o'clock observed officers Old mole ordered ordnance Palmones Palmyra party passed piastres plain prisoners quarter regiment remains returned river road rock Roman round ruins sailed sand sent Sheikh shells ships Shobek shot side siege Sir Charles Knowles soldier soon southward Spaniards Spanish stone Tangier temple tents Tiberias tion tombs took town troops vessels village visited Wady Mousa wall wards whilst Willis's wounded xebeque
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الصفحة 65 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
الصفحة 93 - And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
الصفحة 128 - Perhaps there is nothing in the world that resembles it. Only a portion of a very extensive architectural elevation is seen at first, but it has been so contrived that a statue with expanded wings, perhaps of victory, just fills the centre of the aperture in front, which, being closed below by the sides of the rock folding over each other, gives to the figure the appearance of being suspended...
الصفحة 127 - Petra: as we advanced, the natural features of the defile grew more and more imposing at every step, and the excavations and sculpture more frequent on both sides, till it presented at last a continued street of tombs, beyond which the rocks gradually approaching each other, seemed all at once to close without any outlet. There is, however, one frightful chasm for the passage of the stream, which furnishes, as it did anciently, the only avenue to Petra on this side. It is impossible to conceive...
الصفحة 108 - The boy, who was usually stationed on the works where a large party was employed to inform the men when the enemy's fire was directed to that place, had been reproving them for their carelessness in not attending to him, and had just turned his head toward the enemy, when he observed this shot, and instantly called for them to take care ; his caution was, however, too late ; the shot entered the embrasure, and had the above-recited fatal effect. It is somewhat singular...
الصفحة 21 - But where to find that happiest spot below, Who can direct, when all pretend to know ? The shuddering tenant of the frigid zone Boldly proclaims that happiest spot his own; Extols the treasures of his stormy seas, And his long nights of revelry and ease. The naked negro, panting at the line, Boasts of his golden sands and palmy wine, Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave.
الصفحة 127 - ... yards together, and there is little more light than in a cavern. The screaming of the eagles, hawks, and owls who were soaring above our heads in considerable numbers, seemingly annoyed at any one approaching their lonely habitation, added much to the singularity of this scene.
الصفحة 133 - And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son : and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there.
الصفحة 101 - Martin, observing his distress, generously risked his own life in defence of his officer, and ran to extricate him ; but finding his own efforts ineffectual, called for assistance, when another of the guard joining him, they relieved the officer from his situation, and almost at the same instant the shell burst and levelled the traverse to the ground.
الصفحة 47 - Egyptian plain (That spreads her conquests o'er a thousand states, And pours her heroes through a hundred gates, Two hundred horsemen and two hundred cars From each wide portal issuing to the wars...