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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... sailed for the temple ; and on the passage took occasion to repre- sent to the reis and crew , that now we were about to be left together , we hoped they would continue to behave well and conduct themselves peaceably , promising on our ...
... sailed for the temple ; and on the passage took occasion to repre- sent to the reis and crew , that now we were about to be left together , we hoped they would continue to behave well and conduct themselves peaceably , promising on our ...
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... sailed for Tetuan , to wood and water . This being performed , he steered up the Mediterranean , and on the 13th of August , off Malaga , engaged the French fleet , under the command of Count de Toulouse . The action was long and warm ...
... sailed for Tetuan , to wood and water . This being performed , he steered up the Mediterranean , and on the 13th of August , off Malaga , engaged the French fleet , under the command of Count de Toulouse . The action was long and warm ...
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... sailed from Lisbon under convoy of four frigates , and thought them- selves safe on discovering , off Cape Spartel , a fleet of men - of - war , under English and Dutch colours : expecting to meet Sir John , with the combined fleet , at ...
... sailed from Lisbon under convoy of four frigates , and thought them- selves safe on discovering , off Cape Spartel , a fleet of men - of - war , under English and Dutch colours : expecting to meet Sir John , with the combined fleet , at ...
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... sailed with 28 Eng- lish , 4 Dutch , and 8 Portuguese men- of - war , having on board two battalions . Happily for the besieged , the incessant rains about this period had retarded the marshal's operations , and greatly distressed ...
... sailed with 28 Eng- lish , 4 Dutch , and 8 Portuguese men- of - war , having on board two battalions . Happily for the besieged , the incessant rains about this period had retarded the marshal's operations , and greatly distressed ...
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... sailed to the westward , leaving Commodore Davies behind , with six men - of - war and the sloops . Sir Charles did not return during the siege . The 16th , the lieu- tenant - governor ordered two serjeants , with ten men each , to ...
... sailed to the westward , leaving Commodore Davies behind , with six men - of - war and the sloops . Sir Charles did not return during the siege . The 16th , the lieu- tenant - governor ordered two serjeants , with ten men each , to ...
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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...