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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... soon as we went into the water they both walked into the river , to all appearance from fear , for they are certainly both shy and timid , and , I suspect , will only attack a single person ; nor then , unless they can surprise him in ...
... soon as we went into the water they both walked into the river , to all appearance from fear , for they are certainly both shy and timid , and , I suspect , will only attack a single person ; nor then , unless they can surprise him in ...
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... soon found that walking in the desert is no joke : our trip oc- cupied us about two hours , from one o'clock to three , the hottest part of the day . On the road we found innumer- able tracts of the gazelle and other animals ; we saw ...
... soon found that walking in the desert is no joke : our trip oc- cupied us about two hours , from one o'clock to three , the hottest part of the day . On the road we found innumer- able tracts of the gazelle and other animals ; we saw ...
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... soon as the boat was ready , they asked for the money , when we gave them fifteen piastres . Before we were off , however , one of the Farras people came to be rewarded for endeavouring to hire the asses at that place , or rather for ...
... soon as the boat was ready , they asked for the money , when we gave them fifteen piastres . Before we were off , however , one of the Farras people came to be rewarded for endeavouring to hire the asses at that place , or rather for ...
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... soon gave him to understand that we had no intention of returning till we had accomplished our work . Soon after dark , Halleel came to the boat and repeated his request for the pipe , but was again refused . Wednesday , July 16 ...
... soon gave him to understand that we had no intention of returning till we had accomplished our work . Soon after dark , Halleel came to the boat and repeated his request for the pipe , but was again refused . Wednesday , July 16 ...
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... soon change its course , as we our determination when once it was taken . He now asked the sailors if we had solicited their assistance ; when they told him we had not mentioned the subject to them , which indeed was true . He then ...
... soon change its course , as we our determination when once it was taken . He now asked the sailors if we had solicited their assistance ; when they told him we had not mentioned the subject to them , which indeed was true . He then ...
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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...