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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... tion which Mr. Beechey had with him . ance it is probable this temple , which | We hired a boat at a village situated is hewn out of the solid rock , had on a point amidst a cluster of date- been shut for very many centuries , trees ...
... tion which Mr. Beechey had with him . ance it is probable this temple , which | We hired a boat at a village situated is hewn out of the solid rock , had on a point amidst a cluster of date- been shut for very many centuries , trees ...
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... tion of the difference of colour , of some of the scenery in Switzerland , where the snow before it cracks , and after it has been drifted fine , presents just such an appearance . The moun- tains here close in upon the river , and we ...
... tion of the difference of colour , of some of the scenery in Switzerland , where the snow before it cracks , and after it has been drifted fine , presents just such an appearance . The moun- tains here close in upon the river , and we ...
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... tion of a door cheered us greatly . At three we returned to our opera- tions ; and , by digging down and carry- ing away the sand in two boxes , we removed a sufficient quantity to make out about a foot of a tablet surmounted by a torus ...
... tion of a door cheered us greatly . At three we returned to our opera- tions ; and , by digging down and carry- ing away the sand in two boxes , we removed a sufficient quantity to make out about a foot of a tablet surmounted by a torus ...
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... tion of the river here is W. S.W. and E.N.E. Both the temples are situated on the left bank , at the ends of the two mountains which form the valley , through which the sand which has buried the great temple found its pas- sage both are ...
... tion of the river here is W. S.W. and E.N.E. Both the temples are situated on the left bank , at the ends of the two mountains which form the valley , through which the sand which has buried the great temple found its pas- sage both are ...
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... tion , by Jupiter Ammon and Osiris , of a young priest ; thirdly , an offering by a female figure , of a small sistrum , surmounted by the head of Isis and the serpent , together with the lotus flower , to a male figure ; fourthly , an ...
... tion , by Jupiter Ammon and Osiris , of a young priest ; thirdly , an offering by a female figure , of a small sistrum , surmounted by the head of Isis and the serpent , together with the lotus flower , to a male figure ; fourthly , an ...
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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...