Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile: In the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, & 1773, Volym 2James Ballantyne, 1804 - 436 sidor |
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... land at Reremont , three miles and a half off , just a - head of us ; this , I understood , was a Cop 、 tic Christian town , and many of Shekh Abadé's peo- ple were Christians also . I thought them too near to have any thing to do with ...
... land at Reremont , three miles and a half off , just a - head of us ; this , I understood , was a Cop 、 tic Christian town , and many of Shekh Abadé's peo- ple were Christians also . I thought them too near to have any thing to do with ...
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... 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 , cursing , blaspheming , and stamping with his feet , at every word ...
... 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 , cursing , blaspheming , and stamping with his feet , at every word ...
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... , and have stood there certainly above 3000 years ; since which time , if the fanciful rise of the land of Egypt by the Nile had been true , the earth should have been raised so as fully to conceal half 28 TRAVELS TO DISCOVER.
... , and have stood there certainly above 3000 years ; since which time , if the fanciful rise of the land of Egypt by the Nile had been true , the earth should have been raised so as fully to conceal half 28 TRAVELS TO DISCOVER.
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... land ; and , therefore , thought to be an emblem of the resurrection . My own con- jecture is , that the apis was the emblem of the arable land of Egypt ; the crocodile , the typhon , or caco- dæmon , the type of an over - abundant Nile ...
... land ; and , therefore , thought to be an emblem of the resurrection . My own con- jecture is , that the apis was the emblem of the arable land of Egypt ; the crocodile , the typhon , or caco- dæmon , the type of an over - abundant Nile ...
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... land . But , after what had happened the night before , none of our people chose to run the risk of meeting the Troglodytes . We therefore procured a servant of the governor of the town , to mount upon his goatskin filled with wind ...
... land . But , after what had happened the night before , none of our people chose to run the risk of meeting the Troglodytes . We therefore procured a servant of the governor of the town , to mount upon his goatskin filled with wind ...
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