Travels in Turkey, Egypt, Nubia, and Palestine, in 1824, 1825, 1826, and 1827, Volym 2H. Colburn, 1829 |
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Sida 25
... Turks look upon these birds as sacred ; and some religious people make a merit of feeding them daily in Cairo . They certainly are extremely useful in removing some portion of the carrion which infects the atmosphere of all Egyptian ...
... Turks look upon these birds as sacred ; and some religious people make a merit of feeding them daily in Cairo . They certainly are extremely useful in removing some portion of the carrion which infects the atmosphere of all Egyptian ...
Sida 37
... Turk can bestow , and asked me a thou- sand questions about the usages and manners of the Franks ; he was the only Turk I ever met with who seemed totally devoid of fanaticism . Before I left him , he presented me with a letter , which ...
... Turk can bestow , and asked me a thou- sand questions about the usages and manners of the Franks ; he was the only Turk I ever met with who seemed totally devoid of fanaticism . Before I left him , he presented me with a letter , which ...
Sida 39
... Turks are ; a soldier took deliberate aim at me , with his pistol , at a very fair distance , not exceeding twenty paces , and yet he missed me , the ball passed through the sail of our boat . The only reason for this shot , was my ...
... Turks are ; a soldier took deliberate aim at me , with his pistol , at a very fair distance , not exceeding twenty paces , and yet he missed me , the ball passed through the sail of our boat . The only reason for this shot , was my ...
Sida 41
... , but of the person who wrote the label on the medicine ) , the corrosive ointment of nitrate of mercury had been employed instead of the simple unction . Turks and Arabs 42 CASE OF CONSUMPTION . take a great deal of.
... , but of the person who wrote the label on the medicine ) , the corrosive ointment of nitrate of mercury had been employed instead of the simple unction . Turks and Arabs 42 CASE OF CONSUMPTION . take a great deal of.
Sida 47
... Turks , to rebuild the altar ; if we would only give him twenty dollars it would be some- thing towards the support of religion . " Listen to me , father , " said I to him , " you shall not have twenty paras from us ; for what security ...
... Turks , to rebuild the altar ; if we would only give him twenty dollars it would be some- thing towards the support of religion . " Listen to me , father , " said I to him , " you shall not have twenty paras from us ; for what security ...
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Travels in Turkey, Egypt, Nubia, and Palestine, in 1824, 1825, 1826 ..., Volym 2 Richard Robert Madden Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1829 |
Travels in Turkey, Egypt, Nubia, and Palestine, in 1824, 1825, 1826 ..., Volym 2 Richard Robert Madden Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1829 |
Travels in Turkey, Egypt, Nubia, and Palestine, in 1824, 1825, 1826 ..., Volym 2 Richard Robert Madden Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1830 |
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Sida 311 - Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
Sida 314 - So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.
Sida 221 - This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating : an omer for every man according to the number of your persons, take ye every man for them which are in his tents.
Sida 182 - Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
Sida 216 - And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
Sida 301 - And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee : blessed art thou among women.
Sida 182 - And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened ; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry...
Sida 31 - ... by them to a great extent. 447. The ravages of the Locust are often adverted to in the Bible, and the descriptions there given correspond with those of modern travelers. They are spoken of as a " great army," and it is said that " the land before them is as the Garden of Eden, and behind them a desolate wilderness" — a result often witnessed at the present day.
Sida 213 - In moving with a whole nation, the march may well be supposed to have occupied three days; and the bitter well at Marah, which was sweetened by Moses, corresponds exactly with that of Howara. This is the usual route to Mount Sinai; and was probably, therefore, that which the Israelites took on their escape from Egypt ; provided it be admitted that they crossed the sea near Suez, as Niebuhr, with good reason, conjectures. There is no other road of three days...
Sida 248 - ... rumbling about my bed ; but I regarded him nothing at all. When afterwards I began to slumber, then he kept such a racket and rumbling upon the chamber stairs, as if many emptie hogsheads and barrels had been tumbled down...