Travels in Turkey, Egypt, Nubia, and Palestine, in 1824, 1825, 1826, and 1827, Volym 2H. Colburn, 1829 |
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... passing Siout these ani- mals were very numerous on the sand banks of the Nile , and my only amusement for fifteen days was shooting at them . I had not the good fortune to kill one the entire voyage , though I frequently saw the balls ...
... passing Siout these ani- mals were very numerous on the sand banks of the Nile , and my only amusement for fifteen days was shooting at them . I had not the good fortune to kill one the entire voyage , though I frequently saw the balls ...
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... passed this place , on his way from the upper country and the Red Sea , assures me , the Arabs make a sort of bread of them . They dry them , grind them to a powder , then mix this powder with water , and make small round cakes , which ...
... passed this place , on his way from the upper country and the Red Sea , assures me , the Arabs make a sort of bread of them . They dry them , grind them to a powder , then mix this powder with water , and make small round cakes , which ...
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... passed away since the light of your jocund countenance beamed upon me ; and the memory of those scenes of humour we have together witnessed , I am anxious to recall , for I fear their repetition is not to be expected . If a few of my ...
... passed away since the light of your jocund countenance beamed upon me ; and the memory of those scenes of humour we have together witnessed , I am anxious to recall , for I fear their repetition is not to be expected . If a few of my ...
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... passed through the sail of our boat . The only reason for this shot , was my refusing to take the fellow aboard : I had just jumped up on the cabin to seize hold of the tiller ( for our steers- man was rather nervous when the pistol was ...
... passed through the sail of our boat . The only reason for this shot , was my refusing to take the fellow aboard : I had just jumped up on the cabin to seize hold of the tiller ( for our steers- man was rather nervous when the pistol was ...
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... passed his lips , I thought it gained additional impressiveness from the natural dignity of his manner , and the un- studied elegance of his Arab oratory . Most travellers have remarked , in eastern coun- tries , the natural eloquence ...
... passed his lips , I thought it gained additional impressiveness from the natural dignity of his manner , and the un- studied elegance of his Arab oratory . Most travellers have remarked , in eastern coun- tries , the natural eloquence ...
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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...