The History of Egypt: From the Earliest Accounts of that Country, Till the Expulsion of the French from Alexandria, in the Year 1801, Volym 1A. Constable & Company, 1805 |
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... - riodical swellings of this , as well as of the Ganges , the Niger , and all other rivers connected with the monsoons , are occasioned by the excessive rains which , in tropical countries 10 B. 1 . HISTORY OF EGYPT .
... - riodical swellings of this , as well as of the Ganges , the Niger , and all other rivers connected with the monsoons , are occasioned by the excessive rains which , in tropical countries 10 B. 1 . HISTORY OF EGYPT .
Sida 13
... connected , and when the Delta was a marsh , it is not improbable that a current of water ran at certain seasons towards the Arabian gulf , along that hollow which is now denominated the valley of Badeah and entered the Red sea by ...
... connected , and when the Delta was a marsh , it is not improbable that a current of water ran at certain seasons towards the Arabian gulf , along that hollow which is now denominated the valley of Badeah and entered the Red sea by ...
Sida 27
... connected . From April till autumn , which is the rainy season in the north- ern part of the torrid zone , scarcely a shower falls in Judea ; but when rain does happen in that particular period , it descends in torrents , more ...
... connected . From April till autumn , which is the rainy season in the north- ern part of the torrid zone , scarcely a shower falls in Judea ; but when rain does happen in that particular period , it descends in torrents , more ...
Sida 31
... connection with the nations of In- dia . The northern parts of America may have been peopled from the north of Europe , and scalping , which was practised in the former country , was al- so common in Scythia . * I rather keep the more ...
... connection with the nations of In- dia . The northern parts of America may have been peopled from the north of Europe , and scalping , which was practised in the former country , was al- so common in Scythia . * I rather keep the more ...
Sida 38
... connection which of old subsisted between these countries and the negro regions , and may be descrip- tive of some mythological allusions , but can no more be received as evidence , that the ancient Indians and Egyptians were negroes ...
... connection which of old subsisted between these countries and the negro regions , and may be descrip- tive of some mythological allusions , but can no more be received as evidence , that the ancient Indians and Egyptians were negroes ...
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The History of Egypt: From the Earliest Accounts of that Country ..., Volym 1 James Wilson Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1805 |
The History of Egypt: From the Earliest Accounts of that Country ..., Volym 1 James Wilson Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1805 |
The History of Egypt: From the Earliest Accounts of that Country ..., Volym 1 James Wilson Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1805 |
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Sida 183 - And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God.
Sida 120 - Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.
Sida 182 - Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh King of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said,' My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself. But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales...
Sida 26 - For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs : but the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven...
Sida 120 - Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
Sida 162 - Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets : and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
Sida 407 - I shall ask you of how many thousands of male monarchs has the same thing been more than true ? Cleopatra was born in troublesome times, and drew her first breath in the contagion of a licentious court ; while in tender years, she was raised to the seducing eminence of a throne, and surrounded by a crowd of flatterers, who neither dared to reprove nor desired to correct the increasing follies of her conduct. As a beauty, she was admired ; as a queen, she was addressed with adulation ; and possessing...
Sida 186 - The two parts, of which the Scriptures consist, are connected by a chain of compositions, which bear no resemblance, in form or style, to any that can be produced from the stores of Grecian, Indian, Persian, or even Arabian, learning. The antiquity of those compositions no man doubts ; and the unstrained application of them to events long subsequent to their publication, is a solid ground of belief, that they were genuine predictions, and consequently inspired*.
Sida 39 - SPHINX. A monster, having the head and breasts of a woman, the body of a dog, the tail of a serpent, the wings of a bird, and the paws of a lion.
Sida 54 - And there was seen a great sign in heaven. A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.