Lettres sur l'Égypte: où l'on offre le parallèle des moeurs anciennes & modernes de ses habitans, où l'on décrit l'état, le commerce, l'agriculture, le gouvernement du pays, & la descente de S. Louis à Damiette, tirée de Joinville & des auteurs arabes, avec des cartes géographiques, Volumul 1Onfroi, 1834 - 310 pagini |
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Pagina xii
... give in the fol- lowing work . Despising mere declamation , which , in the end , neither instructs nor persuades , I have laboured to be impartial both towards prince and people , — expressing my opinions of both with equal freedom ...
... give in the fol- lowing work . Despising mere declamation , which , in the end , neither instructs nor persuades , I have laboured to be impartial both towards prince and people , — expressing my opinions of both with equal freedom ...
Pagina 37
... give rise in his mind to some vague idea of danger . The globe and crescent , the orb with wings , and the rude paintings formerly visible on the walls , appear to have been oblite- ated , for they entirely escaped my notice ; nor could ...
... give rise in his mind to some vague idea of danger . The globe and crescent , the orb with wings , and the rude paintings formerly visible on the walls , appear to have been oblite- ated , for they entirely escaped my notice ; nor could ...
Pagina 41
... give of ourselves to strangers . When we seemed to have exhausted the Arabic of our inter- preter , the old gentleman undertook to show us the medressy ( school or college of the mosque ) and his own library , supposed to be the richest ...
... give of ourselves to strangers . When we seemed to have exhausted the Arabic of our inter- preter , the old gentleman undertook to show us the medressy ( school or college of the mosque ) and his own library , supposed to be the richest ...
Pagina 42
... give us great pleasure to be allowed to see the interior of the mosque . His excuse was ready his wakeel , or deputy , who was intrusted with the keys of the edifice , was absent , and it was therefore out of his power to oblige us . An ...
... give us great pleasure to be allowed to see the interior of the mosque . His excuse was ready his wakeel , or deputy , who was intrusted with the keys of the edifice , was absent , and it was therefore out of his power to oblige us . An ...
Pagina 53
... give you the precise number ; but , I repeat it , the account in the Malta Gazette is alto- gether false . " " I thank your Highness , and will rely upon your promise . At the same time , I may , perhaps , be per- mitted to observe ...
... give you the precise number ; but , I repeat it , the account in the Malta Gazette is alto- gether false . " " I thank your Highness , and will rely upon your promise . At the same time , I may , perhaps , be per- mitted to observe ...
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Alte ediții - Afișează-le pe toate
Egypt and Mohammed Ali: Or, Travels in the Valley of the Nile, Volumul 1 James Augustus St. John Vizualizare completă - 1834 |
Egypt and Mohammed Ali: Or, Travels in the Valley of the Nile, Volumul 1 James Augustus St. John Vizualizare completă - 1834 |
Egypt and Mohammed Ali: Or, Travels in the Valley of the Nile, Volumul 1 James Augustus St. John Vizualizare completă - 1834 |
Termeni și expresii frecvente
adorned Alexandria almé ancient apartments appeared Arabian Arabs arrived ascend Atfih bank bazār beautiful Bedouins beheld Benisooëf boat Cairo canal caravanserai chambers citadel coffee colour columns covered crocodile dance dark date palms Delta descend desert dhourra divan dragoman Effendi Egypt Egyptian elegant entered erected European exceedingly exhibit Fakir feet Fouah gardens groves harem Herodotus horse Ibrahim Ibrahim Pasha island kandjia land landscape length Libyan light lofty magnificent midst mimosa minarets Mohammed morning mosques mountains night Nile Nubia o'clock observed Osiris palace palm Parliament of Egypt Pasha passed perhaps piastre plain proceeded pronaos pyramids remarkable resembling river rock Rosetta round ruins sail Sakkarah sand scene sculptured seemed Sheikh Shibin el Kom shore side stone stream Suleiman summit TARBOOSH temple thing tombs travellers trees Turk vast village wall whole wind women young
Pasaje populare
Pagina 16 - land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as " the land of Mitzraim, 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
Pagina 108 - Fie, fie upon her! There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip, Nay, her foot speaks ; her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body.
Pagina 546 - Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the Lord!
Pagina ii - With all the gifts that heaven and earth impart, The smiles of nature, and the charms of art, While proud oppression in her valleys reigns, And tyranny usurps her happy plains ? The poor inhabitant beholds in vain The...
Pagina 311 - Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded : the love-tale Infected Sion's daughters with like heat, Whose wanton passions in the sacred porch Ezekiel saw, when, by the vision led, His eye surveyed the dark idolatries Of alienated Judah.
Pagina 485 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night! O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumbered gild the glowing pole; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head.
Pagina 485 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies : The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye...
Pagina 287 - With thee conversing, I forget all time ; All seasons, and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Pagina 287 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Pagina 546 - This is the least difficult, and the shortest route the merchants can take with their goods, the produce of India, from Aden to that city. In this port of Aden, likewise, the merchants ship a great number of Arabian horses, which they carry for sale to all the kingdoms and islands of India, obtaining high prices for them, and making large profits.