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 ix
... manner from each other . It therefore appeared , if I valued the acquisition of correct notions , and felt a repugnance to adopt , on a subject so highly interesting , ideas palpably crude and extravagant , that it was necessary to ...
... manner from each other . It therefore appeared , if I valued the acquisition of correct notions , and felt a repugnance to adopt , on a subject so highly interesting , ideas palpably crude and extravagant , that it was necessary to ...
Pagina xiv
... manner of Volney , every thing of a personal nature , other and still greater inconveniences than the addition of a few pages to the work might have arisen from this plan ; for , materials so arranged have , to many , the appearance of ...
... manner of Volney , every thing of a personal nature , other and still greater inconveniences than the addition of a few pages to the work might have arisen from this plan ; for , materials so arranged have , to many , the appearance of ...
Pagina 29
... manner the obelisk itself was to have been disposed of ; but this fine monument of antiquity was saved , for the time , by the interference of the English consul , the obelisk being the property of Great Britain . 30 CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLES ...
... manner the obelisk itself was to have been disposed of ; but this fine monument of antiquity was saved , for the time , by the interference of the English consul , the obelisk being the property of Great Britain . 30 CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLES ...
Pagina 38
... manner . In one of these , into which I crept , like a snake , on my belly , I found , by the dim light of my taper , a number of skulls and thigh - bones floating in a low deep trough , in water which had certainly oozed in through the ...
... manner . In one of these , into which I crept , like a snake , on my belly , I found , by the dim light of my taper , a number of skulls and thigh - bones floating in a low deep trough , in water which had certainly oozed in through the ...
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... manner , repeating the salām , or , " ' peace and welcome , " and placing his right hand upon heart . When we had returned his Highness's saluta- tion , our names were pronounced ; upon which he took his seat on his lofty crimson divan ...
... manner , repeating the salām , or , " ' peace and welcome , " and placing his right hand upon heart . When we had returned his Highness's saluta- tion , our names were pronounced ; upon which he took his seat on his lofty crimson divan ...
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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.