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 xxvii
... reached by the Author - 477 - 478 Ramble among the Rocks of the Cataract - 479 Islands of Green Porphyry . List of Travellers in Nu- bia . Greek Chapel Camel - drivers . Ababdé Chief 481 Return down the Nile . Un- abated Interest of the ...
... reached by the Author - 477 - 478 Ramble among the Rocks of the Cataract - 479 Islands of Green Porphyry . List of Travellers in Nu- bia . Greek Chapel Camel - drivers . Ababdé Chief 481 Return down the Nile . Un- abated Interest of the ...
Pagina 7
... reached Es - Souan resembled horse- hair to the touch , and was all disposed in ringlets about the chin . This is no doubt to be accounted for by the extreme dryness of the air , which , operat- ing through several thousand years , has ...
... reached Es - Souan resembled horse- hair to the touch , and was all disposed in ringlets about the chin . This is no doubt to be accounted for by the extreme dryness of the air , which , operat- ing through several thousand years , has ...
Pagina 27
... reaching nearly across the street . The appearance and arrangement of the shops often recal to one's mind the descriptions in the " Arabian Nights . " Here the barber , the draper , the money - changer , the jeweller , and even the ...
... reaching nearly across the street . The appearance and arrangement of the shops often recal to one's mind the descriptions in the " Arabian Nights . " Here the barber , the draper , the money - changer , the jeweller , and even the ...
Pagina 34
... reaching what appeared to be the ex- tremity of the hypogeum towards the west ; but in all this long succession of rooms , I saw only one niche for a coffin . When we had arrived at what seemed to be the end of the catacomb , we ...
... reaching what appeared to be the ex- tremity of the hypogeum towards the west ; but in all this long succession of rooms , I saw only one niche for a coffin . When we had arrived at what seemed to be the end of the catacomb , we ...
Pagina 68
... reached that broad deep channel , formerly , perhaps , the mouth of the Canopic branch of the Nile , by which the sea flows into Lake Edko ; and , owing to the lateness of the hour , and the boisterousness of the weather , there at ...
... reached that broad deep channel , formerly , perhaps , the mouth of the Canopic branch of the Nile , by which the sea flows into Lake Edko ; and , owing to the lateness of the hour , and the boisterousness of the weather , there at ...
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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.