Sea Nile: The Desert, and Nigritia: Travels in Company with Captain Peel, R.N. 1851-1852The author, 1853 - 331 pagini |
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Pagina 27
... halted till near four in the morning , when we reached another amphitheatre , and the Arabs unloaded ; we laid our- selves down by the dromedaries , and attempted to repose for a short time . Thus ended our half day , and our first and ...
... halted till near four in the morning , when we reached another amphitheatre , and the Arabs unloaded ; we laid our- selves down by the dromedaries , and attempted to repose for a short time . Thus ended our half day , and our first and ...
Pagina 29
... halted and unloaded . We took our position under the rocks to lessen the sensation of heat . The captain then asked the cook for something to eat , to which he replied , " there is not a morsel of wood to make a fire , and I can hardly ...
... halted and unloaded . We took our position under the rocks to lessen the sensation of heat . The captain then asked the cook for something to eat , to which he replied , " there is not a morsel of wood to make a fire , and I can hardly ...
Pagina 37
... halted a few steps in front , by a cemetery and began a symphony of cries , shouts , and groans , and then changing tone , one barked , one brayed , one roared , one bellowed , dancing about , and knocking sticks against each other ; in ...
... halted a few steps in front , by a cemetery and began a symphony of cries , shouts , and groans , and then changing tone , one barked , one brayed , one roared , one bellowed , dancing about , and knocking sticks against each other ; in ...
Pagina 39
... halted to ask them about their journey for a minute or two . The night was far advanced , and I could no longer hold myself on the dromedary - what was to be done ? I began to sing a Latin hymn ( tota pulcra ) , but I could not go on ...
... halted to ask them about their journey for a minute or two . The night was far advanced , and I could no longer hold myself on the dromedary - what was to be done ? I began to sing a Latin hymn ( tota pulcra ) , but I could not go on ...
Pagina 40
... halted for a second and a half , just allowing time for the captain to fall before , not on me ; for I saw the captain was overcome , not only by fati- gue , but sleep , fall with his arms crossed , from his dromedary on to the sand . I ...
... halted for a second and a half , just allowing time for the captain to fall before , not on me ; for I saw the captain was overcome , not only by fati- gue , but sleep , fall with his arms crossed , from his dromedary on to the sand . I ...
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Termeni și expresii frecvente
Ababde Abdolhamed Abuhamed Allah amongst ancarib anchored Arabs arrived asked backshish bank Barbar Bargu Barnu bazaar beautiful began Blue Nile boat bread breakfast brought caiase Cairo called camels Captain Peel cawas CHAPTER cobab coffee cook Cordofan Coro Corosco crocodiles Cucco dahabie Damietta Darfour Desert dinner divan Dongola dora drank drink dromedary Egyptian enquired fever Giaber give half half-past halted heat hippopotamus Holla Iakauagia inhabitants Ismael journey Jusef kabir Kartum Korsi lamb laughed leave Lisa Lobaied Medir milk morning Morrat mountains mounted negroes night Nubians Omar onions Osuan Padre Pasha passed piastres poor remained replied rest returned rice roasted Rrihan sail sailors sent Sheik Shiek shouted sing sleep Solo Sudan suffered Sultan sunset Syria thanked thee thou threw told tomb took tree Upper Egypt village Wezir Whilst White Nile White Sea wind wished
Pasaje populare
Pagina 266 - And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage : for they knew them not.
Pagina 215 - Civilians ; and, as it is called, "took their opinion," showing to some of them the amount of his nephew's debts, which he had dotted down on the back of a card, and asking what was to be done, and whether such debts were not monstrous, preposterous ? What was to be done ? — There was nothing for it but to pay.
Pagina 18 - Uladaiweh, on the east bank of the Nile at the foot of the cliffs opposite Girgheh.
Pagina 263 - Solo. Direct her, O Sheik, she is the maker of this cap. Coro. (Repeat always the first verse.) Direct her, etc. Solo. The thread is from Bahgiura, and the needle is bought for one para. Coro. Direct her, etc. Nr. 49. Beim Rudern auf der Thalfahrt. Anrfan/e. Sol".
Pagina 275 - Nubian sailors \vhen they come down from Uadi Hälfe to Osuan. The coro repeat always the first verse with the same melody: and the solo also repeats the same melody with diUerent words.
Pagina 271 - Dieser letzte Vers wird wiederholt. Ia tal il bah-ri ia las mär, Be-iunsud-ib kaddahmar. Good morning, 0 good morning, good morning; 0 face of goodness. You who have come safe to the morning, and ride on the horses. Thou who hast cheeks like roses, and art cheering up thyself.
Pagina 258 - Greek! Coro. (Repeat the same words with a different air) Solo. He! Beni Suef is the land of the beloved one. Coro. (Repeat the same words with a different air.) Solo. He, Lisa! Coro. He, Lisa!
Pagina 164 - Do not be afraid; we are not Turks, but will pay you money for everything you bring us.
Pagina 267 - Solo. 0 sons of Damietta, how is your valley ? Our valley is better than yours. Coro. And thy pipe, &c.
Pagina 227 - I asked him what had happened to him, and he said he had nearly died of dysentery at Kartum.