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 20
... mountains of the Desert , of that vast and frightful Desert , which com- municates with all Africa , in which so many Arabs are acquainted with the paths , and straying travellers have fallen victims to its vastness with their camels ...
... mountains of the Desert , of that vast and frightful Desert , which com- municates with all Africa , in which so many Arabs are acquainted with the paths , and straying travellers have fallen victims to its vastness with their camels ...
Pagina 23
... mountains well warmed in all parts aiding the scorching sand ; no trees , no bushes , not a blade of grass , which by its verdure could relieve the traveller , -only the burning sun , the heated mountains and roasting sand . The south ...
... mountains well warmed in all parts aiding the scorching sand ; no trees , no bushes , not a blade of grass , which by its verdure could relieve the traveller , -only the burning sun , the heated mountains and roasting sand . The south ...
Pagina 25
... mountains in the silence of the night , stunning every one . I availed myself of the occasion to ask the kabir what was the meaning of this repeated cry . He replied gravely , " There are two reasons , the first is that Sheik Abdolcader ...
... mountains in the silence of the night , stunning every one . I availed myself of the occasion to ask the kabir what was the meaning of this repeated cry . He replied gravely , " There are two reasons , the first is that Sheik Abdolcader ...
Pagina 28
... mountains and plain were all desert . The sun rose majestic , and with its golden rays gilded the solitude . Beautiful , yes , most beautiful sight , I said to myself , for him , who beholds and enjoys 28 CHAPTER VI The First Day's ...
... mountains and plain were all desert . The sun rose majestic , and with its golden rays gilded the solitude . Beautiful , yes , most beautiful sight , I said to myself , for him , who beholds and enjoys 28 CHAPTER VI The First Day's ...
Pagina 32
... so well in London ! Every day I made new acquaintances , ladies and gentle- men , who desired to learn the Oriental languages , Latin , or Italian . So great was my anguish that , in an instant , I crossed mountains and seas , and 32.
... so well in London ! Every day I made new acquaintances , ladies and gentle- men , who desired to learn the Oriental languages , Latin , or Italian . So great was my anguish that , in an instant , I crossed mountains and seas , and 32.
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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
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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.