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 87
... seen rising behind the village , and close to the road was a small rocky eminence , in the face of which were two or three low openings , like the entrance to so many caverns . Trusting to the assur- ances which were given us , that no ...
... seen rising behind the village , and close to the road was a small rocky eminence , in the face of which were two or three low openings , like the entrance to so many caverns . Trusting to the assur- ances which were given us , that no ...
Pagina 88
... seen . But with Herodotus such ex- pressions are not uncommon : he makes use of much the same phrases in speaking of the Labyrinth † , which the colleagues of Psammetichus erected in the Ar- sinoïtic Nome ; and modern travellers , fond ...
... seen . But with Herodotus such ex- pressions are not uncommon : he makes use of much the same phrases in speaking of the Labyrinth † , which the colleagues of Psammetichus erected in the Ar- sinoïtic Nome ; and modern travellers , fond ...
Pagina 98
... after dawn , through a thick white fog , like those which , during the preceding winter , I had seen covering the great plains of Burgundy . Though our course , on quit- THE LAND OF GOSHEN . 99 ting Bershaum , lay Fine Scenery ment.
... after dawn , through a thick white fog , like those which , during the preceding winter , I had seen covering the great plains of Burgundy . Though our course , on quit- THE LAND OF GOSHEN . 99 ting Bershaum , lay Fine Scenery ment.
Pagina 100
... . Mr. Barker , late his Majesty's Consul - General in Egypt , possesses the most tasteful zerfs and finjans I have any where seen . THE PYRAMIDS . 101 which served as fountain , washing Finjan, or Arab Coffee-cup Conserve of Dates.
... . Mr. Barker , late his Majesty's Consul - General in Egypt , possesses the most tasteful zerfs and finjans I have any where seen . THE PYRAMIDS . 101 which served as fountain , washing Finjan, or Arab Coffee-cup Conserve of Dates.
Pagina 106
... seen ; so that Sin , in Egypt , cannot be reproached with the gorgeousness of her appearance ; the Mohammedan saints and hermits being , in general , better lodged than the courtesans . On our arrival , a number of almé , many of them ...
... seen ; so that Sin , in Egypt , cannot be reproached with the gorgeousness of her appearance ; the Mohammedan saints and hermits being , in general , better lodged than the courtesans . On our arrival , a number of almé , many of them ...
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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.