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, Հատոր 1Onfroi, 1834 - 310 էջ |
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... poor inhabitant beholds in vain The redd'ning orange and the swelling grain : Joyless he sees the growing oils and wines , And in the myrtle's fragrant shade repines : Starves , in the midst of nature's bounty curst , And in the loaded ...
... poor inhabitant beholds in vain The redd'ning orange and the swelling grain : Joyless he sees the growing oils and wines , And in the myrtle's fragrant shade repines : Starves , in the midst of nature's bounty curst , And in the loaded ...
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... poor peasant behind his plough , with the village Sheikh , with the Turkish Kiasheff ; and observ- ing , day after day , their dress , their dwellings , and their food . In this way , I succeeded in correcting many ideas acquired from ...
... poor peasant behind his plough , with the village Sheikh , with the Turkish Kiasheff ; and observ- ing , day after day , their dress , their dwellings , and their food . In this way , I succeeded in correcting many ideas acquired from ...
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... poor Arabs , by scraping with their hands , discover medals and other small antiquities . Wednesday , Nov. 14 . IX . Volney has with great judgment and vivacity recapitulated the characteristic features of Alexandria ; * The fortieth ...
... poor Arabs , by scraping with their hands , discover medals and other small antiquities . Wednesday , Nov. 14 . IX . Volney has with great judgment and vivacity recapitulated the characteristic features of Alexandria ; * The fortieth ...
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... poor . " If that be your reason , " said he , " let it no longer deter you . I am rich ; I have bags of gold ; you have saved me from pining to death in exile ; you have behaved towards me like a brother by the way ; I have more money ...
... poor . " If that be your reason , " said he , " let it no longer deter you . I am rich ; I have bags of gold ; you have saved me from pining to death in exile ; you have behaved towards me like a brother by the way ; I have more money ...
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... poor , the officer and the common soldier , setting aside all ideas of rank and distinction in the presence of God , knelt down beside each other on the same mat , and ad- dressed in concert the same prayers to their Maker . They knelt ...
... poor , the officer and the common soldier , setting aside all ideas of rank and distinction in the presence of God , knelt down beside each other on the same mat , and ad- dressed in concert the same prayers to their Maker . They knelt ...
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Այլ խմբագրություններ - View all
Egypt and Mohammed Ali: Or, Travels in the Valley of the Nile, Հատոր 1 James Augustus St. John Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1834 |
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Egypt and Mohammed Ali: Or, Travels in the Valley of the Nile, Հատոր 1 James Augustus St. John Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1834 |
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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
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Էջ 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
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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!
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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
Էջ 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.