 | Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 488 էջ
...and the answer of Amrou exhibits a lively and not unfaithful picture of that singular country.1" " O commander of the faithful, " Egypt is a compound of black earth and green plants, be" twten a pulverised mountain and a red sand. The distance " from Syene to the sea is a month1s jouruey... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 526 էջ
...p. " the faithful, Egypt is a compound of black earth LI. " and green plants, between a pulverised mountain " and a red sand. The distance from Syene to " the sea is a month's journey for an horseman. " Along the valley descends a river, on which the " blessing of the Most High reposes... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1816 - 488 էջ
...and the answer of Ann ou exhibits a lively and not unfaithful picture of that singular country12*. " O commander of the faithful, Egypt is a compound of " black earth and green plants, between a pulverised "mountain and a red sand. The distance from Syenc "• to the sea is a month's journey for... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1820 - 528 էջ
...country.' " O commander of the faithful, Egypt is a com" pound of black earth and green plants, be" tweeu a pulverized mountain and a red sand. " The distance from Syene to the sea is a i Eutychius. AnnaI, torn, ii, p. 320. Elmacin. Hist. Saracen, p. 35. m On these obscure canals, the... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1830 - 442 էջ
...and the answer of Amrou exhibits a lively and not unfaithful picture of that singular country. (6) " O commander of the faithful, Egypt is a compound of...horseman. Along the valley descends a river, on which the blessings of the Most High reposes both in the evening and morning, and which rises and falls with... | |
 | William Sullivan - 1838 - 640 էջ
...which Amrou had added to his empire, the latter sent him a description of it, as follows : — " Oh ! commander of the faithful ! Egypt is a compound of black earth and green plants, between a pulverised mountain and a red sand, (meaning the shore.) The distance from Syene (now commonly known... | |
 | James Ewing Cooley - 1843 - 668 էջ
...Calif Omar, though drawn twelve hundred years ago, is true even at the present day. He said to Omar : " O commander of the faithful, Egypt* is a compound...pulverized mountain and a red sand. The distance from Syene * Gibbon's Decline aud Fall, London 8vo edition, p. 913. to the sea is a month's journey for a horseman.... | |
 | John Gardner Wilkinson - 1843 - 730 էջ
...O commander of the Faithful, is a compound of black earth J and green plants, between a pulverised mountain and a red sand. The distance from Syene to the sea is a month's journey for an horseman. Along the valley descends a river, on which the blessing of the most High reposes both... | |
 | P A. Beddome - 1844 - 280 էջ
...caliph ? He presented a lively and faithful picture of the realm of Pharaoh and the Amalekites. "0 commander of the faithful, Egypt is a compound of black earth and green plants, between a pulverised mountain and a red sand. The distance from Syene to the sea is a month's journey for a horseman.... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1847 - 542 էջ
...answer of Amrou exhibits a lively and not unfaithful picture of that singular country. f 128) " О commander of the faithful, Egypt is a compound of...the valley descends a river, on which the blessing ol the Most High reposes both in the evening and the morning, and which rises and falls with the revolution... | |
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Syene to the sea is a month's journey for an horseman. Along the valley descends a river, on which the blessing of the Most High reposes both in the evening and morning, and which rises and falls with the revolutions of the sun and moon. When the... 
