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, Volume 1Onfroi, 1834 - 310 páginas |
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... remarkable manner from each other . It therefore appeared , if I valued the acquisition of correct notions , and felt a repugnance to adopt , on a subject so highly interesting , ideas palpably crude and extravagant , that it was ...
... remarkable manner from each other . It therefore appeared , if I valued the acquisition of correct notions , and felt a repugnance to adopt , on a subject so highly interesting , ideas palpably crude and extravagant , that it was ...
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... remarkable a degree of glory , was very much heightened by a feeling of security , a sense of danger removed ; it having been more than once doubtful , during the voyage from Leghorn , whether we should ever arrive or not , so ...
... remarkable a degree of glory , was very much heightened by a feeling of security , a sense of danger removed ; it having been more than once doubtful , during the voyage from Leghorn , whether we should ever arrive or not , so ...
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... remarkable . My own beard , which in Europe was soft , silky , and almost straight , began immediately on my arrival at Alexandria to curl , to grow crisp , strong , and coarse , and before I had reached Es - Souan resembled horse- hair ...
... remarkable . My own beard , which in Europe was soft , silky , and almost straight , began immediately on my arrival at Alexandria to curl , to grow crisp , strong , and coarse , and before I had reached Es - Souan resembled horse- hair ...
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... remarkable may not be thought altogether uninteresting : —1 . Twenty - two scarabæi , of which several are of marble . One of these , of a fine - grained greenstone , is very exquisitely sculptured ; the wings , closed upon the back ...
... remarkable may not be thought altogether uninteresting : —1 . Twenty - two scarabæi , of which several are of marble . One of these , of a fine - grained greenstone , is very exquisitely sculptured ; the wings , closed upon the back ...
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... remarkable , is a silver triangle , with the base upwards , on the forehead ; undoubtedly re- presenting the yoni of the Hindoos , and connected with the worship of Athor . A vulture , the symbol of Isis , is represented on the back ...
... remarkable , is a silver triangle , with the base upwards , on the forehead ; undoubtedly re- presenting the yoni of the Hindoos , and connected with the worship of Athor . A vulture , the symbol of Isis , is represented on the back ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
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
Passagens conhecidas
Página 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
Página 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.
Página 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!
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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
Página 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.