A Narrative of the Extraordinary Adventures and Sufferings by Shipwreck & Imprisonment, of Donald Campbell: Esq., of Barbreck: with the Singular Humours of His Tartar Guide, Hassan Artaz; Comprising the Occurrences of Four Years and Five Days, in an Overland Journey to IndiaE. Duyckinck, 1801 - 359 páginas |
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... forming the character of a gentleman . But a story which I heard from a person of strict vera- city , will serve more strongly to shew you the shame attendant on ignorance of those things which , from our rank , we are supposed to know ...
... forming the character of a gentleman . But a story which I heard from a person of strict vera- city , will serve more strongly to shew you the shame attendant on ignorance of those things which , from our rank , we are supposed to know ...
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... formed a part of Belgic Gaul , of which you may remember to have read an account in the Com- mentaries of JULIUS CESAR , who describes the inha- bitants as the most valiant of all the Gallic Nations →→→→ " Horum omnium Belgæ sunt ...
... formed a part of Belgic Gaul , of which you may remember to have read an account in the Com- mentaries of JULIUS CESAR , who describes the inha- bitants as the most valiant of all the Gallic Nations →→→→ " Horum omnium Belgæ sunt ...
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... formed , for the reception of shipping . The ground about the town is very low and marshy , and cut into a number of fine canals - into some of which , ships of the largest size may enter - and in one of which , ves- sels of great ...
... formed , for the reception of shipping . The ground about the town is very low and marshy , and cut into a number of fine canals - into some of which , ships of the largest size may enter - and in one of which , ves- sels of great ...
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... forming figures of all sorts in linen was first invented there . To the Flemings we are also indebted for the arts of curing herrings , dyeing cloths and stuffs , and oil - colours . But those arts , and 50 OVERLAND JOURNEY.
... forming figures of all sorts in linen was first invented there . To the Flemings we are also indebted for the arts of curing herrings , dyeing cloths and stuffs , and oil - colours . But those arts , and 50 OVERLAND JOURNEY.
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... formed for manly pith and love of freedom , could bend so low , is unaccountable . It is a question hard to be determined , whether an obstinate adherence even to a bad cause , is not more respectable , than a fickle , alternate ...
... formed for manly pith and love of freedom , could bend so low , is unaccountable . It is a question hard to be determined , whether an obstinate adherence even to a bad cause , is not more respectable , than a fickle , alternate ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Aleppo appearance army arrived astonishment bashaw bastinadoed beautiful Bidanore Bombay Bruges Brussels called Campbell caravan caravansera carried Christian church circumstances conduct dear FREDERICK death disposition dominion DONALD CAMPBELL Emperor endeavored enemy England English extraordinary extremely father favor feelings fortune gave Ghent give gloomy hand happy heart honor hope horror horses human hundred Hyat Sahib Hyder India inhabitants Janissaries Jemadar journey Julius Cæsar kind length LETTER live Lord Macartney Madonna marks Mahomedan Mangalore mankind manner Mathews means Mecca ment miles mind misery Mosul nature Negapatnam never night obliged observed occasion once Ostend pass perceived person prince prisoners reflection religion rendered santons seemed Sepoys shew soon spirit suffer supposed Tartar thing thought thousand tion Tippoo Tippoo Sahib took town traveller troops Turkish Turks Venice vessel whole wish
Passagens conhecidas
Página 196 - To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Página 162 - Commov'd around, in gathering eddies play. Nearer and nearer still they darkening come, Till, with the general all-involving storm Swept up, the whole continuous wilds arise; And, by their noon-day fount dejected thrown, Or sunk at night in sad disastrous sleep, Beneath descending hills the caravan Is buried deep. In Cairo's crowded streets, The impatient merchant, wondering, waits in vain; And Mecca saddens at the long delay.
Página 196 - WE were now treading that illustrious Island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances...
Página 64 - So stale and cheap to vulgar company, Opinion, that did help me to the crown, Had still kept loyal to possession And left me in reputeless banishment, A fellow of no mark nor likelihood.
Página 235 - On the 19th the sky was obscured by immense fleeces -of clouds, surcharged with inflammable matter : and in the evening the rain fell in torrents, the firmament darkened apace, sudden night came on, and the horrors of extreme darkness were rendered still more horrible by the peals of thunder which rent the air, and the frequent flashes of lightning, which served only to...
Página 162 - Breath'd hot From all the boundless furnace of the sky, And the wide glittering waste of burning sand, A suffocating wind the pilgrim smites With instant death.
Página 195 - As soon as he stopped at a caravansera, he immediately called lustily about him in the name of the Sultan, demanding, with an imperious and menacing tone of voice, fresh horses, victuals, &c. on the instant. The terror of this great man operated like magic ; nothing could exceed the activity of the men, the briskness of the women, and the terror of the children ; for the...
Página 136 - ... which is arched, and serves for warehouses to store goods, for lodgings, and for stables, while the upper is used merely for lodgings ; besides which they are always accommodated with a fountain, and have cooks' shops and other conveniences to supply the wants of lodgers. In Aleppo, the caravanserais are almost exclusively occupied by merchants, to whom they are, like other houses, rented.
Página 194 - ... the state ; while the great men whose business they are employed in, make them feel the weight of authority, and treat them with the greatest contempt : hence they become habitually...
Página 221 - It was still the hot season of the year, and we were to travel through that country, over which the horrid wind I have before mentioned sweeps its consuming blasts : it is called by the Turks samiel, is mentioned by holy Job under the name of the East Wind, and extends its ravages all the way from the extreme end o'f the Gulph of...