Nubia and Abyssinia: Comprehending Their Civil History, Antiquities, Arts, Religion, Literature, and Natural HistoryOliver & Boyd and Simpkin & Marshall, 1833 - 440 páginas |
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... colour of the skin , as seemed to justify the discrimination which we find established in their works . But it is obvious , at the same time , that there was a greater affinity between the Ethiopians on the eastern shores of the Arabian ...
... colour of the skin , as seemed to justify the discrimination which we find established in their works . But it is obvious , at the same time , that there was a greater affinity between the Ethiopians on the eastern shores of the Arabian ...
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... colour , though it certainly is not uniform , the difference seems to de- pend in a great measure on the place of abode and the manner of living ; and , properly speaking , it amounts to nothing more than a mere variation of tint ...
... colour , though it certainly is not uniform , the difference seems to de- pend in a great measure on the place of abode and the manner of living ; and , properly speaking , it amounts to nothing more than a mere variation of tint ...
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... colour is a bright black ; but their features partake not in the smallest degree of the negro character . They have aquiline noses , fine teeth , and lips formed like those of Europeans . In the language of Herodotus , however , they ...
... colour is a bright black ; but their features partake not in the smallest degree of the negro character . They have aquiline noses , fine teeth , and lips formed like those of Europeans . In the language of Herodotus , however , they ...
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... colour , and elegance of proportion , contrasted with the gigantic scenery about them , make the beauty of the buildings more lovely , and their durability more wonderful . There is no at- tempt to imitate or rival the sublimity that ...
... colour , and elegance of proportion , contrasted with the gigantic scenery about them , make the beauty of the buildings more lovely , and their durability more wonderful . There is no at- tempt to imitate or rival the sublimity that ...
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... coloured and the other dark , the eastern part of the united river is black and the western side white for more than a league after their meet- ing . The latter colour is occasioned by a very fine clay held in a state of suspension ...
... coloured and the other dark , the eastern part of the united river is black and the western side white for more than a league after their meet- ing . The latter colour is occasioned by a very fine clay held in a state of suspension ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Abuna Abys Abyssinia Africa ancient animal appears Arabia authority Axum Ayto banks beautiful Begemder Berber body Bruce Cailliaud called capital cataract chief Christian church colour described desert distance Dongola eastern Egypt Egyptian Engraved Ethiopia excavated faith father feet figures Fremona Frumentius Galla Gojam Gondar Greek hand head Heeren Herodotus hieroglyphics holy hundred inhabitants Ishmael king kingdom Lasta length manner ment mentioned Merawe Meroë monarch monuments mountains Napata narrative nations natives nature Nile Nubia observed Ozoro pasha Patriarch Pearce pillars possession present priests prince pronaos province Ptolemy pyramids Ras Michael Red Sea regard reign religion remarkable resemblance respect river rock Roman ruins Rüppel sacred Salt says sculptures Selassé Sennaar sent Shendy side sinia soon species Strabo Suakin Tacazze Tecla temple throne Tigré tion traveller tree tribes troops Upper Egypt Wady Halfa walls whole Yasous
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Página 421 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. 19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.
Página 409 - As when a vulture on Imaus bred, Whose snowy ridge the roving Tartar bounds. Dislodging from a region scarce of prey To gorge the flesh of lambs or yeanling kids On hills where flocks are fed, flies...
Página 258 - And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them.
Página 32 - ... myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels.
Página 305 - I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of life, who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, who spake by the Prophets.
Página 278 - Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona ; for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Página 22 - Where yet new labours his arrival wait ; At length their rage the hostile powers restrain, All but the ruthless monarch of the main. But now the god, remote, a heavenly guest, In ^Ethiopia graced the genial feast (A race divided, whom with sloping rays The rising and descending sun surveys...
Página 366 - The drivers suddenly tripped up the cow, and gave the poor animal a very rude fall upon the ground, which was but the beginning of her sufferings. One of them sat across her neck, holding down her head by the horns, the other twisted the halter about her...
Página 241 - The)' are all of one piece of granite ; and on the top of that which is standing there is a patera exceedingly well carved in the Greek taste.