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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... consisting of those daring spirits who , in the pursuits of commerce , or in search of more fertile lands , or of ... consist of vast excavations hewn out in the solid body of a hill or mountain , and are de- corated with huge figures ...
... consisting of those daring spirits who , in the pursuits of commerce , or in search of more fertile lands , or of ... consist of vast excavations hewn out in the solid body of a hill or mountain , and are de- corated with huge figures ...
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... consisting of immense plains of fertile soil , extending many miles from the river , and for the most part covered with herbage . There are nu- merous hamlets , situated at a considerable distance from the stream , in order to be secure ...
... consisting of immense plains of fertile soil , extending many miles from the river , and for the most part covered with herbage . There are nu- merous hamlets , situated at a considerable distance from the stream , in order to be secure ...
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... consist of regular chains , or are only crowned with isolated mountains like Lamalmon and Amba Gedion , the configuration of which appears to be very extraordi- nary . They shoot up almost every where in sharp peaks , which are ascended ...
... consist of regular chains , or are only crowned with isolated mountains like Lamalmon and Amba Gedion , the configuration of which appears to be very extraordi- nary . They shoot up almost every where in sharp peaks , which are ascended ...
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... consisting of fertile plains surrounding the Lake Tzana , and containing Gon- dar , the modern capital . This city , according to the report of a native communicated to Sir William Jones , almost equals Cairo in extent and population ...
... consisting of fertile plains surrounding the Lake Tzana , and containing Gon- dar , the modern capital . This city , according to the report of a native communicated to Sir William Jones , almost equals Cairo in extent and population ...
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... consisting principally of goats , aided by a little skill in the art of fishing . The hollows of the rocks are their ordinary dwellings ; a kind of lodging which was anciently adopted in many other countries of the world . We find ...
... consisting principally of goats , aided by a little skill in the art of fishing . The hollows of the rocks are their ordinary dwellings ; a kind of lodging which was anciently adopted in many other countries of the world . We find ...
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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.