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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... tree - Wansey - Ensete -Doum - tree - Dhourra - Teff - Papyrus , .... .424 ENGRAVINGS . Mar of Nubia and Abyssinia . Engraved by CONTENTS . 15.
... tree - Wansey - Ensete -Doum - tree - Dhourra - Teff - Papyrus , .... .424 ENGRAVINGS . Mar of Nubia and Abyssinia . Engraved by CONTENTS . 15.
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... trees . A succession of hamlets meet the eye on both sides as the traveller proceeds into the Nubian valley ; but few of them are of so much consequence as to deserve our notice . Don- dour is remarkable for a small temple , still in ...
... trees . A succession of hamlets meet the eye on both sides as the traveller proceeds into the Nubian valley ; but few of them are of so much consequence as to deserve our notice . Don- dour is remarkable for a small temple , still in ...
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... of Ib- rîm by the Mamlouks , when they passed into Don- gola , had been so complete that not even one soli- tary native was to be found wandering among its ruins , nor so much as a date - tree NUBIA AND ABYSSINIA . 45.
... of Ib- rîm by the Mamlouks , when they passed into Don- gola , had been so complete that not even one soli- tary native was to be found wandering among its ruins , nor so much as a date - tree NUBIA AND ABYSSINIA . 45.
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... tree to indicate that it was once the abode of human beings . Burckhardt informs us that those savage horsemen carried away about twelve hundred cows , all the sheep and goats , and imprisoned the most respectable of the people , for ...
... tree to indicate that it was once the abode of human beings . Burckhardt informs us that those savage horsemen carried away about twelve hundred cows , all the sheep and goats , and imprisoned the most respectable of the people , for ...
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... trees and brushwood , among which were seen a number of elephants in search of food . We have hitherto followed the progress of the in- vading army under the command of Ishmael , the son of Mohammed Ali , guided by the narrative of the ...
... trees and brushwood , among which were seen a number of elephants in search of food . We have hitherto followed the progress of the in- vading army under the command of Ishmael , the son of Mohammed Ali , guided by the narrative of the ...
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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.