A Compendious View of the Most Recent and Interesting Travels in Different Parts of the World, Africa and AmericaW. Darton, 1831 - 282 oldal |
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... seem to have been principally limited to the countries adjoining the Mediterranean or the Red Sea . These regions then boasted states of no small celebrity . Egypt was the cradle of learning , and the original instructress of Greece ...
... seem to have been principally limited to the countries adjoining the Mediterranean or the Red Sea . These regions then boasted states of no small celebrity . Egypt was the cradle of learning , and the original instructress of Greece ...
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... seems more suitable to them than to vegetable productions . The majestic lion roams at large , and there are but few tracts where the traveller is safe from his dreadful incursions . The tiger is seldom seen ; but the panther , the ...
... seems more suitable to them than to vegetable productions . The majestic lion roams at large , and there are but few tracts where the traveller is safe from his dreadful incursions . The tiger is seldom seen ; but the panther , the ...
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... seem hardly more dreaded in some parts than the Hippopotamus in others . The former are very numerous about Shendy . These animals inhabit particular parts of the Nile , from whence they seldom appear to move ; thus , in Lower Egypt ...
... seem hardly more dreaded in some parts than the Hippopotamus in others . The former are very numerous about Shendy . These animals inhabit particular parts of the Nile , from whence they seldom appear to move ; thus , in Lower Egypt ...
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... seems here to exist in a far stronger and more deadly state of concentration than in colder climes . It is by no means unusual for children to die from the bite of the scorpion in less than three days . But among all these ills , which ...
... seems here to exist in a far stronger and more deadly state of concentration than in colder climes . It is by no means unusual for children to die from the bite of the scorpion in less than three days . But among all these ills , which ...
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... seems to be one scene of eternal civil war . Across scorching deserts , in which not a living animal , not even an insect exists , in various directions are seen one tribe of human beings driving another to slavery . The unfortunate ...
... seems to be one scene of eternal civil war . Across scorching deserts , in which not a living animal , not even an insect exists , in various directions are seen one tribe of human beings driving another to slavery . The unfortunate ...
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Abyssinia Africa America ancient animals appearance Arabs arrived attention Axum beautiful Belzoni birds body Brazil Bruce Buenos Ayres Cairo called camels cattle chief climate cloth coast colour continued Cotopaxi covered desert distance dogs dress Egypt Egyptians enemies Europe Europeans eyes feet fire fonio forests four frequently Greenland ground head height hill horses houses huaso hundred Indians inhabitants interior journey killed kind labour lakes land laso magnificent Mandingo manner ment Mexico miles Moors mountains mummies native nature negroes never night Nile Nubia observed ornament Oroonoko painted party passed peculiar Pernambuco persons principal pyramids rain Red Sea resembling Rio de Janeiro river rocks roof sand scarcely seen side skin slavery slaves South America species stone streets tion town traveller trees tribes village whole wild beasts WILLIAM DARTON wind wood Xalapa yards
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84. oldal - I sought a resting-place, found one, and contrived to sit ; but when my weight bore on the body of an Egyptian, it crushed it like a band-box. I naturally had recourse to my hands to sustain my weight, but they found no better support; so that I sunk altogether among the broken mummies, with a crash of bones, rags, and wooden cases, which raised such a dust as kept me motionless for a quarter of an hour, waiting till it subsided again. I could not remove from the place, however, without increasing...
52. oldal - It is easier to guess than to describe the situation of my mind at that moment — standing in that spot which had baffled the genius, industry, and inquiry of both ancients and moderns, for the course of near three thousand years.
84. oldal - ... impressed me with horror. The blackness of the wall, the faint light given by the candles or torches for want of air, the different objects that surrounded me, seeming to converse with each other, and the Arabs with the candles or torches in their hands, naked and covered with dust, themselves resembling living mummies, absolutely formed a scene that cannot be described.
69. oldal - With •what amazement did we survey the vast surface that was presented to us, when we arrived at this stupendous monument, which seemed to reach the clouds ! Here and there appeared some Arab guides upon the immense masses above us, like so many pigmies, waiting to shew the way up to the summit.
52. oldal - Though a mere private Briton, I triumphed here, in my own mind, over kings and their armies ; and every comparison was leading nearer and nearer to presumption, when the place itself where I stood, the object of my vain-glory, suggested what depressed my short-lived triumph.
224. oldal - If the view from the top be painful and intolerable, that from below is delightful in an equal extreme ; it is impossible for the emotions arising from the sublime to be felt beyond what they are here : so beautiful an arch, so elevated, so light, and springing as it were up to heaven ! the rapture of the spectator is really indescribable!
85. oldal - It was* choked with mummies, and I could not pass without putting my face in contact with that of some decayed Egyptian ; but as the passage inclined downwards, my own weight helped me on: however, I could not avoid being covered with bones, legs, arms, and heads, rolling from above.
224. oldal - It is on the ascent of a hill, which seems to have been cloven through its length by some great convulsion.
142. oldal - The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk — no wife to grind his corn.
35. oldal - The concerns of this world, they believe, are committed by the Almighty to the superintendence and direction of subordinate spirits, over whom they suppose that certain magical ceremonies have great influence.