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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16. oldal
... sometimes overwhelms a whole fertile district , and reduces it to barrenness . The prin- cipal of these is the Greater Oasis , well known to the Egyptians and Arabs , on account of the cara- vans from Cairo to Darfur passing along it ...
... sometimes overwhelms a whole fertile district , and reduces it to barrenness . The prin- cipal of these is the Greater Oasis , well known to the Egyptians and Arabs , on account of the cara- vans from Cairo to Darfur passing along it ...
21. oldal
... sometimes attack travellers with considerable fury , and have been known to put an entire caravan to flight . Reptiles , both of nauseous and noxious kinds , abound . Scorpions and centipedes of enormous size , and most for- bidding ...
... sometimes attack travellers with considerable fury , and have been known to put an entire caravan to flight . Reptiles , both of nauseous and noxious kinds , abound . Scorpions and centipedes of enormous size , and most for- bidding ...
23. oldal
... sometimes brackish ; occasionally the well is even found to be dry , and around its exhausted source stand group- ed the crowd of disappointed beings , surrounded by the countless skeletons of those whose captivity and whose troubles ...
... sometimes brackish ; occasionally the well is even found to be dry , and around its exhausted source stand group- ed the crowd of disappointed beings , surrounded by the countless skeletons of those whose captivity and whose troubles ...
38. oldal
... to remain ever- lastingly . Both Mahomedans and pagans attach miraculous qualities to fetishes or charms , which to them are an effectual panoply against every danger ; sometimes a chief or great man is actu- 38 AFRICA IN GENERAL .
... to remain ever- lastingly . Both Mahomedans and pagans attach miraculous qualities to fetishes or charms , which to them are an effectual panoply against every danger ; sometimes a chief or great man is actu- 38 AFRICA IN GENERAL .
39. oldal
danger ; sometimes a chief or great man is actu- ally covered with them from head to foot , and in this state considers himself as secure as Achilles in his armour . Mr. Lander was often urged to dis- charge a pistol , loaded with ball ...
danger ; sometimes a chief or great man is actu- ally covered with them from head to foot , and in this state considers himself as secure as Achilles in his armour . Mr. Lander was often urged to dis- charge a pistol , loaded with ball ...
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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.