Notes, During a Visit to Egypt, Nubia, the Oasis, Mount Sinai, and JerusalemJ. Murray, 1823 - 340 oldal |
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61. oldal
... Moses was found in the rushes . The monument of the gallant Kleber is destroy- ed , the mound on which his murderer was impaled at the moment that the corpse was borne by , is still pointed out . Among the dilapidations of the suburbs ...
... Moses was found in the rushes . The monument of the gallant Kleber is destroy- ed , the mound on which his murderer was impaled at the moment that the corpse was borne by , is still pointed out . Among the dilapidations of the suburbs ...
108. oldal
... Moses was a priest of the Egyptians , he led away the children of Egypt ; Esculapius - like , he set up a serpent as a sign of curing and healing - the devil destroys all mankind under the same form . I climbed to the very summit of the ...
... Moses was a priest of the Egyptians , he led away the children of Egypt ; Esculapius - like , he set up a serpent as a sign of curing and healing - the devil destroys all mankind under the same form . I climbed to the very summit of the ...
126. oldal
... Moses , they re- belled , and formed a golden calf - here is a man helping somebody to a leg of beef , perhaps a sacri- fice , not to but of the god . The colouring , owing to the dryness of the atmosphere , retains a specious freshness ...
... Moses , they re- belled , and formed a golden calf - here is a man helping somebody to a leg of beef , perhaps a sacri- fice , not to but of the god . The colouring , owing to the dryness of the atmosphere , retains a specious freshness ...
133. oldal
... Moses himself would willingly have razed those fanes in which he was educated a priest . A great quantity of quails and long - tailed chat- tering partridges — the cashiff of Goos is staying here for the amusement of shooting - he shot ...
... Moses himself would willingly have razed those fanes in which he was educated a priest . A great quantity of quails and long - tailed chat- tering partridges — the cashiff of Goos is staying here for the amusement of shooting - he shot ...
212. oldal
... Moses , " and no- thing else to be drank . The Red Sea , in that part pointed out to us as having been passed through by Moses , is particu- The Pope is called only the Vicar of Jesus Christ , but the Sultan is styled God on earth ...
... Moses , " and no- thing else to be drank . The Red Sea , in that part pointed out to us as having been passed through by Moses , is particu- The Pope is called only the Vicar of Jesus Christ , but the Sultan is styled God on earth ...
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almah amused animal appearance Arabs arms arrived beautiful becksheesh Bedouins boat building Cairo called camel Christian coffee commenced Constantinople consul convent Cosa-fa Damietta desert dragoman Egypt Egyptian encampment English feet fellah fire formed four friends governor granite Greek guides half hand head heaven hieroglyphics horse Jaffa janissary Jerusalem journey labour lately length Macdonnel Mansoura matchlocks Menouf miles Mohammed Mohammedan monks morning Moses mosque mosque of Omar Mount Sinai mountain mouth nearly neighbourhood neighbouring never night Nile Nubia obelisks offered palm-trees party Pasha passed piastres pillar pipe pistol plague present pyramid refused returned river rock Rome round route Saint sand Saviour scarcely seen sent servant shekh side slave soldiers soon stone Suez sword temple Thebes thing told tomb took town travellers trees turban Turk Turkish village walls women yards
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267. oldal - And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.
274. oldal - All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
275. oldal - Siloam, by a burial-place at either end, and by the Hill of Calvary ; and the Hill of Calvary is now within the town, so that it was formerly smaller than it is at present. The best view of it is from the Mount of Olives ; it commands the exact shape, and nearly every particular, namely, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Armenian Convent, the Mosque of Omar, St.
275. oldal - The building itself has a light, pagoda appearance ; the garden in which it stands occupies a considerable part of the city ; and, contrasted with the surrounding desert, is beautiful...
48. oldal - TMAI — JACKALLS— COSA-FA AND NON-FA-NIENTE— RETROSPECT OF THE DELTA. TENNYS has been thoroughly ransacked — the virtuosi have carried away every sign of its former grandeur, except a small cistern encrusted similarly to those of the " Sette sale" at Rome. To the west is the island of Toomah, here is the burial place of a shekh — a small room hung with strings of wooden beads like a button-maker's shop ; in the centre is a square frame covered with green cloth, on which is embroidered a...
274. oldal - ... and throughout the whole there is not one symptom of either commerce, comfort, or happiness. Is this the city that men call the Perfection of Beauty, the Joy of the whole Earth...
98. oldal - I have cast her off." (Burckhardt's "Bedouins," p. 65). Sir F. Henniker in speaking of the difficulty he had in persuading the natives to descend into the crocodile mummy pits, in consequence of some men having lost their lives there, says : " our guides, as if preparing for certain death, took leave of their children ; the father took the turban from his own head, and put it upon that of his son ; or put him in his place, by giving him his shoes,
66. oldal - An attempt to drill these lawless ragamuffins occasioned the last insurrection — no marching and countermarching, no playing at soldiers ; they, however, suffer themselves to be drawn up in line to listen to the music, if such it may be called, when produced by drums and squeaking Moorish fifes in the hands of Turks ; a number of voices frequently chimed in, and destroyed the monotony ; during this the soldiers were quiet ; so much for the power of even such music over Albanians — the music of...
183. oldal - Feb. — No variation from yesterday. I am * So it is commanded by the law. already land sick, and have made a calculation, that in each journey of fifteen hours I have been bumped like a school-boy fifty-eight thousand times. 28th Feb. — Nothing is so tedious as the first day's camel riding, except a continuation of it ; and nothing so wearying as a camel's walking pace, except a camel's trot. During the fifty-two hours that I was on the back of the sulky animal, I had been unwittingly endeavouring...
29. oldal - fantasia" was given to celebrate the circumcision of the village children, who, undergoing the same operation in company, may, if they can, laugh at one another : this event occasions as much rejoicing to the Mohammedan parents as the christening of a son and heir in Christendom ; two drums and two squeaking pipes formed the band ; eight villagers were very awkwardly, but very innocently, handling some long poles, with which they pretended to strike at one another, but gave a minute's notice as...