A Narrative of the Extraordinary Adventures and Sufferings by Shipwreck & Imprisonment, of Donald Campbell: Esq., of Barbreck: with the Singular Humours of His Tartar Guide, Hassan Artaz; Comprising the Occurrences of Four Years and Five Days, in an Overland Journey to IndiaE. Duyckinck, 1801 - 359 oldal |
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... gave them , that they repeatedly urged me to commit the whole to pa- per ; and their affectionate partiality induced them to suppose , that the narrative would be , not only agreeable to them , but interesting to the public . In ...
... gave them , that they repeatedly urged me to commit the whole to pa- per ; and their affectionate partiality induced them to suppose , that the narrative would be , not only agreeable to them , but interesting to the public . In ...
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... gave rise to my journey to the East Indies , while domestic calamity marked my departure , and , at the very outset , gave me a foretaste of those miseries which fate had re- served to let fall upon me in the sequel . The channels from ...
... gave rise to my journey to the East Indies , while domestic calamity marked my departure , and , at the very outset , gave me a foretaste of those miseries which fate had re- served to let fall upon me in the sequel . The channels from ...
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... gave to religious severity in his own dominions , finding him un- moved by papers , resolved to attack him in person ; but whether it was that the pontifical amulet lost its charm when out of the air of Rome , or that his Holiness was ...
... gave to religious severity in his own dominions , finding him un- moved by papers , resolved to attack him in person ; but whether it was that the pontifical amulet lost its charm when out of the air of Rome , or that his Holiness was ...
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... gave him pleasure in his youth . I know a gentleman , who , being at Seville , in Spain , travelled to Cordova , for no other purpose but to see the town where Lucan and Seneca were born : and I dare say , that if you were at Cologne ...
... gave him pleasure in his youth . I know a gentleman , who , being at Seville , in Spain , travelled to Cordova , for no other purpose but to see the town where Lucan and Seneca were born : and I dare say , that if you were at Cologne ...
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... gave her half a crown as an atonement for the injury . On the strength of this affi nity did he call the Dean nothing but Cosin Jonathan , though the Dean was dead before he was born ! But of all the stories I have ever heard as ...
... gave her half a crown as an atonement for the injury . On the strength of this affi nity did he call the Dean nothing but Cosin Jonathan , though the Dean was dead before he was born ! But of all the stories I have ever heard as ...
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Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
Aleppo appearance army arrived astonishment bashaw bastinadoed beautiful Bidanore Bombay Bruges Brussels called Campbell caravan caravansera carried Christian church circumstances conduct dear FREDERICK death disposition dominion DONALD CAMPBELL Emperor endeavored enemy England English extraordinary extremely father favor feelings fortune gave Ghent give gloomy hand happy heart honor hope horror horses human hundred Hyat Sahib Hyder India inhabitants Janissaries Jemadar journey Julius Cæsar kind length LETTER live Lord Macartney Madonna marks Mahomedan Mangalore mankind manner Mathews means Mecca ment miles mind misery Mosul nature Negapatnam never night obliged observed occasion once Ostend pass perceived person prince prisoners reflection religion rendered santons seemed Sepoys shew soon spirit suffer supposed Tartar thing thought thousand tion Tippoo Tippoo Sahib took town traveller troops Turkish Turks Venice vessel whole wish
Népszerű szakaszok
196. oldal - To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
162. oldal - Commov'd around, in gathering eddies play. Nearer and nearer still they darkening come, Till, with the general all-involving storm Swept up, the whole continuous wilds arise; And, by their noon-day fount dejected thrown, Or sunk at night in sad disastrous sleep, Beneath descending hills the caravan Is buried deep. In Cairo's crowded streets, The impatient merchant, wondering, waits in vain; And Mecca saddens at the long delay.
196. oldal - WE were now treading that illustrious Island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances...
64. oldal - So stale and cheap to vulgar company, Opinion, that did help me to the crown, Had still kept loyal to possession And left me in reputeless banishment, A fellow of no mark nor likelihood.
235. oldal - On the 19th the sky was obscured by immense fleeces -of clouds, surcharged with inflammable matter : and in the evening the rain fell in torrents, the firmament darkened apace, sudden night came on, and the horrors of extreme darkness were rendered still more horrible by the peals of thunder which rent the air, and the frequent flashes of lightning, which served only to...
162. oldal - Breath'd hot From all the boundless furnace of the sky, And the wide glittering waste of burning sand, A suffocating wind the pilgrim smites With instant death.
195. oldal - As soon as he stopped at a caravansera, he immediately called lustily about him in the name of the Sultan, demanding, with an imperious and menacing tone of voice, fresh horses, victuals, &c. on the instant. The terror of this great man operated like magic ; nothing could exceed the activity of the men, the briskness of the women, and the terror of the children ; for the...
136. oldal - ... which is arched, and serves for warehouses to store goods, for lodgings, and for stables, while the upper is used merely for lodgings ; besides which they are always accommodated with a fountain, and have cooks' shops and other conveniences to supply the wants of lodgers. In Aleppo, the caravanserais are almost exclusively occupied by merchants, to whom they are, like other houses, rented.
194. oldal - ... the state ; while the great men whose business they are employed in, make them feel the weight of authority, and treat them with the greatest contempt : hence they become habitually...
221. oldal - It was still the hot season of the year, and we were to travel through that country, over which the horrid wind I have before mentioned sweeps its consuming blasts : it is called by the Turks samiel, is mentioned by holy Job under the name of the East Wind, and extends its ravages all the way from the extreme end o'f the Gulph of...