A Series of Adventures in the Course of a Voyage Up the Red-Sea, on the Coasts of Arabia and EgyptJ. Dodsley, 1780 - Всего страниц: 1 |
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... scenes , in which he was engaged , and repre- sentations of the fingular customs of the country , would have brought them forward to the reader's eye . He must ever lament the deficiency of his work in this respect : but he is happy at ...
... scenes , in which he was engaged , and repre- sentations of the fingular customs of the country , would have brought them forward to the reader's eye . He must ever lament the deficiency of his work in this respect : but he is happy at ...
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... scene fuddenly changes from a sandy waste , to a ver- dant and fertile foil ; from a scarcity of palatable water , to a profufion of chrystal springs and running streams . In this desart barrier there are found quantities of shells ...
... scene fuddenly changes from a sandy waste , to a ver- dant and fertile foil ; from a scarcity of palatable water , to a profufion of chrystal springs and running streams . In this desart barrier there are found quantities of shells ...
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... , whom he only knew by report . We had been surprized at the deportment of the vizier's servants yesterday . But that was a scene of little admiration , admiration , when compared with the audience we now obtained 3 [ 22 ]
... , whom he only knew by report . We had been surprized at the deportment of the vizier's servants yesterday . But that was a scene of little admiration , admiration , when compared with the audience we now obtained 3 [ 22 ]
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... scene , even on the very day it occurred , I cannot charge my memory with a single cir- cumstance , by which the fincerity of the vizier was liable to suspicion . So well was the plot laid , with such address did the principal ...
... scene , even on the very day it occurred , I cannot charge my memory with a single cir- cumstance , by which the fincerity of the vizier was liable to suspicion . So well was the plot laid , with such address did the principal ...
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... scene , that threatened to end very tragically . We were ruminating on the issue of this extraordinary adventure , when the Arabian musketry began to play briskly on the vessel . As a part of the fort skreened the action from our view ...
... scene , that threatened to end very tragically . We were ruminating on the issue of this extraordinary adventure , when the Arabian musketry began to play briskly on the vessel . As a part of the fort skreened the action from our view ...
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againſt anſwer appearance Arabian Arabs arrival aſſiſtance aſſured baggage beſt boat breakfaſt buſineſs Cairo camels captain caravan cauſe Chriſtian circumſtance cloſe Cofire confiderable conſequence courſe defire deſart deſign diſpatched diſtance Egypt Engliſh eſcape fent firſt fome foon furprized Ghinnah Hadgee Uttalah hakeem hoſt houſe Ibrahim Ibrahim Beg intereſt iſland itſelf journey Judda juſt laſt ſtage leaſt leſs loſs maſter meaſure miles morning moſt muſt night Nile nokidah o'clock obſervation occafion ourſelves paſs paſſage paſſed paſt perſons pleaſed pleaſure preſent preſerve promiſed purpoſe reaſon repoſe reſpect reſt robbers ſafety ſame ſcene ſea ſecurity ſeemed ſeen ſent ſervants ſerved ſervice ſet ſeven ſeveral ſhaik ſhe ſhip ſhore ſhort ſhould ſince ſituation ſmall ſome ſpirit ſtand ſtate ſtep ſtill ſtood ſtory ſtrangers ſtreets ſtrong ſubject ſuch Suez ſupply ſuppoſed ſword themſelves theſe thoſe tion Turk Upper Egypt uſe uſual veſſel viſit vizier whoſe wind Yambo
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Стр. 371 - ... multitude. To the eye below, the capital of the pillar does not appear capable of holding more than one man upon it; but our seamen found it could contain no less than eight persons very conveniently.
Стр. 372 - ... of the volute before mentioned, which came down with a thundering sound, and was carried to England by one of the captains, as a present to a lady who had commissioned him for a piece of the pillar.
Стр. 371 - Turkish government, he left them to themselves ; and politely answered, that the English were too great patriots to injure the remains of Pompey. He knew little, however, of the disposition of the people who were engaged in this undertaking.
Стр. 371 - A two-inch rope was tied to one end of the string, and drawn over the pillar by the end to which the kite was affixed. By this rope one of the seamen ascended to the top ; and in less than an hour a kind of shroud was constructed, by which the whole company went up, and drank their punch amid the shouts of the astonished multitude.
Стр. 371 - A man was despatched to the city for a paper kite. The inhabitants were by this time apprized of what was going forward, and flocked in crowds to be witnesses of the address and boldness of the English. The governor of Alexandria was told that these seamen were about to pull down Pompey's pillar.
Стр. 39 - tis nought to me : Since GOD is ever prefent, ever felt, In the void wafte as in the city full ; And where HE vital breathes there muft be joy.
Стр. 371 - The boat was ordered, and with proper implements for the attempt, these enterprising heroes pushed ashore, to drink a bowl of punch on the top of Pompey's pillar ! At the spot they arrived, and many contrivances were proposed to accomplish the desired point. But their labour was vain, and they began to despair of success, when the genius who struck out the frolic happily suggested the means of performing it.
Стр. 120 - As I foretold you, were all fpirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air ; And, like the bafelefs fabric of this vifion, The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The folemn temples, the great globe itfelf, Yea, all which it inherit, fhall diffolve ; And, like this infubftantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind ! We are fuch fluff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a Deep.