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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... Arabian shore - Enters the Red - fea by the straits of Babelmandel - Hard Gale - Arrival in Mocha road- Occurrences at that city - Embarks again - Contrary winds - The vessel driven by currents on the Arabian coast - In imminent danger ...
... Arabian shore - Enters the Red - fea by the straits of Babelmandel - Hard Gale - Arrival in Mocha road- Occurrences at that city - Embarks again - Contrary winds - The vessel driven by currents on the Arabian coast - In imminent danger ...
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... Arabian coaft - Tedious paffage to the gulf of Akaba - Strange instance of the notion of the dominion of evil spirits - Makes the fhore adjacent to Mount Sinai- Cape Mahomet - Enters the gulf of Suez - The boat is run over to the ...
... Arabian coaft - Tedious paffage to the gulf of Akaba - Strange instance of the notion of the dominion of evil spirits - Makes the fhore adjacent to Mount Sinai- Cape Mahomet - Enters the gulf of Suez - The boat is run over to the ...
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... Arabian manners this circumstance is to be attributed . Where the natives are content with the coarsest food that a country produces , it is no wonder that the more delicate viands are readily procured , by the few Europeans who visit ...
... Arabian manners this circumstance is to be attributed . Where the natives are content with the coarsest food that a country produces , it is no wonder that the more delicate viands are readily procured , by the few Europeans who visit ...
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... Arabian politics ! The women in Arabia are kept in much stricter confinement , than those of their religion in India . The females of rank are shut up in their apartments , and never stir abroad , except now and then , to accompany ...
... Arabian politics ! The women in Arabia are kept in much stricter confinement , than those of their religion in India . The females of rank are shut up in their apartments , and never stir abroad , except now and then , to accompany ...
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... Arabian legislator rises far beyond the boasted policy of European states . To his justice it is owing , that the destruction of innocence is held in such abhorrence ; and to his rectitude of thinking , that the mere accomplice of a ...
... Arabian legislator rises far beyond the boasted policy of European states . To his justice it is owing , that the destruction of innocence is held in such abhorrence ; and to his rectitude of thinking , that the mere accomplice of a ...
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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. 39 - When even at last the solemn hour shall come, And wing my mystic flight to future worlds, I cheerful will obey ; there, with new powers, Will rising wonders sing. I cannot go Where universal love not smiles around...
Стр. 263 - Rather let prudence and temper come first from this side. I will undertake for America that she will follow the example.
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.