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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... business he or his master could have with a vessel , which had not entered their port , and was in want of nothing but a pilot , which it was at their option to afford her . We observed the odium that would attend such pro- ceedings ...
... business he or his master could have with a vessel , which had not entered their port , and was in want of nothing but a pilot , which it was at their option to afford her . We observed the odium that would attend such pro- ceedings ...
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... business as the reason . But we were by this time , too well convinced of his infincerity , to swallow the excuse with our ufual facility . Our state was now more deplorable than ever . The arrival of a dispatch from Mecca , had ...
... business as the reason . But we were by this time , too well convinced of his infincerity , to swallow the excuse with our ufual facility . Our state was now more deplorable than ever . The arrival of a dispatch from Mecca , had ...
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... business was to look at our chart of the Red Sea . Our Arabs tell us that he is one of the best pilots of their nation . On a review of this chart we find it tolerably exact , as to the names of the ifslands and headlands on this coast ...
... business was to look at our chart of the Red Sea . Our Arabs tell us that he is one of the best pilots of their nation . On a review of this chart we find it tolerably exact , as to the names of the ifslands and headlands on this coast ...
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... business to appear to place an un- limited confidence in the man , whom chance had made the master of our fates . And indeed he acted very impartially on the occafion , and concluded his harangue , with intreating us to confult our ...
... business to appear to place an un- limited confidence in the man , whom chance had made the master of our fates . And indeed he acted very impartially on the occafion , and concluded his harangue , with intreating us to confult our ...
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... business of moment to ourselves . He was of the race of the Seids , who pretend to be the defcendants of Ma- homet , and , as such , are universally respected among the follow- ers ۱ ers of that successful impoftor . The generality of ...
... business of moment to ourselves . He was of the race of the Seids , who pretend to be the defcendants of Ma- homet , and , as such , are universally respected among the follow- ers ۱ ers of that successful impoftor . The generality of ...
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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.
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