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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... tranfmitted to India at the time . The paper may have miscarried , but the parties are alive to testify the fact . All that delicacy and humanity could fug- geft , 5 gest , has been observed on the occafion . The X ADVERTISEΜΕΝΤ .
... tranfmitted to India at the time . The paper may have miscarried , but the parties are alive to testify the fact . All that delicacy and humanity could fug- geft , 5 gest , has been observed on the occafion . The X ADVERTISEΜΕΝΤ .
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Eyles Irwin. gest , has been observed on the occafion . The name of the unhappy person is suppressed , and self - vindica- tion alone could have induced him to revive a fub- ject , which more nearly affected the author and his companions ...
Eyles Irwin. gest , has been observed on the occafion . The name of the unhappy person is suppressed , and self - vindica- tion alone could have induced him to revive a fub- ject , which more nearly affected the author and his companions ...
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... allowed to proceed - Presents to the vizier on this occafion - Egregiously impofed upon by this minister in the bire of a veffel - They embark on an open loat for Suez . 7 Journal Journal of the boat Impofition - Detained by contrary winds.
... allowed to proceed - Presents to the vizier on this occafion - Egregiously impofed upon by this minister in the bire of a veffel - They embark on an open loat for Suez . 7 Journal Journal of the boat Impofition - Detained by contrary winds.
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... occafion , to restore this drooping branch of com- merce to its original value . Neither is the prefence of Mr. Horseley at Mocha , of less moment to the interests of travellers , who prefer this short cut to Europe , to the old track ...
... occafion , to restore this drooping branch of com- merce to its original value . Neither is the prefence of Mr. Horseley at Mocha , of less moment to the interests of travellers , who prefer this short cut to Europe , to the old track ...
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... occafion . They have assured us more than once , that they were obliged to ad- vance the sum in question , for which they have not yet been satisfied . It is necessary to add , that this occurrence , so dif- graceful in its nature , was ...
... occafion . They have assured us more than once , that they were obliged to ad- vance the sum in question , for which they have not yet been satisfied . It is necessary to add , that this occurrence , so dif- graceful in its nature , was ...
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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.
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