The Traveller in Africa: Containing Some Account of the Antiquities, Natural Curiosities, and Inhabitants of Such Parts of that Continent and Its Islands, as Have Been Most Explored by EuropeansDarton, Harvey, and Darton, 1814 - Всего страниц: 374 |
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... soon landed upon a rock . Here I sat like a person stupified , ruminating upon my unfortunate situation ; but I was presently roused , from my reverie , by a party of the natives , who had seen the shipwreck , and had come down to the ...
... soon landed upon a rock . Here I sat like a person stupified , ruminating upon my unfortunate situation ; but I was presently roused , from my reverie , by a party of the natives , who had seen the shipwreck , and had come down to the ...
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... with him from his infancy , and , when he came to the throne , made him his only confident . Such favour at court soon excited jealousy . The prince's ear was poisoned with insinuations of this man's ambition , and , in order to get 21.
... with him from his infancy , and , when he came to the throne , made him his only confident . Such favour at court soon excited jealousy . The prince's ear was poisoned with insinuations of this man's ambition , and , in order to get 21.
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... soon after daybreak breakfast commences , which generally consists of flour and water , not thicker than a cream , flavoured with an herb , that gives it a yellow hue ; the men and women eat sepa- rately ; and the children , brought up ...
... soon after daybreak breakfast commences , which generally consists of flour and water , not thicker than a cream , flavoured with an herb , that gives it a yellow hue ; the men and women eat sepa- rately ; and the children , brought up ...
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... soon as we arrived at the resting place for the night , some of the drivers and slaves dug a hole in the sands to serve for a fireplace , whilst others went in search of wood and three stones , intended for a grate to support the ...
... soon as we arrived at the resting place for the night , some of the drivers and slaves dug a hole in the sands to serve for a fireplace , whilst others went in search of wood and three stones , intended for a grate to support the ...
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... familiar with the manners of the people . Our course was di- rected towards the east , through the most consider- * A sum of money settled on the bride by the bridegroom . able of the three Algerine provinces . We soon left 36.
... familiar with the manners of the people . Our course was di- rected towards the east , through the most consider- * A sum of money settled on the bride by the bridegroom . able of the three Algerine provinces . We soon left 36.
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Стр. 150 - Where brighter suns dispense serener light, And milder moons imparadise the night ; A land of beauty, virtue, valor, truth, Time-tutored age, and love-exalted youth. The wandering mariner, whose eye explores The wealthiest isles, the most enchanting shores, Views not a realm so bountiful and fair, Nor breathes the spirit of a purer air...
Стр. 150 - The heritage of nature's noblest race, There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride, While in his soften'd looks benignly blend The sire, the son, the husband, brother, friend; Here woman reigns; the mother, daughter, wife, Strew with fresh flowers the narrow way of life! In the clear heaven of her delightful eye, An angel-guard of loves and graces lie; Around her knees domestic...
Стр. 150 - Here woman reigns ; the mother, daughter, wife, Strew with fresh flowers the narrow way of life ; In the clear heaven of her delightful eye, An angel-guard of loves and graces lie ; Around her knees domestic duties meet, And fireside pleasures gambol at her feet.
Стр. 223 - It was in vain to think of flying ; the swiftest horse, or fastest sailing ship could be of no use to carry us out of this danger; and the full persuasion of this rivetted me as if to the spot where I stood, and let the camels gain on me so much in my state of lameness, that it was with some difficulty I could overtake them.
Стр. 150 - Touch'd by remembrance trembles to that pole ; For in this land of heaven's peculiar grace, The heritage of nature's noblest race, There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest...
Стр. 341 - As soon as he had seated himself upon a mat by the threshold of his door, a young woman, his intended bride, brought a little water in a calabash, and kneeling down before him, desired him to wash his hands ; when he had done this, the girl, with a tear of joy sparkling in her eyes, drank the water, this being considered as the greatest proof she could possibly give him of her fidelity and attachment.
Стр. 332 - ... from the size of a pin's head to that of a pea, scattered through a large body of sand or clay, and in this state it is called by the Mandingoes sanoo munko (gold powder).
Стр. 150 - An angel-guard of loves and graces lie ; Around her knees domestic duties meet, And fire-side pleasures gambol at her feet. Where shall that land, that spot of earth be found? " Art thou a man — a patriot ? look around, O thou shalt find, howe'er thy footsteps roam, That land thy country, and that spot thy home.
Стр. 224 - I saw from the southeast a haze come, in colour like the purple part of the rainbow, but not so compressed or thick. It did not occupy twenty yards in breadth, and was about twelve feet high from the ground. It was a kind of blush upon the air, and it moved very rapidly, for I...