Travels to discover the source of the NileBallantyne, 1804 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 68
עמוד 1
... too near to have any thing to do with either of them . At Rere- mont there are a great number of Persian wheels , to draw the water for the sugar canes , which belong to VOL . II . A Christians . The water thus brought up from the ri-
... too near to have any thing to do with either of them . At Rere- mont there are a great number of Persian wheels , to draw the water for the sugar canes , which belong to VOL . II . A Christians . The water thus brought up from the ri-
עמוד 8
... thing about it . On the 22d , at night , we arrived at Achmim . I landed my quadrant and instruments , with the view of observing an eclipse of the moon ; but , immedi- ately after her rising , clouds and mist so effectual- ly covered ...
... thing about it . On the 22d , at night , we arrived at Achmim . I landed my quadrant and instruments , with the view of observing an eclipse of the moon ; but , immedi- ately after her rising , clouds and mist so effectual- ly covered ...
עמוד 21
... thing I have to ask you , " said I , " is , Will you go ashore of your own accord , or will you be thrown into the Nile ? " He answered , with great confidence , " Do you know that , at my word , I can fix your boat to the bottom of the ...
... thing I have to ask you , " said I , " is , Will you go ashore of your own accord , or will you be thrown into the Nile ? " He answered , with great confidence , " Do you know that , at my word , I can fix your boat to the bottom of the ...
עמוד 29
... thing upon the subject , till I come to treat of it in the first of these characters , and more especial- ly till I shall speak of the origin of the Shepherds , and the calamities brought upon Egypt by that powerful nation , a people ...
... thing upon the subject , till I come to treat of it in the first of these characters , and more especial- ly till I shall speak of the origin of the Shepherds , and the calamities brought upon Egypt by that powerful nation , a people ...
עמוד 31
... thing with which his character was artificially associated in the dialect of the priests , and , at another time , the god himself , without a metaphor . Possessing an artificial language , understood only by those who made it ...
... thing with which his character was artificially associated in the dialect of the priests , and , at another time , the god himself , without a metaphor . Possessing an artificial language , understood only by those who made it ...
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Ababdé Abreha Abyssinia Agow Alexandria Amharic anchor ancient Arabia Arabia Felix Arabian Gulf Arabs Axum Azab boat Cairo called camels Cape carried chap Christian coast Coptic Cosseir Cush Cushites Dahalac desert distant east Egypt Egyptian Ethiopia Ethiopic four Frumentius Geez gold Greek hand harp Hassan Hebrew hieroglyphics India Indian Ocean inhabitants island janissaries Jews Jibbel Jidda king Koreish land language leagues likewise Loheia Mahomet Masuah Mecca Meroë miles Mocha monsoon Moses mountains nations night Nile o'clock observed Osiris passed port priests prince probably Ptolemy Rais Red Sea reign religion river rocks Saba sailed sand says Scripture seems servant Sesostris Shekh Shepherds shew ships Shishak shore side signifies Sofala Solomon stone Strabo suppose Syene temple Thebaid Thebes tion told town trade tribes Turks vessel voyage wind word Yambo Yemen
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 40 - The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, "See, this is new?" it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
עמוד 317 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
עמוד 364 - Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters : the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.
עמוד 347 - And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, that Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying, Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
עמוד 346 - And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet ; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.
עמוד 396 - The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon ; aud, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
עמוד 453 - In the end of the twelfth, or beginning of the thirteenth century...
עמוד 76 - Even thfe birds seem to avoid the place as pestilential, not having seen one of any kind so much as flying over. The sun was burning hot, and, upon rubbing two sticks together, in half a minute they both took fire, and flamed ; a mark how near the country was reduced to a general conflagration ! At half past three, we pitched our tent near some draw-wells, which, upon tasting, we found bitterer than soot.
עמוד 136 - ... up the sea as a wall on the right, or to the south, of fifty feet high; still the difficulty would remain of building the wall on the left hand, or to the north. Besides, water standing in that position for a day must have lost the nature of fluid. Whence came that cohesion of particles which hindered that wall to escape at the sides ? This is as great a miracle as that of Moses.
עמוד 397 - AND when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. 2 And Solomon told her all her questions...