Narrative of a Voyage to Madeira, Teneriffe and Along the Shores of the Mediterranean: Including a Visit to Algiers, Egypt, Palestine, Tyre, Rhodes, Telmessus, Cyprus and Greece : with Observations on the Present State and Prospects of Egypt and Palestine and on the Climate, Natural History, Antiquities, Etc. of the Countries Visited ; in Two Volumes, כרך 1Curry, 1840 - 464 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 27
עמוד 4
... entered a foreign port , that our pilot's first inquiry , on coming aboard , was after the rum bottle . Pilotage here is very high , although but small skill is required . Little is seen of the town before entering the harbour , except ...
... entered a foreign port , that our pilot's first inquiry , on coming aboard , was after the rum bottle . Pilotage here is very high , although but small skill is required . Little is seen of the town before entering the harbour , except ...
עמוד 16
... entered the merchant ser- vice , and some years afterwards was wrecked returning from the West Indies as mate - having suffered unspeakable hardships in an open boat for three weeks , during which time they were reduced to the horrible ...
... entered the merchant ser- vice , and some years afterwards was wrecked returning from the West Indies as mate - having suffered unspeakable hardships in an open boat for three weeks , during which time they were reduced to the horrible ...
עמוד 31
... entered , there were 800 at work ! They sit at tables , with a smooth thick board placed before them , of about a foot square . The leaf is first damped , and then a certain quan- tity weighed out to each individual , and for which she ...
... entered , there were 800 at work ! They sit at tables , with a smooth thick board placed before them , of about a foot square . The leaf is first damped , and then a certain quan- tity weighed out to each individual , and for which she ...
עמוד 40
... entered the Tagus on the 12th ; the atmosphere misty , and the wind blowing a stiff breeze down the river , which presented just here a noble expanse of water , but so muddy , from its admixture with sand and dirt , that it had quite ...
... entered the Tagus on the 12th ; the atmosphere misty , and the wind blowing a stiff breeze down the river , which presented just here a noble expanse of water , but so muddy , from its admixture with sand and dirt , that it had quite ...
עמוד 42
... of Mafra - externally the walls are rather too highly decorated , and its order of architecture hard to define ; if any be adhered to , it is the Corinthian . The doors being open , we INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH . 43 entered , just as.
... of Mafra - externally the walls are rather too highly decorated , and its order of architecture hard to define ; if any be adhered to , it is the Corinthian . The doors being open , we INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH . 43 entered , just as.
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Alexandria Algiers amongst animals appearance Arab basalt Basha beautiful Bedawees beneath boats Cairo camel Canaries carried centre Cleopatra's needle climate clothed coast colour consul Corunna costume Coural covered dress dromedary Egypt Egyptian elevation English erected European feet finest fish French Funchal garden Grand Canary greater number groves Guanches guarda-costas hand handsome harbour hareem head height HERCULES TOWER hills horses houses immense invalids island Kabyles ladies land light Lisbon look Madeira Mafra marble miles Mohammadan Moorish Moors morning mosque mountains natives night o'clock officers orange Oratava ornament passed pillar plain plants Pompey's pillar Portugal present principal quantity red-legged partridge residence rise rock roof round sails scene seen shore side Spanish spot streets surrounded temperature Teneriffe tomb town trees tufa Turkish Turks valley vegetation vessels walls wind wine