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 |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 49
עמוד 5
... heights , whence so destructive a fire was poured down upon our gallant country- men , and the tomb of their renowned leader crowns one of the bastions beside us . After waiting for some hours , the health and excise officers arrived ...
... heights , whence so destructive a fire was poured down upon our gallant country- men , and the tomb of their renowned leader crowns one of the bastions beside us . After waiting for some hours , the health and excise officers arrived ...
עמוד 11
... height above the town . You see the old women sitting at their doors plying with great industry the distaff and spindle , the only spinning machine in use here . There are no public conveyances of any kind , and the only carriage is a ...
... height above the town . You see the old women sitting at their doors plying with great industry the distaff and spindle , the only spinning machine in use here . There are no public conveyances of any kind , and the only carriage is a ...
עמוד 18
... heights . On the former of these was posted the British line ; * its right resting upon one of the by - roads leading to Elvina , and its extreme left stretching downwards to the great Madrid road ; while , on the heights above , and ...
... heights . On the former of these was posted the British line ; * its right resting upon one of the by - roads leading to Elvina , and its extreme left stretching downwards to the great Madrid road ; while , on the heights above , and ...
עמוד 20
... heights occupied by the enemy's lines ; and cer- tainly it was a position of extraordinary strength and advantage , commanding a view of not only the whole extent towards the town , but of the inland country to a great distance . And ...
... heights occupied by the enemy's lines ; and cer- tainly it was a position of extraordinary strength and advantage , commanding a view of not only the whole extent towards the town , but of the inland country to a great distance . And ...
עמוד 23
... height between Betanzas and Corunna , a view of the sea suddenly burst upon our sight , and the sea ! the sea ! ' was vociferated by the soldiers in front of the column , and repeated to the rere . I heard that Sir John Moore said to ...
... height between Betanzas and Corunna , a view of the sea suddenly burst upon our sight , and the sea ! the sea ! ' was vociferated by the soldiers in front of the column , and repeated to the rere . I heard that Sir John Moore said to ...
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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