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 61
עמוד vii
... overlooked by former travellers . Though much has lately been written about the change now taking place in Egypt , it is a subject upon which the British public can never be too well viii PREFACE . informed , and cannot take too deep.
... overlooked by former travellers . Though much has lately been written about the change now taking place in Egypt , it is a subject upon which the British public can never be too well viii PREFACE . informed , and cannot take too deep.
עמוד 3
... never saluted my ears . The sea moderated , and we determined on running into Corunna to refit . How weary one feels on first coming on deck , after a few days ' sea - rocking ; a lassitude very similar to that experienced in coach ...
... never saluted my ears . The sea moderated , and we determined on running into Corunna to refit . How weary one feels on first coming on deck , after a few days ' sea - rocking ; a lassitude very similar to that experienced in coach ...
עמוד 7
... the size of a shilling . Ringlets Ringlets and curls are unknown , and I never saw the hair turned up - that object so longed for by the sex in our own country - so anxiously 8 SPANISH LADIES . looked forward to by all industrious.
... the size of a shilling . Ringlets Ringlets and curls are unknown , and I never saw the hair turned up - that object so longed for by the sex in our own country - so anxiously 8 SPANISH LADIES . looked forward to by all industrious.
עמוד 9
... never could divest myself of the idea of their having the deadly , treacherous stilletto hidden in its dark folds . They seem partial to the brightest colours ; scarlet trowsers being a favourite piece of dress . The dress of the ...
... never could divest myself of the idea of their having the deadly , treacherous stilletto hidden in its dark folds . They seem partial to the brightest colours ; scarlet trowsers being a favourite piece of dress . The dress of the ...
עמוד 10
... never any where saw so many deformities , such as diseased spines and hips , club feet , & c . & c . The children are squalid in the extreme ; but with the exception of one or two blind crones at either gate of the town , there are very ...
... never any where saw so many deformities , such as diseased spines and hips , club feet , & c . & c . The children are squalid in the extreme ; but with the exception of one or two blind crones at either gate of the town , there are very ...
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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