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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עמוד 8
... round them , which quite spoils the figure . All the better classes carry fans , which they keep in constant motion , and the dexterous management of which , I should think , forms no small item in the accomplishments of a Spanish lady ...
... round them , which quite spoils the figure . All the better classes carry fans , which they keep in constant motion , and the dexterous management of which , I should think , forms no small item in the accomplishments of a Spanish lady ...
עמוד 22
... round and harassed them , cutting off their stagglers and supplies , never would accept the offered engagement . Both tra- versed countries barren and mountainous , in the depth of winter , and , to complete the resemblance , both ...
... round and harassed them , cutting off their stagglers and supplies , never would accept the offered engagement . Both tra- versed countries barren and mountainous , in the depth of winter , and , to complete the resemblance , both ...
עמוד 26
... round it . Chesnuts are in great quantities , and eaten by every body . You meet with the stoves at all the corners , and the incessant , though not inharmoni- ous cry of " castanas ricas , " salutes you every where . The only wild fowl ...
... round it . Chesnuts are in great quantities , and eaten by every body . You meet with the stoves at all the corners , and the incessant , though not inharmoni- ous cry of " castanas ricas , " salutes you every where . The only wild fowl ...
עמוד 28
... round the capital , very uncertain - they are carried on horseback by couriers , who are frequently robbed . A circumstance occurred in connection with one of these robberies , a few years ago , so characteristic of Spanish law and ...
... round the capital , very uncertain - they are carried on horseback by couriers , who are frequently robbed . A circumstance occurred in connection with one of these robberies , a few years ago , so characteristic of Spanish law and ...
עמוד 34
... round the neck , and a sudden twist produces instant suffocation . The finisher of the law is constantly met lounging about the streets ; that honour is here hereditary , this unfortunate man's father , to save his own neck , having ...
... round the neck , and a sudden twist produces instant suffocation . The finisher of the law is constantly met lounging about the streets ; that honour is here hereditary , this unfortunate man's father , to save his own neck , having ...
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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