Visit to the Great Oasis of the Libyan Desert: With an Account, Ancient and Modern, of the Oasis of Amun, and the Other Oases Now Under the Dominion of the Pasha of EgyptLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1837 - 341 עמודים |
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
according ancient antiquities appearance Arabs arches arrived beautiful Boulak brick Byrese Cailliaud called camels caravan Christian coffee columns conf containing cornice cultivated curious Darius date trees Day & Haghe desert distance divinities doorway dragoman dromedary east edifice Egypt Egyptian el Khargeh enclosure façade fatigue feet Garah Genah Greek inscription groves Haghe Liths Herodotus hieroglyphics hills inhabitants interior journey Jupiter Amun KASR OUATY Katshef Khargeh king Kneph L o conf metropolis mountain natives NECROPOLIS Nestorius Nile Oases Oasis Magna Oasis of Amun obliged ophthalmia oracle oracle of Amun ornamented Osiris palm trees Pasha peasants picturesque plain plate propylon pylon region remains Risigat rock Roman ruins sanctuary sand says sculpture sepulchres servants sheakh side situation Siwah stone Sunrise temple of Doosh TEMPLE OF KASR Thebes tombs town travellers Turks valley village walls ZIAN ΔΕ ΕΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΟΣ
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עמוד 50 - A part how small of the terraqueous globe Is tenanted by man? the rest a waste; Rocks, deserts, frozen seas, and burning sands! Wild haunts of monsters, poisons, stings, and death Such is earth's melancholy map! but, far 'More sad! this earth is a true map of man: So bounded are its haughty lord's delights To woe's wide empire, where deep troubles toss.
עמוד 241 - ... 24 feet by 20, supported by four pillars five feet in diameter at the shaft, the walls, as far as they are visible, being traced with figures and hieroglyphics. The winged globe, encompassed by the serpent, the emblem of eternity, is carved over one of the doors. This oasis is composed of twelve villages, of which ten are within five or six miles of each other ; the remaining two being much farther off at the entrance of the plain, and scarcely looked upon as belonging to this division. The sheik...
עמוד 237 - Augela ; and Tazerbo, which is still farther to the west, forms part of the same Oasis ; and they suppose that Wadee Zerzoora also communicates with it. The inhabitants are...
עמוד xix - The lid of the case was on this occasion purposely left open; therefore, had their incantations really possessed any influence except over the reptiles which had been trained to obey their call, this horned snake would most assuredly have made its appearance. Many travellers have believed in the power of these jugglers, because they have not succeeded in detecting their artifices. I do not pretend to understand their tricks; but it seems to me highly probable that the serpents and scorpions which...
עמוד 336 - I command those travelling through the nomes, soldiers, and horsemen, and serjeants, and centurions, and tribunes, and all others, to take nothing nor to exact the privileges of couriers, except certain have my warrants ; and these passing along only indeed to be accommodated with lodging : and that it be laid down, that no man do any thing, beyond what were established by Maximus. But if any individual may give, or consider any thing as given, and exact as for the public service, I will exact ten...
עמוד 230 - Ee'aum., was 18J0, and quite warm to the hand ; at midday, the exterior air being 15°, it was 21°, and cold to the hand ; and in the evening at 9 PM, the exterior air being...
עמוד 16 - Thebes during the whole time of my residence there, smoked his pipe with me ; and on Sunday, which, though we had no church to go to, we invariably made a day of rest, I dined with him. On Thursday evenings also the artists and travellers at Thebes used to assemble in his house, or rather tomb I should call it ; but never was the habitation of death witness to gayer scenes. Though we wore the costume, we did not always preserve the gravity of Turks ; and the saloon, although formerly a sepulchre,...
עמוד 267 - This was very acceptable to Alexander. But then he further said — " I entreat thee, O God, that thou wouldst let me know what I have yet to inquire, and that is, whether I have executed justice upon all my father's murderers, or whether any have escaped ?" At which the oracle cried out " Express thyself better, for no mortal can kill thy father, but all the murderers of Philip have suffered just punishment.
עמוד 14 - I found it advisable to live almost entirely on fowls; and except a glass of light French wine, I drank no other beverage than water. Milk and eggs should be used with caution. Rice and Italian maccaroni are well adapted to the climate; and if a traveller is fortunate in the choice of his cook, he will not say, that an Arab pillof is a bad dish. The water of the Nile agrees with every person ; and however hot the day may be, it is better to drink it cold and pure than to mix it with brandy. When...
עמוד xix - They are said to be hidden in the innermost recesses of the walls. They afterwards went to a tomb where Mr. Bonomi resided, and seemed to charm from their holes another serpent and some scorpions, but failed in enticing a fine serpent which Mr.