 Egypt, that summits of the ruins of ancient cities, buried under these sands still appear externally; and that but for a ridge of mountains called the Lybian chain, which borders the left bank of the Nile, and forms, in the parts where it rises, a barrier...  Essay on the Theory of the Earth - עמוד 379מאת Georges baron Cuvier - 1827 - 550 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Jean André Luc - 1811 - 576 דפים
...ridge of mountains called the Lybian chain, " which borders the left bank of the Nile, and " fonns, in the parts where it rises, a barrier against " the...villages " swallowed up by the sand of the desert, to tram* " pie under foot their roofs, to strike against the " summits of their minarets, to reflect that... | |
 | Jean André Luc - 1811 - 580 דפים
...ridge of mountains called the Lybian chain, " which borders the left bank of the JSV/<?, and " forms, in the parts where it rises, a barrier against " the..." on that side, would long since have ceased to be 11 habitable. " Nothing can be more melancholy," " says this traveller, " than to walk over villages... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1823 - 474 דפים
...a ridge of mountains, called the Lybian chain, which borders the left bank of the Nile, and forms, in the parts where it rises, a barrier against the...swallowed up by the sand of the desert, to trample underfoot their roofs, to strike against the summits of their minarets, to reflect, that yonder were... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1823 - 352 דפים
...a ridge of mountains, called the Lybian chain, which borders the left bank of the Nile, and forms, in the parts where it rises, a barrier against the...side, would long since have ceased to be habitable. Nothiug can be more melancholy, says this traveller) than to walk over villages, swallowed up by the... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1826 - 536 דפים
...for a ridge of mountains, called the Lybian Chain, which borders the left bank of the Nile, and forms a barrier against the invasion of these sands, the...long since have ceased to be habitable. " Nothing," says M. Denon, " can be more melancholy, than to walk over villages swallowed by the sand of the desert,... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1834 - 492 דפים
...mountains, called the Libyan Chain, which borders the left bank of the Nile, and forms a barrier ugainst the invasion of these sands, the shores of the river,...long since have ceased to be habitable. " Nothing," says M. Denon, " can be more melancholy, than to walk over villages swallowed by the sand of the desert,... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1836 - 396 דפים
...for a ridge of mountains called the Lybian chain, which borders the left bank of the Nile, and forms, in the parts where it rises, a barrier against the...habitable. " Nothing can be more melancholy," says Denon, " than to walk over villages, swallowed up by the sand of the desert, to trample under foot... | |
 | Minna (fict.name.) - 1838 - 336 דפים
...mountains called the Libyan chain, which borders the left bank of the Nile, and forms a barrier against these sands, the shores of the river on that side would long have ceased to be inhabited." " Will, then, all the land be covered with sand by and bye," said Minna,... | |
 | William MacGillivray - 1840 - 266 דפים
...mountains called the Libyan chain, which borders the left bank of the Nile, and forms, in the part where it rises, a barrier against the invasion of...habitable. " Nothing can be more melancholy," says Denon, " than to walk over villages, swallowed up by the sand of the desert, to trample under foot... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1841 - 388 דפים
...of the Nile, and forms, in the parts where it rises, a barrier against the invasion of these sinds, the shores of the river, on that side, would long...habitable. " Nothing can be more melancholy," says Denon, " than to walk over villages, swallowed up by the sand of the desert, to trample under foot... | |
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