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 and Antiquities of the Countries VisitedW. Curry, jun., 1844 - 648 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 76
עמוד 2
... thing ! it came , like Noah's of old , not with an olive leaf , and the welcome tidings of land , but to tell us , that she , too , could find no rest for the sole of her foot . " The wind continuing to head us , and freshening into a ...
... thing ! it came , like Noah's of old , not with an olive leaf , and the welcome tidings of land , but to tell us , that she , too , could find no rest for the sole of her foot . " The wind continuing to head us , and freshening into a ...
עמוד 7
... thing else , and when you ride into the country , their scream- ing assails you from all directions . The horses and asses in this part of Spain are smaller than in any other : the former have a good dash of Arab blood in them , and the ...
... thing else , and when you ride into the country , their scream- ing assails you from all directions . The horses and asses in this part of Spain are smaller than in any other : the former have a good dash of Arab blood in them , and the ...
עמוד 12
... thing from him , but the original is written in an honest spirit , free from the many absurdities and amplifications of the translator . The trans- lation by W. Haliday is much better . Henry O'Hart , a schoolmaster in the county Sligo ...
... thing from him , but the original is written in an honest spirit , free from the many absurdities and amplifications of the translator . The trans- lation by W. Haliday is much better . Henry O'Hart , a schoolmaster in the county Sligo ...
עמוד 16
... the French lines formed the base , while the British kept them at bay in the centre . Had the the transports arrived from Vigo , as was expected , on our men reaching this on the 13th , THE RETREAT . 17 every thing could have been gotten.
... the French lines formed the base , while the British kept them at bay in the centre . Had the the transports arrived from Vigo , as was expected , on our men reaching this on the 13th , THE RETREAT . 17 every thing could have been gotten.
עמוד 17
... thing could have been gotten safely on board before the ar- rival of the main body of the enemy , as we were two days ' march a - head , and so Soult have been outwitted ; his plan having evi- dently been to keep harassing us on the ...
... thing could have been gotten safely on board before the ar- rival of the main body of the enemy , as we were two days ' march a - head , and so Soult have been outwitted ; his plan having evi- dently been to keep harassing us on the ...
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afforded Alexandria Algiers ancient animals appearance Arabs arches basalt Básha beautiful Bedawees beneath boat Cairo called camels centre chambers Cleopatra's needles climate coast colour Corunna Coural covered dress dromedary Egypt Egyptian English entrance erected European feet French Funchal gate Gibraltar Greek Guanches harbour head height Herodotus hills Holy horses houses inhabitants invalids island Jerusalem Jews Josephus Kabyles Kastelorizo land light Lisbon look Madeira marble miles Mohammad Alee Mohammadan Mooslims morning mosque Mount Mount Sion mountains natives night Nile ornamented passed persons pillar plain Pompey's pillar port present principal pyramids rain remains remarkable residence rise rock roof round ruins scene seen sepulchres shore side Sion Sooltan spot stones streets surrounded Syria Telmessus temple Teneriffe tombs tower town traveller trees Turkish Turks Tyre valley vegetation vessels wall whole wind