The Travels and Adventures of Celebrated Travelers in the Principal Countries of the GlobeHenry Howe, 1854 - 804 pages |
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... seemed necessary , we obtained a hired guard , or a Turkish military escort . In this case , additional weapons were thought to be a preferable substitute to either . Having crossed the Tigris by a miserable ferry - boat , we passed the ...
... seemed necessary , we obtained a hired guard , or a Turkish military escort . In this case , additional weapons were thought to be a preferable substitute to either . Having crossed the Tigris by a miserable ferry - boat , we passed the ...
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... seemed grander and more desolate than before . We succeeded in crossing the river Zab that night , but our muleteers refused crossing till next morning . Soon after leaving Akre we had been joined by a small party of respect- able ...
... seemed grander and more desolate than before . We succeeded in crossing the river Zab that night , but our muleteers refused crossing till next morning . Soon after leaving Akre we had been joined by a small party of respect- able ...
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... seemed disposed to quarrel with him for having taken us under his protection . It was explained to them that we were going to the agha ; but after a brief conversation between them on one side , and the muleteers and Khudr on the other ...
... seemed disposed to quarrel with him for having taken us under his protection . It was explained to them that we were going to the agha ; but after a brief conversation between them on one side , and the muleteers and Khudr on the other ...
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... seemed to have delineated itself on their fierce visages . We had gone only a few rods - perhaps a quarter of a mile - from the place of our en- counter , when the men in charge of us were hailed by another party stationed near the road ...
... seemed to have delineated itself on their fierce visages . We had gone only a few rods - perhaps a quarter of a mile - from the place of our en- counter , when the men in charge of us were hailed by another party stationed near the road ...
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... seemed in haste to strip us . The thought occurred to some of us that perhaps the object of this movement was to have us in a more convenient place for the execution of their bloody purpose . In a few moments our luggage , with Mr ...
... seemed in haste to strip us . The thought occurred to some of us that perhaps the object of this movement was to have us in a more convenient place for the execution of their bloody purpose . In a few moments our luggage , with Mr ...
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Page 43 - Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before.
Page 613 - They are as venomous as the poison of a serpent, even like the deaf adder, that stoppeth her ears; 5 Which refuseth to hear the voice of the charmer, charm he never so wisely.
Page 250 - When hastening to the place from whence others fled with the utmost terror, he steered his direct course to the point of danger, and with so much calmness and presence of mind, as to be able to make and dictate his observations upon the motion and figure of that dreadful scene.
Page 498 - But here, — above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken. For all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone...
Page 554 - Thebes's streets three thousand years ago, When the Memnonium was in all its glory, And time had not begun to overthrow Those temples, palaces, and piles stupendous Of which the very ruins are tremendous.
Page 36 - Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, 'Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And whelm him o'er ! Such fate to suffering worth is...
Page 555 - Or doffed thine own to let Queen Dido pass; Or held, by Solomon's own invitation, A torch at the great temple's dedication. I need not ask thee if that hand, when...
Page 555 - And standest undecayed within our presence, Thou wilt hear nothing till the judgment morning, When the great Trump shall thrill thee with its warning. Why should this worthless tegument endure, If its undying guest be lost...
Page 36 - O' clod or stane, Adorns the histie stibble-field, Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawie bosom sunward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the share uptears thy bed, And low thou lies ! Such is the fate of artless maid, Sweet flow'ret of the rural shade ! By love's simplicity betrayed, And guileless trust, Till she, like thee, all soiled, is laid Low i
Page 691 - It was nicely clean and magnificent. I was met at the door by two black eunuchs, who led me through a long gallery between two ranks of beautiful young girls, with their hair finely plaited, almost hanging to their feet, all dressed in fine light damasks, brocaded with silver.