The Lives of Celebrated Travelers, Volume 2J. and J. Harper, 1832 |
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... light by the sounds of music , he beheld keeping ex- act time and motion with the dervishes in their rota- tory dances , running over their heads and arms , turning when they turned , and stopping when they stopped . These timid ...
... light by the sounds of music , he beheld keeping ex- act time and motion with the dervishes in their rota- tory dances , running over their heads and arms , turning when they turned , and stopping when they stopped . These timid ...
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... light . In the level parts of the desert , where the plain was as unbroken as a calm sea , our traveller observed that curious phenomenon called the mirage , or mimic lake , every object within the circumference of which appeared to be ...
... light . In the level parts of the desert , where the plain was as unbroken as a calm sea , our traveller observed that curious phenomenon called the mirage , or mimic lake , every object within the circumference of which appeared to be ...
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... light upon numerous points of sacred geography , our traveller returned to Cairo , descended the Nile , and proceed- ing by sea to Syria , arrived in that country about the commencement of December , 1721. Here he seems , for he has ...
... light upon numerous points of sacred geography , our traveller returned to Cairo , descended the Nile , and proceed- ing by sea to Syria , arrived in that country about the commencement of December , 1721. Here he seems , for he has ...
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... light ; then at once contract and suddenly disappear . But in less than a minute it would begin again to exert itself as before , running along from one place to another with great swiftness , like a train of gun- powder set on fire ...
... light ; then at once contract and suddenly disappear . But in less than a minute it would begin again to exert itself as before , running along from one place to another with great swiftness , like a train of gun- powder set on fire ...
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... light complexions and yellow hair , which seems to have escaped the researches of Leo and all other travellers . These people he with great probability supposes to be descended from the Vandals , who , in the time of Procopius , were ...
... light complexions and yellow hair , which seems to have escaped the researches of Leo and all other travellers . These people he with great probability supposes to be descended from the Vandals , who , in the time of Procopius , were ...
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Page 35 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Page 52 - I was so struck with admiration, that I could not for some time speak to her, being wholly taken up in gazing. That surprising harmony of features ! that charming result of the whole ! that exact proportion of body ! that lovely bloom of complexion, unsullied by art! the unutterable enchantment of her smile ! — But her eyes ! — large and black, with all the soft languishment of the blue ! every turn of her face discovering some new grace.
Page 195 - I saw, with the utmost astonishment, two pieces, thicker and longer than our ordinary beefsteaks, cut out of the higher part of the buttock of the beast. How it was done I cannot positively say, because judging the cow was to be killed from the moment I saw the knife drawn, I was not anxious to view that catastrophe, which was by no means an object of curiosity. Whatever way it was done, it surely was adroitly, and the two pieces were spread upon the outside of one of their shields.
Page 47 - The first part of my dress is a pair of drawers, very full, that reach to my shoes, and conceal the legs more modestly than your petticoats.
Page 210 - Though a mere private Briton, I triumphed here, in my own mind, over kings and their armies ! and every comparison was leading nearer and nearer to presumption, when the place itself where I stood, the object of my vainglory, suggested what depressed my short-lived triumph.
Page 48 - This is fixed on one side of the head, hanging a little way down with a gold tassel, and bound on, either with a circle of diamonds (as I have seen several), or a rich embroidered handkerchief. On the other side of the head, the hair is laid flat; and here the ladies are at liberty to show their fancies; some putting flowers, others a plume of herons...
Page 35 - ... like combustible matter, which were severally set on fire upon the approach of the locusts. But this was all to no purpose ; for the trenches were quickly filled up, and the fires extinguished -by infinite swarms succeeding one another ; whilst the front was regardless of danger, and the rear pressed on so close, that a retreat was altogether impossible.
Page 216 - I saw from the SE a haze come in colour like the purple part of a rainbow, but not so compressed or thick; it did not occupy twenty yards in breadth, and was about twelve feet high from the ground. It was a kind of...
Page 49 - The great ladies seldom let their gallants know who they are ; and 'tis so difficult to find it out, that they can very seldom guess at her name, whom they have corresponded with for above half a year together. You may easily imagine...
Page 214 - SE leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can give no name, though surely one ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. It was in vain to think of flying; the swiftest horse or fastest sailing ship could be of no use to carry us out of this danger, and the full persuasion of this riveted me as if to the spot where I stood...