A Series of Adventures in the Course of a Voyage Up the Red-Sea, on the Coasts of Arabia and EgyptJ. Dodsley, 1780 - 1 страници |
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... live a voluntary exile from his native place , secure of the affection of the people , and conscious of the esteem of the king . A king ! who still continues under the delusion of having preferred a faithful subject , agreeably to his ...
... live a voluntary exile from his native place , secure of the affection of the people , and conscious of the esteem of the king . A king ! who still continues under the delusion of having preferred a faithful subject , agreeably to his ...
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... lives of the followers of a powerful court ? if female beauty be doomed to folitude in these rude parts , is not the liberty which is allowed it in more polished countries , too often the source of calamities more grievous than ...
... lives of the followers of a powerful court ? if female beauty be doomed to folitude in these rude parts , is not the liberty which is allowed it in more polished countries , too often the source of calamities more grievous than ...
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... the course of this narrative , that had we not considered the vessel's safety prior to our own , our lives had probably never been endangered , and we had escaped a D 2 I escaped a fund of trouble and disquietude . But [ 19 ]
... the course of this narrative , that had we not considered the vessel's safety prior to our own , our lives had probably never been endangered , and we had escaped a D 2 I escaped a fund of trouble and disquietude . But [ 19 ]
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... lives were held . It was impossible to answer for the forbearance or humanity of people , who had broken through the most sacred precept of their religion , in their treatment of us , should they once get the vessel into their ...
... lives were held . It was impossible to answer for the forbearance or humanity of people , who had broken through the most sacred precept of their religion , in their treatment of us , should they once get the vessel into their ...
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... live in , is the greatest hardship which we labor under . In other respects , our situation is as comfortable as prisoners could expect . Our very guard are as civil as their manners will admit of ; and though their presence is ...
... live in , is the greatest hardship which we labor under . In other respects , our situation is as comfortable as prisoners could expect . Our very guard are as civil as their manners will admit of ; and though their presence is ...
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Adventure againſt anchor appearance Arabian Arabs arms arrival attended baggage boat brought Cairo called camels captain carried charge coaſt conſidered courſe danger departure doubt effects Egypt engaged Engliſh eſcape expected eyes fail firſt Ghinnah give guard hakeem half hand himſelf hopes houſe humanity Ibrahim idea immediately iſland itſelf journey Judda land laſt late leaſt leave leſs letter light lives look manner matter means miles mind morning moſt muſt nature night Nile o'clock obliged obſerved occaſion officer once ourſelves paſſed pilot port preſent promiſed prove received remain reſpect river road rocks ſame ſea ſecurity ſeemed ſent ſervants ſhaik ſhould ſituation ſome ſtill ſuch Suez taken themſelves theſe thing thoſe tion took town travellers Turk veſſel viſit vizier whole whoſe wind Yambo
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Страница 39 - When even at last the solemn hour shall come, And wing my mystic flight to future worlds, I cheerful will obey ; there, with new powers, Will rising wonders sing. I cannot go Where universal love not smiles around...
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Страница 371 - ... multitude. To the eye below, the capital of the pillar does not appear capable of holding more than one man upon it; but our seamen found it could contain no less than eight persons very conveniently.
Страница 372 - ... of the volute before mentioned, which came down with a thundering sound, and was carried to England by one of the captains, as a present to a lady who had commissioned him for a piece of the pillar.
Страница 371 - Turkish government, he left them to themselves ; and politely answered, that the English were too great patriots to injure the remains of Pompey. He knew little, however, of the disposition of the people who were engaged in this undertaking.
Страница 371 - A two-inch rope was tied to one end of the string, and drawn over the pillar by the end to which the kite was affixed. By this rope one of the seamen ascended to the top ; and in less than an hour a kind of shroud was constructed, by which the whole company went up, and drank their punch amid the shouts of the astonished multitude.
Страница 371 - A man was despatched to the city for a paper kite. The inhabitants were by this time apprized of what was going forward, and flocked in crowds to be witnesses of the address and boldness of the English. The governor of Alexandria was told that these seamen were about to pull down Pompey's pillar.
Страница 39 - tis nought to me : Since GOD is ever prefent, ever felt, In the void wafte as in the city full ; And where HE vital breathes there muft be joy.
Страница 371 - The boat was ordered, and with proper implements for the attempt, these enterprising heroes pushed ashore, to drink a bowl of punch on the top of Pompey's pillar ! At the spot they arrived, and many contrivances were proposed to accomplish the desired point. But their labour was vain, and they began to despair of success, when the genius who struck out the frolic happily suggested the means of performing it.
Страница 120 - As I foretold you, were all fpirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air ; And, like the bafelefs fabric of this vifion, The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The folemn temples, the great globe itfelf, Yea, all which it inherit, fhall diffolve ; And, like this infubftantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind ! We are fuch fluff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a Deep.