A Narrative of the Extraordinary Adventures and Sufferings by Shipwreck & Imprisonment, of Donald Campbell: Esq., of Barbreck: with the Singular Humours of His Tartar Guide, Hassan Artaz; Comprising the Occurrences of Four Years and Five Days, in an Overland Journey to IndiaE. Duyckinck, 1801 - 359 страници |
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... Bodies of their Husbands . Negapatnam.` LETTER LX . Page 318 . Leaves Negapatnam . Taken by a French Frigate . Hor- rible Reflections . Suffrein . Character of Tippoo Sahib . Escape . Arrives at Madras . LETTER LXI . Page 326 . Passage ...
... Bodies of their Husbands . Negapatnam.` LETTER LX . Page 318 . Leaves Negapatnam . Taken by a French Frigate . Hor- rible Reflections . Suffrein . Character of Tippoo Sahib . Escape . Arrives at Madras . LETTER LXI . Page 326 . Passage ...
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... bodies . Such , my dear boy , are the miracles that men , ani- mated with the all - subduing spirit of Liberty , can per- form - Liberty ! that immediate jewel of the soul that first moving principle of all the animal creation - which ...
... bodies . Such , my dear boy , are the miracles that men , ani- mated with the all - subduing spirit of Liberty , can per- form - Liberty ! that immediate jewel of the soul that first moving principle of all the animal creation - which ...
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... body of CHRIST . Finis coronat opus . I fancy you have , by this time , had as much of mira- cles as you can well digest : I therefore leave you to reflect upon them and improve . LETTER VIII . As I was going to the barque , at Bruges ...
... body of CHRIST . Finis coronat opus . I fancy you have , by this time , had as much of mira- cles as you can well digest : I therefore leave you to reflect upon them and improve . LETTER VIII . As I was going to the barque , at Bruges ...
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... roughfare accommodations of every kind are tolerably good in it . It would be idle to suppose , that Catholic seal had left so many souls unprotected and undisciplins ed , where there were so many bodies capable of 46 OVERLAND JOURNEY.
... roughfare accommodations of every kind are tolerably good in it . It would be idle to suppose , that Catholic seal had left so many souls unprotected and undisciplins ed , where there were so many bodies capable of 46 OVERLAND JOURNEY.
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... bodies capable of drudgery to pay for it . In truth , there has been as ample provisi on made for the town of Alost in the way of sacerdotal business , as for any other town in the Netherlands — re- gard being had to its bulk ; for ...
... bodies capable of drudgery to pay for it . In truth , there has been as ample provisi on made for the town of Alost in the way of sacerdotal business , as for any other town in the Netherlands — re- gard being had to its bulk ; for ...
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Aleppo appearance army arrived astonishment bashaw bastinadoed beautiful Bidanore Bombay Bruges Brussels called Campbell caravan caravansera carried Christian church circumstances conduct dear FREDERICK death disposition dominion DONALD CAMPBELL Emperor endeavored enemy England English extraordinary extremely father favor feelings fortune gave Ghent give gloomy hand happy heart honor hope horror horses human hundred Hyat Sahib Hyder India inhabitants Janissaries Jemadar journey Julius Cæsar kind length LETTER live Lord Macartney Madonna marks Mahomedan Mangalore mankind manner Mathews means Mecca ment miles mind misery Mosul nature Negapatnam never night obliged observed occasion once Ostend pass perceived person prince prisoners reflection religion rendered santons seemed Sepoys shew soon spirit suffer supposed Tartar thing thought thousand tion Tippoo Tippoo Sahib took town traveller troops Turkish Turks Venice vessel whole wish
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Страница 196 - To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Страница 162 - Commov'd around, in gathering eddies play. Nearer and nearer still they darkening come, Till, with the general all-involving storm Swept up, the whole continuous wilds arise; And, by their noon-day fount dejected thrown, Or sunk at night in sad disastrous sleep, Beneath descending hills the caravan Is buried deep. In Cairo's crowded streets, The impatient merchant, wondering, waits in vain; And Mecca saddens at the long delay.
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Страница 195 - As soon as he stopped at a caravansera, he immediately called lustily about him in the name of the Sultan, demanding, with an imperious and menacing tone of voice, fresh horses, victuals, &c. on the instant. The terror of this great man operated like magic ; nothing could exceed the activity of the men, the briskness of the women, and the terror of the children ; for the...
Страница 136 - ... which is arched, and serves for warehouses to store goods, for lodgings, and for stables, while the upper is used merely for lodgings ; besides which they are always accommodated with a fountain, and have cooks' shops and other conveniences to supply the wants of lodgers. In Aleppo, the caravanserais are almost exclusively occupied by merchants, to whom they are, like other houses, rented.
Страница 194 - ... the state ; while the great men whose business they are employed in, make them feel the weight of authority, and treat them with the greatest contempt : hence they become habitually...
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