Letters on Egypt: Containing a Parallel Between the Manners of Its Ancient and Modern Inhabitants, Its Commerce, Agriculture, Government and Religion, with the Descent of Louis IX at Damieta, Extracted from Joinville and Arabian Authors, Volume 1G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1787 |
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Pagina 15
... hand of man . ( s ) To render this calculation exact , we ought to know whether the Greek , the Roman , and Arabian cubit were precifely the fame , or what were the vari- ations it has undergone , among these different people ; which ...
... hand of man . ( s ) To render this calculation exact , we ought to know whether the Greek , the Roman , and Arabian cubit were precifely the fame , or what were the vari- ations it has undergone , among these different people ; which ...
Pagina 26
... hand of man , named Kibotos , ( k ) which communicated with the lake Mare- otis by a canal . Between this canal and the palace stood the admirable temple of Sera- pis ; ( 1 ) that of Neptune was built near the grand fquare , where the ...
... hand of man , named Kibotos , ( k ) which communicated with the lake Mare- otis by a canal . Between this canal and the palace stood the admirable temple of Sera- pis ; ( 1 ) that of Neptune was built near the grand fquare , where the ...
Pagina 28
... hand . Aftonished at his victory , the conqueror wrote to the Caliph- " I have taken the " city of the weft , the extent of which is " immenfe , and its miracles too numerous " for me to defcribe . It contains four thou- " fand baths ...
... hand . Aftonished at his victory , the conqueror wrote to the Caliph- " I have taken the " city of the weft , the extent of which is " immenfe , and its miracles too numerous " for me to defcribe . It contains four thou- " fand baths ...
Pagina 43
... , afterwards , beside the fea , the profpect extends on one hand over waves , and on the other over fandy fields , of melancholy and arid uniformity , which is here and there interrupted by date- trees . which ONE G Y P T. 43.
... , afterwards , beside the fea , the profpect extends on one hand over waves , and on the other over fandy fields , of melancholy and arid uniformity , which is here and there interrupted by date- trees . which ONE G Y P T. 43.
Pagina 64
... hands , which twined round their bodies , and endeavoured to efcape . ( z ) Our Lord Abraham . The Arabs , being defcend → ants of Abraham , from Ifhmael , hold him in great vene- ration , and keep an annual festival in his honour ...
... hands , which twined round their bodies , and endeavoured to efcape . ( z ) Our Lord Abraham . The Arabs , being defcend → ants of Abraham , from Ifhmael , hold him in great vene- ration , and keep an annual festival in his honour ...
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Abulfeda againſt Alexandria Almai almoſt ancient Arabs banks becauſe boats built Caliph canal Canopus cloſed Copts Damietta defcend defcribed defcription defert Delta deſtroyed Diodorus Diodorus Siculus diſtance eaft eaſtern Eddin Egypt Egyptians faid fame fands Father Sicard fays fecond feems feen feet fent feven fhall fhore fide fince firft firſt fituation flaves fmall Foftat fome fquare French ftands ftill ftones fuch fuppofed furrounded Giza Herodotus himſelf hiſtory honour houſes hundred increaſe inhabitants iſland itſelf Joinville king lake lake Mareotis lake Maris leagues M. L. M. Grand Cairo Mafr Mamluks Manfoura marble Memphis Menouf mofque moft moſt muſt neceffary Nile obferved paffage paffed pleaſure prefent preſerved Ptolemy pyramid raiſed rife river Rofetta ruins ſeen ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſpace ſpeak ſtanding ſtill ſtone ſtopped Strabo thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand Turks uſe vaft veffels vifit village weft whofe whoſe
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Pagina 168 - Thus do they endeavour to charm away the dulnefs of captivity. • . Not that they are wholly prifoners ; once or twice a week they are permitted to go to the bath, and vifit female relations and friends. To bewail the dead is, likewife, a duty they are allowed to perform. I have often feen diftradted mothers round Grand Cairo, reciting funeral hymns over the tombs they had ftrewed with odoriferous plants.
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