An Interesting Narrative of the Travels of James Bruce, Esq. Into Abyssinia, to Discover the Source of the Nile: Abridged from the Original WorkH.D. Symonds, Paternoster-Row., 1814 - 373 pagina's |
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Pagina 12
... answer , which was this , that every body was employed in making inftru- ments for Danish , Swedish , and other foreign aftrono- mers ; that all thofe which were completed had been bought up , and without waiting a confiderable , inde ...
... answer , which was this , that every body was employed in making inftru- ments for Danish , Swedish , and other foreign aftrono- mers ; that all thofe which were completed had been bought up , and without waiting a confiderable , inde ...
Pagina 22
... answered him in Arabic " Yes , when- ever he pleafed , but could not then stay , as he had re- ceived a meffage that the Bey was waiting . " He replied in Arabic , no , no ; go , for God's fake go ; any time will do for me . " 66 The ...
... answered him in Arabic " Yes , when- ever he pleafed , but could not then stay , as he had re- ceived a meffage that the Bey was waiting . " He replied in Arabic , no , no ; go , for God's fake go ; any time will do for me . " 66 The ...
Pagina 139
... , receive the council of Chalcedon as a rule of faith and , Do you believe that Leo the pope lawfully . and regularly prefided at it , and conducted it ? " To • this the prifoners plainly answered , " That they this BRUCE's TRAVELS . 139.
... , receive the council of Chalcedon as a rule of faith and , Do you believe that Leo the pope lawfully . and regularly prefided at it , and conducted it ? " To • this the prifoners plainly answered , " That they this BRUCE's TRAVELS . 139.
Pagina 140
... answered , " That they looked upon the council of Chalcedon as the fourth general council , and received it as fuch , and as a rule of faith : that they did believe pope Leo lawfully and regularly prefided at it , as being head of the ...
... answered , " That they looked upon the council of Chalcedon as the fourth general council , and received it as fuch , and as a rule of faith : that they did believe pope Leo lawfully and regularly prefided at it , as being head of the ...
Pagina 150
... answered immediately , Alicum Salam ! There is peace between as . He pointed to the chair , which Mr. Bruce declined ; but he obliged him to fit down . In thefe countries , the greater honour that is fhewn you at first meeting , the ...
... answered immediately , Alicum Salam ! There is peace between as . He pointed to the chair , which Mr. Bruce declined ; but he obliged him to fit down . In thefe countries , the greater honour that is fhewn you at first meeting , the ...
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An Interesting Narrative of the Travels of James Bruce, Esq. Into Abyssinia ... James Bruce,Samuel Shaw Volledige weergave - 1790 |
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Pagina 218 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Pagina 369 - ... did actually more than once reach us. Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds. There the tops often separated from the bodies ; and these, once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and did not appear more.
Pagina 320 - Dextrous, too, as the riders are, the elephant sometimes reaches them with his trunk, with which he dashes the horse against the ground, and then sets his feet upon him, till he tears him limb from limb with his proboscis ; *a great many hunters die this way.
Pagina 218 - It is infamy for a man to go to market to buy any thing. He cannot carry water or bake bread ; but he must wash the clothes belonging to both sexes, and, in this function, the women cannot help him.
Pagina 353 - The inside of her lip she had made black with antimony. Her ears reached down to her shoulders, and had the appearance of wings ; she had in each of them a large ring of gold, somewhat smaller than a man's little finger, and about five inches diameter.
Pagina 221 - In the mean time, those within are very much elevated; love lights all its fires, and every thing is permitted with absolute freedom. There is no...
Pagina 279 - I ran down the hill, towards the little island of green sods, which was about two hundred yards distant; the whole side of the hill was thick grown over with flowers, the large bulbous roots of which appearing above the surface of the ground, and their skins coming off on treading upon them, occasioned...
Pagina 208 - Sierra occupied by the 3d division of infantry. — One division of French infantry arrived at the top of the ridge...
Pagina 201 - ... of the heavens. Other countries are not like this, though this was never so bad as it is now. These wretches here are enemies to strangers; if they saw you alone in your own parlour, their first thought would be how to murder you ; though they knew they were to get nothing by it, they would murder you for mere mischief.
Pagina 16 - Tyre seems to have been only a concealment of their knowledge of cochineal, as, had they depended upon the fish for their dye, if the whole city of Tyre applied to nothing else but fishing, they would not have coloured twenty yards of cloth in a year.