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 Damietta. Extracted from Joinville, and Arabian Authors, Volume 1G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1787 |
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... see them " such as they are , leave your prejudices be- " hind you . Be it your endeavour to paint " the people you behold after Nature ; let " the Turk refemble himself , and do not 86 give us a picture of Paris inftead of Grand ...
... see them " such as they are , leave your prejudices be- " hind you . Be it your endeavour to paint " the people you behold after Nature ; let " the Turk refemble himself , and do not 86 give us a picture of Paris inftead of Grand ...
Pagina 46
... see the prodigious con- courfe of people , who come , from all parts , to the feasts of Serapis , down the canal of Alexandria , which is , day and night , covered with boats , full of men and women , who fing and dance with extreme ...
... see the prodigious con- courfe of people , who come , from all parts , to the feasts of Serapis , down the canal of Alexandria , which is , day and night , covered with boats , full of men and women , who fing and dance with extreme ...
Pagina 77
... see the children , of both fexes , exercising themselves by fwim- ming : they daub themselves with mud , plunge into the water , and land but to dive again . Swimming is here the pleasure of neceffity . Egypt being every where inter ...
... see the children , of both fexes , exercising themselves by fwim- ming : they daub themselves with mud , plunge into the water , and land but to dive again . Swimming is here the pleasure of neceffity . Egypt being every where inter ...
Pagina 92
... See the preceding letter . ( The oriental hiftorians have never called Foftat by the name of Kahera ( Cairo ) ; they first named it Foftat , then Foftat Mafr ; and , fince its decline , Mafr Elatik . The Venetian merchants firft gave it ...
... See the preceding letter . ( The oriental hiftorians have never called Foftat by the name of Kahera ( Cairo ) ; they first named it Foftat , then Foftat Mafr ; and , fince its decline , Mafr Elatik . The Venetian merchants firft gave it ...
Pagina 105
... the Bey who undertakes to escort the caravan which departs every year from Cairo to Mecca . ( e ) See abrégé de la vie de Mahomet by Savary , p . 4 . thus more ancient monuments . Some distance from these beautiful columns ON EGYPT . τος.
... the Bey who undertakes to escort the caravan which departs every year from Cairo to Mecca . ( e ) See abrégé de la vie de Mahomet by Savary , p . 4 . thus more ancient monuments . Some distance from these beautiful columns ON EGYPT . τος.
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Abulfeda againſt Alexandria Almai almoſt ancient Arabs banks becauſe befide boats built Caliph canal Canopus Copts Damietta defcend defcribed defcription defert Delta deſtroyed Diodorus Diodorus Siculus diſtance Eaft eaſtern Eddin Egypt Egyptians facred faid fame fands fecond feem feen feet fent feven fhades fhall fhore fhould fide fince firft firſt fituation flaves fmall Foftat fome fquare French ftands ftill ftones fuch fuppofe furrounded Giza Heliopolis Herodotus himſelf hiſtory honour houſes hundred increaſe inhabitants interfected iſland itſelf Joinville king lake lake Mareotis lake Maris leagues lefs M. L. M. Grand Cairo Mafr Manfoura marble Memphis Menouf mofque moft moſt muſt neceffary Nile obferved oppofite paffage paffed Pelufium pleaſure prefent preferved Ptolemy pyramid raiſed rife river Rofetta ruins ſeen ſmall ſpace ſpeak ſtill ſtones Strabo thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand Turks uſe vaft veffels vifit village weft whofe whoſe
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