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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Pagina 32
... seen but marble columns , lying in ( u ) Sultan Selim conquered Egypt in 1517 , and the first act of this barbarous victor was to hang Thoman- bey , the laft king of the Mamlukes , whofe government had fubfifted near 300 years , under ...
... seen but marble columns , lying in ( u ) Sultan Selim conquered Egypt in 1517 , and the first act of this barbarous victor was to hang Thoman- bey , the laft king of the Mamlukes , whofe government had fubfifted near 300 years , under ...
Pagina 37
... high , and still pre- ferves a perfect polish , except a little chipped toward the east . Nothing can equal its ( b ) Maillet , Defcription of Egypt . D 3 majefty ! majefty ! At a distance , it is seen predo- ON EGYPT . 37.
... high , and still pre- ferves a perfect polish , except a little chipped toward the east . Nothing can equal its ( b ) Maillet , Defcription of Egypt . D 3 majefty ! majefty ! At a distance , it is seen predo- ON EGYPT . 37.
Pagina 38
... seen predo- minant over the city ; and , at sea , serves as a fignal for mariners : near , it creates afto- nishment , mingled with awe : the spectator is never weary of admiring the beauty of the capital , the length of the shaft , or ...
... seen predo- minant over the city ; and , at sea , serves as a fignal for mariners : near , it creates afto- nishment , mingled with awe : the spectator is never weary of admiring the beauty of the capital , the length of the shaft , or ...
Pagina 43
... seen but heaps of rubbish , burying the precious re- mains of antiquity . Coafting , afterwards , beside the sea , the profpect extends on one hand over waves , and on the other over fandy fields , of melancholy and arid uniformity ...
... seen but heaps of rubbish , burying the precious re- mains of antiquity . Coafting , afterwards , beside the sea , the profpect extends on one hand over waves , and on the other over fandy fields , of melancholy and arid uniformity ...
Pagina 45
... seen in the age when S. Epiphanius wrote . The pleasantness of its fituation , its temple of Serapis , and the cunning of its priefts , rendered it one of the most famous places of pilgrimage in Egypt ; multitudes came there from the ...
... seen in the age when S. Epiphanius wrote . The pleasantness of its fituation , its temple of Serapis , and the cunning of its priefts , rendered it one of the most famous places of pilgrimage in Egypt ; multitudes came there from the ...
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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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