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 pagina's |
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Pagina 35
... in contiguous hives , where , under cover of the night , they visit them , and fulfil in private that which they deny in public - the great com- mand of Providence . The first building in nominal rank , though by no TO INDIA . 35.
... in contiguous hives , where , under cover of the night , they visit them , and fulfil in private that which they deny in public - the great com- mand of Providence . The first building in nominal rank , though by no TO INDIA . 35.
Pagina 84
... night of her birth , and Miss Agrippina buried in the ruins , ere she had lived to give birth to that scourge of the world . Although the established religion here be the Roman Catholic , extraordinary as it may appear , they are very ...
... night of her birth , and Miss Agrippina buried in the ruins , ere she had lived to give birth to that scourge of the world . Although the established religion here be the Roman Catholic , extraordinary as it may appear , they are very ...
Pagina 102
... night , when the goat disappeared of a sudden , and he found himself buried , as it were in the bowels of the mountain ; he endeavored to find his way out , but in vain ; every step he took led him more astray , and he was for two days ...
... night , when the goat disappeared of a sudden , and he found himself buried , as it were in the bowels of the mountain ; he endeavored to find his way out , but in vain ; every step he took led him more astray , and he was for two days ...
Pagina 103
... night he bethought himself of his want of faith , and of the saying of old Father Jerome : and he fell on his knees , and wept and prayed all night ; and the Virgin heard his prayers , he being a good man , and above all , an emperor ...
... night he bethought himself of his want of faith , and of the saying of old Father Jerome : and he fell on his knees , and wept and prayed all night ; and the Virgin heard his prayers , he being a good man , and above all , an emperor ...
Pagina 126
... night's time , the whole city floated in blood , and every house was filled with carcases : the monster himself , retiring to the temple of Serapis , was all the time imploring the protection of the Deity - a proof that practical ...
... night's time , the whole city floated in blood , and every house was filled with carcases : the monster himself , retiring to the temple of Serapis , was all the time imploring the protection of the Deity - a proof that practical ...
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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
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
Populaire passages
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 196 - WE were now treading that illustrious Island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. 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...
Pagina 64 - So stale and cheap to vulgar company, Opinion, that did help me to the crown, Had still kept loyal to possession And left me in reputeless banishment, A fellow of no mark nor likelihood.
Pagina 235 - On the 19th the sky was obscured by immense fleeces -of clouds, surcharged with inflammable matter : and in the evening the rain fell in torrents, the firmament darkened apace, sudden night came on, and the horrors of extreme darkness were rendered still more horrible by the peals of thunder which rent the air, and the frequent flashes of lightning, which served only to...
Pagina 162 - Breath'd hot From all the boundless furnace of the sky, And the wide glittering waste of burning sand, A suffocating wind the pilgrim smites With instant death.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 221 - It was still the hot season of the year, and we were to travel through that country, over which the horrid wind I have before mentioned sweeps its consuming blasts : it is called by the Turks samiel, is mentioned by holy Job under the name of the East Wind, and extends its ravages all the way from the extreme end o'f the Gulph of...