Fruits of Enterprise Exhibited in the Travels of Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia: Interspersed with the Observations of a Mother to Her ChildrenMunroe and Francis, 1824 - 248 pagina's |
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Pagina 15
... beautiful prospects which , owing to it , Egypt exhibits at two seasons of the year . During our summer the climate there is excessively warm , and it is impossible to describe a scene more delightful than that which the country ...
... beautiful prospects which , owing to it , Egypt exhibits at two seasons of the year . During our summer the climate there is excessively warm , and it is impossible to describe a scene more delightful than that which the country ...
Pagina 20
... beautiful land , once the site of Memphis . The distant view of the smaller pyramids , on the south , marked the extension of that vast capital ; while the solemn spectacle of the immense sandy des- ert on the west , stretching as far ...
... beautiful land , once the site of Memphis . The distant view of the smaller pyramids , on the south , marked the extension of that vast capital ; while the solemn spectacle of the immense sandy des- ert on the west , stretching as far ...
Pagina 25
... back of it is a beautiful garden under the care of the Greeks , and kept in excellent order . It is ornamented with green bowers overhung with flowering shrubs , and alcoves in the form of little cu- 3 BELZONI IN EGYPT . 25.
... back of it is a beautiful garden under the care of the Greeks , and kept in excellent order . It is ornamented with green bowers overhung with flowering shrubs , and alcoves in the form of little cu- 3 BELZONI IN EGYPT . 25.
Pagina 118
... he stood at the stern of the vessel , waiting for the first beams of the sun to unveil that beautiful island ; and he found an obelisk there , and gave the Aga F four dollars to pay a guard for it till 118 BELZONI IN EGYPT .
... he stood at the stern of the vessel , waiting for the first beams of the sun to unveil that beautiful island ; and he found an obelisk there , and gave the Aga F four dollars to pay a guard for it till 118 BELZONI IN EGYPT .
Pagina 126
... beautiful hieroglyphics , which exhibited battles , storming of castles , triumphs over Ethiopians , and various sacrifices . BERNARD . - May I ask you a question , dear mother ? Will you be so good as to tell me what you mean by ...
... beautiful hieroglyphics , which exhibited battles , storming of castles , triumphs over Ethiopians , and various sacrifices . BERNARD . - May I ask you a question , dear mother ? Will you be so good as to tell me what you mean by ...
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A.-Belzoni A.-They A.-When Ababde amused ancient appeared Arabs arrived Bashaw beautiful Beban el Malook Belzo Belzoni Berenice BERNARD BERNARD.-I boat Boolac Cacheff Cairo camels caravan Copts dare say delightful desert door Drouetti Egypt Egyptians Emily EMILY.-I EMILY.-Oh entered entrance Esne feet formed gave Gournou gratified Greenlanders ground Hamed Aga heard hieroglyphics hope hydraulic inhabitants journey labour land Laura Luxor machine magnificent Mahomed mamma Monsieur Caliud morning mountains mummy cave night Nile Nubia obelisk OWEN OWEN.-How OWEN.-I painted palm-trees passage piastres pillars plain Pompeii Pompey's Pillar procured pyramids reached Red Sea returned rocks ropes ruins sand sandy scene Scheik side Soubra spot stones suppose tell temple Thebes thing thought tion told tombs town traveller trees Turks valley of Beban village Wady Halfa whilst wished Ybsambul zoni Zubara
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Pagina 186 - Our revels now are ended: these our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air: And, like the baseless fabric of this vision The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherits, shall dissolve, And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind: We are such stuff As dreams are made of, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.
Pagina 104 - ... me with horror. The blackness of the wall, the faint light given by the candles or torches for want of air, the different objects that surrounded me, seeming to converse with each other, and the Arabs with the candles or torches in their hands, naked and covered with dust, themselves resembling living mummies, absolutely formed a scene that cannot be described.
Pagina 104 - I sunk altogether among the broken mummies, with a crash of bones, rags, and wooden cases, which raised such a dust as kept me motionless for a quarter of an hour, waiting till it subsided again.
Pagina 35 - ... fail to wonder how a nation, which was once so great as to erect these stupendous edifices, could so far fall into oblivion, that even its language and writing are totally unknown to us.
Pagina 112 - I THANK the goodness and the grace Which on my birth have smiled, And made me, in these Christian days, A happy English child.
Pagina 139 - ... to enter, through a passage that the earth had left under the ceiling of the first corridor ; at the end of this corridor...
Pagina 207 - ... multitude. To the eye below, the capital of the pillar does not appear capable of holding more than one man upon it; but our seamen found it could contain no less than eight persons very conveniently. "It is...
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Pagina 222 - The hut was inhabited by a few poor fishermen, and the guide sent one of them for a boat, the only one to be had, but the shabbiest thing imaginable. It was composed of rough pieces of wood scarcely joined, and fastened by four other pieces, wrapped together by four more across, which formed the deck : no tar, no pitch, either inside or out, and the only preventive against the water coming in 'was a kind of weed moistened, which had settled in the joints of the wood.
Pagina 137 - ... sought in vain, and of presenting the world with a new and perfect monument of Egyptian antiquity, which can be recorded as superior to any other in point of grandeur, style, and preservation, appearing as if just finished on the day we entered it ; and what I found in it will show its great superiority to all others.