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 vii
... Sand from the Temple of Ybsambul 10. Placing the Colossus Head in a Boat - 73 84 - 104 - 142 11. Belzoni in one of the Grottoes at Gournou 12. Belzoni crossing the narrow Bridge to get into the Tomb · 13. Some Turks appearing in the ...
... Sand from the Temple of Ybsambul 10. Placing the Colossus Head in a Boat - 73 84 - 104 - 142 11. Belzoni in one of the Grottoes at Gournou 12. Belzoni crossing the narrow Bridge to get into the Tomb · 13. Some Turks appearing in the ...
Pagina 16
... sand as to obscure the light of the sun , and , even to those who are used to them , to be almost insupportable . The people call them poisonous winds , or winds of the Desert , and , during the three days that they generally last , the ...
... sand as to obscure the light of the sun , and , even to those who are used to them , to be almost insupportable . The people call them poisonous winds , or winds of the Desert , and , during the three days that they generally last , the ...
Pagina 65
... sand and stones , to widen the place where he came out , and went to give the alarm to the Arabs , who were at the other entrance . Being all concerned for the man who fell to the bottom of the pit , it was their noise Belzoni had heard ...
... sand and stones , to widen the place where he came out , and went to give the alarm to the Arabs , who were at the other entrance . Being all concerned for the man who fell to the bottom of the pit , it was their noise Belzoni had heard ...
Pagina 67
... sand , and most beautifully executed . On the upper part or frieze of the temple was a line of hiero- glyphics , which covered the whole front , and above this a range of figures , in a sitting posture , as large as life . The sand on ...
... sand , and most beautifully executed . On the upper part or frieze of the temple was a line of hiero- glyphics , which covered the whole front , and above this a range of figures , in a sitting posture , as large as life . The sand on ...
Pagina 68
... sand were such as to make it ap- pear an impossibility ever to reach the door . He ascended a hill of sand at the upper part of the temple , and there found the head of a hawk projecting out of the sand only to its neck . From the ...
... sand were such as to make it ap- pear an impossibility ever to reach the door . He ascended a hill of sand at the upper part of the temple , and there found the head of a hawk projecting out of the sand only to its neck . From the ...
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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.