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 iv
... thoughts turned towards the antiqui- ties of the country . - Difficulty in removing Young Memnon from Thebes to Cairo . - Belzoni's visit to a Mummy Cave.— Deceit of the Arabs . - Egyptian customs . - Belzoni goes up the Nile into Nubia ...
... thoughts turned towards the antiqui- ties of the country . - Difficulty in removing Young Memnon from Thebes to Cairo . - Belzoni's visit to a Mummy Cave.— Deceit of the Arabs . - Egyptian customs . - Belzoni goes up the Nile into Nubia ...
Pagina 14
... thoughts to hydraulics , a science to which he had before paid atten- tion , and which in the end was the principal cause of his going to Egypt . " " I must interrupt you , dear mamma , " said Bernard : " will you tell me what is meant ...
... thoughts to hydraulics , a science to which he had before paid atten- tion , and which in the end was the principal cause of his going to Egypt . " " I must interrupt you , dear mamma , " said Bernard : " will you tell me what is meant ...
Pagina 33
... oblivion , he turned his thoughts to the antiquities of the country , and , pos- sessing a spirit for investigation , determined to make some researches . A gentleman of the name of Burckhardt , had for BELZONI IN EGYPT . 33.
... oblivion , he turned his thoughts to the antiquities of the country , and , pos- sessing a spirit for investigation , determined to make some researches . A gentleman of the name of Burckhardt , had for BELZONI IN EGYPT . 33.
Pagina 38
... thought was to examine the bust he had to take away . He found it on the southern side of the temple , near the remains of its body and chair , with the face upwards . It was beau- tiful , and of immense size . Laura , who has seen it ...
... thought was to examine the bust he had to take away . He found it on the southern side of the temple , near the remains of its body and chair , with the face upwards . It was beau- tiful , and of immense size . Laura , who has seen it ...
Pagina 65
... thought he also should have fallen into the pit ; but , on raising his head , he saw at a great distance a glimpse of daylight , to- wards which he advanced , and thus arrived at a small aperture . He then scraped away some loose sand ...
... thought he also should have fallen into the pit ; but , on raising his head , he saw at a great distance a glimpse of daylight , to- wards which he advanced , and thus arrived at a small aperture . He then scraped away some loose sand ...
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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...
Pagina 248 - True Stories from Ancient History, , . . , . Chronologically arranged from the Creation of the World to the Death : of Charlemagne. Twelfth Edition.
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.