The Life of Bruce: The African TravellerJ. Murray, 1830 - 535 pagina's |
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Pagina 177
... Amharic , not a syllable of which could they understand . When this prelude was over , Mendez advanced , holding in his hand the New Testament , and upon that sacred volume , Socinios , the degraded King of Abyssinia , was made to take ...
... Amharic , not a syllable of which could they understand . When this prelude was over , Mendez advanced , holding in his hand the New Testament , and upon that sacred volume , Socinios , the degraded King of Abyssinia , was made to take ...
Pagina 260
... Amharic . On the 4th of February , at half - past nine in the morning , they left Addergey : hunger pressing upon us , ' says Bruce , we were prepared to do it earlier , and for this we had been up since five in the morning ; but our ...
... Amharic . On the 4th of February , at half - past nine in the morning , they left Addergey : hunger pressing upon us , ' says Bruce , we were prepared to do it earlier , and for this we had been up since five in the morning ; but our ...
Pagina 262
... Amharic , as I had done before in Tigré , desiring them , as they valued their lives , to come no nearer . They stopt , a sign of no great resolution ; and , after some altercation , it was agreed the Shum , and his son with the gun ...
... Amharic , as I had done before in Tigré , desiring them , as they valued their lives , to come no nearer . They stopt , a sign of no great resolution ; and , after some altercation , it was agreed the Shum , and his son with the gun ...
Pagina 282
... Amharic fashion , and I was thenceforward , in all outward appearance , a perfect Abyssinian . ' Bruce's first advice , when arrived at Koscam , was , that the young and beautiful Ozoro Esther , her son by Mariam Barea , and a son by ...
... Amharic fashion , and I was thenceforward , in all outward appearance , a perfect Abyssinian . ' Bruce's first advice , when arrived at Koscam , was , that the young and beautiful Ozoro Esther , her son by Mariam Barea , and a son by ...
Pagina 330
... Amharic , is , " How do you do ? are you very well ? ' I made the usual answer , 66 Well , thank God . " He again stopt , as for me to speak . There was only one old man present , who was sitting on the floor mending a mule's bridle . I ...
... Amharic , is , " How do you do ? are you very well ? ' I made the usual answer , 66 Well , thank God . " He again stopt , as for me to speak . There was only one old man present , who was sitting on the floor mending a mule's bridle . I ...
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Pagina 156 - The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it : for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon : and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
Pagina 140 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
Pagina 178 - Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona : because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. And I say to thee : That thou art Peter ; and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven : and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.
Pagina 139 - As soon as this plague appears, and their buzzing is heard, all the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain, till they die, worn out with fatigue, fright, and hunger.
Pagina 156 - And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones : and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
Pagina 352 - Kings had attempted this discovery at the head of armies, and each expedition was distinguished from ths last only by the difference of the numbers which had perished, and agreed alone in the disappointment which had uniformly and without exception followed them all.
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Pagina 244 - The drivers suddenly tripped up the cow, and gave the poor animal a very rude fall upon the ground, which was but the beginning of her sufferings. One of them sat across her neck, holding down her head by the horns, the other twisted the halter about her...
Pagina 466 - NW of us, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand at different distances, at times moving with great celerity, at others stalking on with a majestic slowness ; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm us ; and small quantities of sand did actually...
Pagina 355 - It is easier to guess than to describe the situation of my mind at that moment, standing in that spot which had baffled the genius, industry, and inquiry of both ancients and moderns for the course of near three thousand years.