The Modern History and Condition of Egypt: Its Climate, Diseases, and Capabilities; Exhibited in a Personal Narrative of Travels in that Country: with an Account of the Proceedings of Mohammed Ali Pascha, from 1801-1843, Volume 1Smith, Elder and Company, 1843 - Egypt |
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Page 160
... cand'gia or boat to convey us to Cairo , as we deter- mined to sleep on board that night . He was not long before he brought us intelligence of his success ; and his approach was first intimated to us by a strange and loud melé of ...
... cand'gia or boat to convey us to Cairo , as we deter- mined to sleep on board that night . He was not long before he brought us intelligence of his success ; and his approach was first intimated to us by a strange and loud melé of ...
Page 177
... Cand'gia quite away from the passengers . This species of craft is purposely built rather low at the bows , on account of the sand - banks , which vary as to situation and extent , according to the height of the Nile , and it is ...
... Cand'gia quite away from the passengers . This species of craft is purposely built rather low at the bows , on account of the sand - banks , which vary as to situation and extent , according to the height of the Nile , and it is ...
Page 178
... Cand'gia generally attracts notice , and particularly when Europeans are on board . We were not surprised , therefore , at seeing a group of people assemble near us on the quay , led , as we sup- posed , by curiosity . There was no lack ...
... Cand'gia generally attracts notice , and particularly when Europeans are on board . We were not surprised , therefore , at seeing a group of people assemble near us on the quay , led , as we sup- posed , by curiosity . There was no lack ...
Page 181
... Cand'gia lay sprawling beneath the feet of the Reis , and were unable to extricate themselves , being pressed upon by two athletic females with baskets , who followed close upon them . We began to suspect that our noble captain was ...
... Cand'gia lay sprawling beneath the feet of the Reis , and were unable to extricate themselves , being pressed upon by two athletic females with baskets , who followed close upon them . We began to suspect that our noble captain was ...
Page 182
... Cand'gia was just setting off for Cairo , without cargo , and that he would be glad to take any passengers that would go . Such an opportunity was not to be lost . Numbers flocked down to the landing - place , no doubt accustomed to ...
... Cand'gia was just setting off for Cairo , without cargo , and that he would be glad to take any passengers that would go . Such an opportunity was not to be lost . Numbers flocked down to the landing - place , no doubt accustomed to ...
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Aboukir Admiral afterwards Alexandria Allah ancient appearance Arabs army beard beautiful believe blessings blow Boghos British Cairo called camel canal Cand'gia Captain character chiefly Christians climate coast colour considerable Constantinople Consul course desert disease divan doubt East Egypt Egyptian English Europe Europeans eyes favour feelings fleet Frank French gale Greek guns habits hand harbour hour idea inhabitants Janizary Khoran labour Lake Mareotis land look Malta Mamlûks Marabout Mehemet Ali merchants miles Mohammed Mohammed Ali Mohammedan mos'que Mussulmaun native never night Nile obelisque object occasion officers once Osman Ottoman Empire palace Pascha passed persons piastres Porte prayer present Prophet religion Rosetta sail seemed seen ship slaves soon spot Sublime Porte suffered Sultan supposed Syria thing thought tion town traveller turban Turkish Turks Upper Egypt Viceroy weather whole wind
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Page 155 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaten gold; Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them...
Page 315 - And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Page 338 - Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. 5 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs crying, and cutting himself with stones.
Page 156 - So many mermaids, tended her i' the eyes, And made their bends adornings ; at the helm A seeming mermaid steers ; the silken tackle Swell with the touches of those flower-soft hands, That yarely frame the office. From the barge A strange invisible perfume hits the sense Of the adjacent wharfs. The city cast Her people out upon her, and Antony, Enthron'd i...
Page 158 - twas wondrous pitiful: She wish'd she had not heard it, yet she wish'd That heaven had made her such a man...
Page xi - The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed today, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Page 338 - Lord, have mercy on my son ; for he is lunatic, and sore vexed, for oft,times he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
Page 359 - And fight for the religion of GOD against those who fight against you; but transgress not by attacking them first, for GOD loveth not the transgressors.
Page 203 - And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt. And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn ; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.
Page 107 - Then give place to the physician, for the Lord hath created him : let him not go from thee, for thou hast need of him.