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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... become a habit , and I had almost given up the idea of getting to Alexandria by a direct course ; when , what was my surprise , to see the Dutchman posted in large and legible cha- racters , " Mynheer Von , " no matter what ! " ar ...
... become a habit , and I had almost given up the idea of getting to Alexandria by a direct course ; when , what was my surprise , to see the Dutchman posted in large and legible cha- racters , " Mynheer Von , " no matter what ! " ar ...
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... become clear ; moreover , the wind had changed to the N.E. , and was moderate ; but Father Neptune could not so easily be pacified , and it was not until the evening of the third day that he seemed to lay aside his angry mood . At ...
... become clear ; moreover , the wind had changed to the N.E. , and was moderate ; but Father Neptune could not so easily be pacified , and it was not until the evening of the third day that he seemed to lay aside his angry mood . At ...
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... become critical : - " because , " said he , " it is no easy matter to take a large ship into Alexandria in the night , even in moderate weather , by the central channel , which would be our only chance , unless we could by good fortune ...
... become critical : - " because , " said he , " it is no easy matter to take a large ship into Alexandria in the night , even in moderate weather , by the central channel , which would be our only chance , unless we could by good fortune ...
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... become not only the high - road to India , Persia , and China , but that it will open the door to civilization in ... becoming paralyzed , and that the wisdom of Providence is wonderfully dis- played in the events of the present day ...
... become not only the high - road to India , Persia , and China , but that it will open the door to civilization in ... becoming paralyzed , and that the wisdom of Providence is wonderfully dis- played in the events of the present day ...
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... becomes the medium of good.- The western harbour of Alexandria when once entered , is by no means a bad one . It is well sheltered on three sides , and the rocks which extend between the Pharos Point and the Marabout , a distance of ...
... becomes the medium of good.- The western harbour of Alexandria when once entered , is by no means a bad one . It is well sheltered on three sides , and the rocks which extend between the Pharos Point and the Marabout , a distance of ...
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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 x - When the proud steed shall know why man restrains His fiery course, or drives him o'er the plains; When the dull ox, why now he breaks the clod, Is now a victim, and now Egypt's god: Then shall man's pride and dulness comprehend His actions', passions', being's use and end; Why doing, sufFring, check'd, impell'd; and why This hour a slave, the next a deity.
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 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 - Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate All but the page prescribed, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below ? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, 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 361 - 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 xi - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurled, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
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.