An Interesting Narrative of the Travels of James Bruce, Esq., Into Abyssinia: To Discover the Source of the NileSamuel Etheridge, 1798 - 388 |
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... miles , is a large flourishing city ; in a low , hot , and damp fituation , indeed , and deftitute of good water , but un- der a milder government , and inhabited by more civilized people , than Algiers . Mr. Bruce delivering his ...
... miles , is a large flourishing city ; in a low , hot , and damp fituation , indeed , and deftitute of good water , but un- der a milder government , and inhabited by more civilized people , than Algiers . Mr. Bruce delivering his ...
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... miles to the fouth- ward of Tuberfoke , having been formerly fupplied with water by an aqueduct , Here are feveral tombs , Maufolea , and the portico of a temple , very beautifully adorn ed with fluted columns , On the pediment of this ...
... miles to the fouth- ward of Tuberfoke , having been formerly fupplied with water by an aqueduct , Here are feveral tombs , Maufolea , and the portico of a temple , very beautifully adorn ed with fluted columns , On the pediment of this ...
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... miles fouth from Mefu- rata The number of towns and villages is faid to be little less than one hundred , which appear to be chiefly inhabited by husbandmen and thepherds , for though they all contain the merchants , the artificers ...
... miles fouth from Mefu- rata The number of towns and villages is faid to be little less than one hundred , which appear to be chiefly inhabited by husbandmen and thepherds , for though they all contain the merchants , the artificers ...
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... miles , is a wide and fandy def . ert , entirely barren and oppreffed with a fuffocating heat , about 200 miles in width ; beyond which are the mountains of Tibefti , inhabited by a wild and favage people of that name . The vales are ...
... miles , is a wide and fandy def . ert , entirely barren and oppreffed with a fuffocating heat , about 200 miles in width ; beyond which are the mountains of Tibefti , inhabited by a wild and favage people of that name . The vales are ...
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... miles , and includes a confider- able part of the Niger's course , two great empires , those of Bornou and those of Cashna , are established . - The foil , climate , and productions of these empires are defcribed as fimilar ; the ...
... miles , and includes a confider- able part of the Niger's course , two great empires , those of Bornou and those of Cashna , are established . - The foil , climate , and productions of these empires are defcribed as fimilar ; the ...
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Strona 240 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Strona 240 - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat; and it was so.
Strona 240 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air...
Strona 290 - ... which had uniformly and without exception followed them all. Fame, riches, and honour had been held out for a series of ages to every individual...
Strona 240 - ... full that he is in constant danger of being choked. This is a mark of grandeur. The greater the man would seem to be, the larger piece he takes in his mouth ; and the more noise he makes in chewing it, . the more polite he is thought to be. They have, indeed, a proverb that says, " Beggars and thieves only eat small pieces, or without making a noise.
Strona 217 - A large broad fillet was bound upon their forehead, and tied behind their head. In the middle of this was a horn, or a conical piece of silver, gilt, about four inches long, much in the shape of our common candle extinguishers. This is called kirn, or horn, and is only worn in reviews or parades after victory.
Strona 331 - His left hand is employed -grasping the sword by the handle, and about fourteen inches of the blade is covered with whip-cord. This part he takes in his right hand, without any danger of being hurt by it ; and, though the edges of the lower part of the sword are as sharp as a razor, he carries it without a scabbard.
Strona 380 - ... did actually more than once reach us. Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds. There the tops often separated from the bodies ; and these, once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and did not appear more.
Strona 203 - I thought we were to pitch our tent: 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...
Strona 333 - ... came out from the thicket apparently in great anger, running upon the horses and men with all the violence it was master of.