Fruits of Enterprize Exhibited in the Travels of Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia;: Interspersed with the Observations of a Mother to Her ChildrenHarris and Son, 1821 - 250 |
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A.-Belzoni A.-They A.-When Ababde ancient antiquities aperture appeared Arabs arrived Assouan banks Bashaw beautiful Beban el Malook Belzoni Berenice Bernard BERNARD.-I BERNARD.-What boat Boolac bust Cacheff Cairo camels Carnac Cataract colossal Copts Daoud dare say dear mamma delightful desert door Egypt Egyptians embarked Emily EMILY.-I entered entrance Esne feet formed Gournou ground Hamed Aga hope island Khalil Bey land Laura Luxor machine mamma Memnon Monsieur Caliud morning mother mountains mummy cave night Nile Nubia obelisk OWEN OWEN.-I paintings palm palm-trees papa passage passed piastres pillars Pompeii Pompey's Pillar procure pyramids reached returned rocks ropes ruins sand sarcophagus Scheik seated second Cataract side Soubra spot stones suppose tell temple Thebes thing thought told tomb traveller treasure trees Turks valley of Beban village Wady Halfa whilst wished Ybsambul zoni Zubara
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Strona 111 - I THANK the goodness and the grace Which on my birth have smiled, And made me, in these Christian days, A happy English child.
Strona 98 - Every part of these rocks is cut out by art, in the form of large and small chambers, each of which has its separate entrance ; and, though they are very close to each other, it is seldom that there is any interior communication from one to another.
Strona 31 - ... city on this side. The unrivalled colossal figures in the plains of Thebes, the number of tombs excavated in the rocks, those in the great valley of the kings, with their paintings, sculptures, mummies, sarcophagi, figures, &c. are all objects worthy of the admiration of the traveller ; who will not 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 their language and writing are totally unknown to us.
Strona 102 - 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.
Strona 149 - Active, and strong, and feelingly alive To each fine impulse ? a discerning sense Of decent and sublime, with quick disgust From things deform'd, or disarranged, or gross In species'! This, nor gems, nor stores of gold, Nor purple state, nor culture can bestow; But God alone when first his active hand Imprints the secret bias of the soul He, mighty parent!
Strona 80 - I put a sack filled with sand, that, if the colossus should run too fast into the boat, it might be stopped. In the ground behind the colossus I had a piece of a palm-tree firmly planted, round which a rope was twisted, and then fastened to its car, to let it descend gradually.
Strona 206 - The pedestal has been somewhat damaged by the instruments of travellers, who are anxious to possess a relic of this antiquity ; and one of the volutes of the column was immaturely brought down a few years ago by the ingenuity of some English captains.
Strona 136 - ... 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.