An Interesting Narrative of the Travels of James Bruce, Esq. Into Abyssinia, to Discover the Source of the Nile: Abridged from the Original WorkH.D. Symonds, Paternoster-Row., 1814 - 373 pages |
À l'intérieur du livre
Résultats 1-5 sur 100
Page iv
... King 202 Bloody Banquet 221 Abyffinian Church 228 Shum , Priest of the Nile 295 Mr. Bruce's Interview with the King's Ladies at Sennaar 357 CON TE N T S. INTRO NTRODUCTION BOOK I Page.
... King 202 Bloody Banquet 221 Abyffinian Church 228 Shum , Priest of the Nile 295 Mr. Bruce's Interview with the King's Ladies at Sennaar 357 CON TE N T S. INTRO NTRODUCTION BOOK I Page.
Page viii
... King- King's Army retreats towards Gondar- Dangerous Paffage of the Nile - Unpromifing Situation of the King's Army - Battle of Limjour -Unexpected Peace with Fafil - Arrival at Ġon- dar - King and Army retreat to Tigrè - Mr . Bruce's ...
... King- King's Army retreats towards Gondar- Dangerous Paffage of the Nile - Unpromifing Situation of the King's Army - Battle of Limjour -Unexpected Peace with Fafil - Arrival at Ġon- dar - King and Army retreat to Tigrè - Mr . Bruce's ...
Page 76
... king at Babylon of his fuccefsful voyage , who gave him orders to continue it into the Red Sea , which he happily accomplished to the bottom of the Arabian Gulf . The wifeft princes that ever fat upon the throne of Egypt were the the ...
... king at Babylon of his fuccefsful voyage , who gave him orders to continue it into the Red Sea , which he happily accomplished to the bottom of the Arabian Gulf . The wifeft princes that ever fat upon the throne of Egypt were the the ...
Page 82
... king of Tyre , whofe daughter is faid in the xlvth Pfalm to have attended her thither ; that fhe went not in fhips , nor through Arabia , for fear of the Ifhmaelites , but from Azab round Mafuah and Suakem , and was escorted by the ...
... king of Tyre , whofe daughter is faid in the xlvth Pfalm to have attended her thither ; that fhe went not in fhips , nor through Arabia , for fear of the Ifhmaelites , but from Azab round Mafuah and Suakem , and was escorted by the ...
Page 93
... king and queen of the Jews , and their daughter Judith ( whom in Amhara they call Efther , and fometimes Saat , i . e . fire , ) was a woman of great beauty , and talents for intrigue ; had been married to the governor of a small ...
... king and queen of the Jews , and their daughter Judith ( whom in Amhara they call Efther , and fometimes Saat , i . e . fire , ) was a woman of great beauty , and talents for intrigue ; had been married to the governor of a small ...
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
An Interesting Narrative of the Travels of James Bruce, Esq. Into Abyssinia ... James Bruce,Samuel Shaw Affichage du livre entier - 1790 |
An Interesting Narrative of the Travels of James Bruce, Esq. Into Abyssinia ... James Bruce Aucun aperçu disponible - 2018 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
Abyffinia againſt alfo anfwer Arabia Arabs army arrived Axum Ayto beafts becauſe befides Begemder Bengazi Bruce Cairo called Chriftian church coaft confequence confiderable confifted defert defire eaft Edom Egypt fafe Fafil faid fame fand fays fcarcely feemed feen fent fervants feven feveral fhall fhew fhips fhore fhort fhould fide filk fince firft firſt fituation fize flain fmall foldiers fome foon fouth ftand ftill ftone ftrangers fubject fuch fuffer fuppofed Gojam Gondar himſelf horfe horſe houfe houſe ifland itſelf Jidda journey king king's laft likewife Mafuah Mahomet Mecca miles moft morning moſt mountains Naybe neceffary night Nile obferved occafion Ozoro paffed perfon plain poffible prefent preferved prince Ptolemy Ras Michael reafon Red Sea reign river Sennaar Shekh ſmall Tecla temple thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe Tigré town trade traveller trees uſed veffel village weft whofe wind Yafous
Fréquemment cités
Page 218 - 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.
Page 369 - ... 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.
Page 320 - Dextrous, too, as the riders are, the elephant sometimes reaches them with his trunk, with which he dashes the horse against the ground, and then sets his feet upon him, till he tears him limb from limb with his proboscis ; *a great many hunters die this way.
Page 218 - It is infamy for a man to go to market to buy any thing. He cannot carry water or bake bread ; but he must wash the clothes belonging to both sexes, and, in this function, the women cannot help him.
Page 353 - The inside of her lip she had made black with antimony. Her ears reached down to her shoulders, and had the appearance of wings ; she had in each of them a large ring of gold, somewhat smaller than a man's little finger, and about five inches diameter.
Page 221 - In the mean time, those within are very much elevated; love lights all its fires, and every thing is permitted with absolute freedom. There is no...
Page 279 - I ran down the hill, towards the little island of green sods, which was about two hundred yards distant; the whole side of the hill was thick grown over with flowers, the large bulbous roots of which appearing above the surface of the ground, and their skins coming off on treading upon them, occasioned...
Page 208 - Sierra occupied by the 3d division of infantry. — One division of French infantry arrived at the top of the ridge...
Page 201 - ... of the heavens. Other countries are not like this, though this was never so bad as it is now. These wretches here are enemies to strangers; if they saw you alone in your own parlour, their first thought would be how to murder you ; though they knew they were to get nothing by it, they would murder you for mere mischief.
Page 16 - Tyre seems to have been only a concealment of their knowledge of cochineal, as, had they depended upon the fish for their dye, if the whole city of Tyre applied to nothing else but fishing, they would not have coloured twenty yards of cloth in a year.