Narrative of a Voyage to Madeira, Teneriffe and Along the Shores of the Mediterranean: Including a Visit to Algiers, Egypt, Palestine, Tyre, Rhodes, Telmessus, Cyprus, and Greece. With Observations on the Present State and Prospects of Egypt and Palestine, and on the Climate, Natural History and Antiquities of the Countries VisitedW. Curry, jun., 1844 - 648 pages |
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... , splashing over the deck , ran hissing along the vessel's side . What sensations this state begets , especially during those dark and dismal hours of night , when , in addition to the B 2 THE BAY OF BISCAY . elemental war without ,
... , splashing over the deck , ran hissing along the vessel's side . What sensations this state begets , especially during those dark and dismal hours of night , when , in addition to the B 2 THE BAY OF BISCAY . elemental war without ,
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... vessel , at least seventy miles off land : unable to bear up longer , it fluttered a few minutes among the rigging , fell exhausted upon the deck , and died almost immediately . Next day , a dove made its appearance , endeavouring to ...
... vessel , at least seventy miles off land : unable to bear up longer , it fluttered a few minutes among the rigging , fell exhausted upon the deck , and died almost immediately . Next day , a dove made its appearance , endeavouring to ...
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... vessels ; the latter being principally small Spanish brigantines , feluccas , and guarda - costas . Two packets sail monthly to the Havannah . There are no docks , those originally commenced having long since been abandoned ; and like ...
... vessels ; the latter being principally small Spanish brigantines , feluccas , and guarda - costas . Two packets sail monthly to the Havannah . There are no docks , those originally commenced having long since been abandoned ; and like ...
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... vessels in the harbour . Still he has weathered the storm , and supports himself in some comfort by the proceeds of a small Posada Secrata , or lodging- This is still to be seen , and the account is verified by the British Consul . THE ...
... vessels in the harbour . Still he has weathered the storm , and supports himself in some comfort by the proceeds of a small Posada Secrata , or lodging- This is still to be seen , and the account is verified by the British Consul . THE ...
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... vessels of war are answering the deep - mouthed echoes from the fort , as their last boom is dying o'er the calm waters , and the shrill whistle of the boatswain is heard above the castanets and the merry dance in the different trading ...
... vessels of war are answering the deep - mouthed echoes from the fort , as their last boom is dying o'er the calm waters , and the shrill whistle of the boatswain is heard above the castanets and the merry dance in the different trading ...
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afford Alexandria Algiers ancient animals antiquity appearance Arabs arches Asia Minor basalt Básha beautiful Bedawees beneath Cairo called centre chamber Christian Cleopatra's needles climate coast colour Corunna covered distance Egypt Egyptian English entrance erected feet French Funchal gate Gibraltar Greek Guanches harbour head height Herodotus hills Holy horses houses inhabitants island Jerusalem Jews Josephus Kabyles Kastelorizo land light look Madeira marble miles modern Mohammad Alee Mohammadan Mooslim morning mosque Mount Mount Sion mountains natives night ornamented passed peculiar persons pillars plain Pompey's pillar present probably purple pyramids remains remarkable residence rise rock roof round ruins sand scene seen sepulchre shore side similar Sion Sooltan specimens spot square stones supposed surrounded Syria Telmessus temple Teneriffe tion tombs tower town traveller Turkish Turks Tyre valley vessels wall whole wind
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Page 442 - Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
Page 503 - Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see them to that. And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
Page 351 - Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold...
Page 296 - And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates ; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
Page 361 - Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon ; and my servants shall be with thy servants : and...
Page 633 - And this is the offering which ye shall take of them ; gold, and silver, and brass, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats
Page 103 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Page 180 - And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them ; there remained not so much as one of them.
Page 353 - The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, And to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
Page 637 - They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.