Fruits of Enterprize Exhibited in the Travels of Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia: Interspersed with the Observations of a Mother to Her ChildrenMunroe and Francis, 1824 - 248 páginas |
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A.-Belzoni A.-They Ababde Alexandria ancient appeared Arabs arrived Assouan bank Bashaw beautiful Beban el Malook Bedouins Belzo Belzoni Berenice BERNARD BERNARD.-I BERNARD.-What boat Boolac bust Cacheff Cairo camels caravan Cataract Copts dare say delightful desert dhourra door Egypt Egyptians Elloah embarked EMILY EMILY.-I entered entrance Esne feet formed gave Gournou gratified ground heard hope island journey Khalil Bey land Laura Luxor machine mamma Monsieur Caliud morning mountains mummy cave never night Nile Nubia obelisk OWEN OWEN.-I palm-trees passed piastres pillar plain Pompeii Pompey's pillar procured pyramids reached Red Sea returned rocks ropes ruins sand sandy Scheik seated side Soubra spot stones suppose tell temple Thebes thing thought tion told tomb town traveller trees Turks village Wady Halfa whilst wished Ybsambul Young Memnon Zaboo zoni Zubara
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Página 106 - 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.
Página 139 - ... 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.
Página 226 - ... itself into the lake. The hut was inhabited by a few poor fishermen, and the guide sent one of them for a boat, the only one to be had, but the shabbiest thing imaginable. It was composed of rough pieces of wood scarcely joined, and fastened by four other pieces, wrapped together by four more across, which formed the deck : no tar, no pitch, either inside or out ; and the only preventive against the water coming in, was a kind of weed moistened, which had settled in the joints of the wood.
Página 132 - There on an icy mountain's height, Seen only by the moon's pale light, Stern Winter rears his giant form, His robe a mist, his voice a storm ; His frown the shiv'ring nations fly, And hid for half the year in smoky caverns lie.
Página 46 - I heard the sound of something like the roaring of the sea at a distance. In consequence I entered this cavity; and as we advanced the noise increased, till I could distinctly hear a number of voices all at one time. At last, thank God, we walked out ; and, to my no small surprise, the first person I saw was my interpreter.
Página 110 - Besides enamelling, the art of gilding was in great perfection among them, as I found several ornaments of the kind. They knew how to cast copper as well as to form it into sheets, and had a metallic composition not unlike our lead, rather softer, but of greater tenacity. It is much like the lead which we see on paper in the tea-chests from China, but much thicker.
Página 105 - After getting through these passages, some of them two or three hundred yards long, you generally find a more commodious place, perhaps high enough to sit. But what a place of rest ! surrounded by bodies, by heaps of mummies in all directions; which, previous to my being accustomed to the sight, impressed me with horror. The blackness of the wall, the...