The Life of Bruce: The African TravellerJohn Murray, 1830 - 535 pagina's |
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Abuna Abys accordingly Achmet Adowa Africa Algiers Amharic animal appeared Arabs Arkeeko army arrived Axum Aylo Ayto baggage beasts Begemder Bengazi Cairo camels carried Christian church danger death declared desert Don Christopher endeavoured enemy English Fasil favour feet Frumentius Galla Geesh Gondar Gusho hand head honour horse hundred hyænas inhabitants Iteghe Jesuits Jidda journey King of Abyssinia king's Koscam land letters live Lord Valentia Mahomet Masuah ment miles morning mountains mules Naybe never night Nile Nubia observed Ozoro Esther Paez palace party passed plain present priests proceeded rains Ras Michael reached received Red Sea religion replied river Salt savage says Bruce scarcely seemed Sennaar sent servants Shangalla Sheikh Shum side sinia Socinios Solomon soon Tarenta Tecla tent Tigré tion told took traveller trees tribes Turks vessel village violent visited whole Woldo Yasine
Populaire passages
Pagina 156 - The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it : for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon : and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
Pagina 254 - He call'd them untaught knaves, unmannerly, To bring a slovenly unhandsome corse Betwixt the wind and his nobility.
Pagina 140 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
Pagina 178 - Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona : because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. And I say to thee : That thou art Peter ; and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven : and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.
Pagina 468 - Halboub, only they seemed to be more in number and less in size. They came several times in a direction close upon us ; that is, I believe, within less than two miles. They began, immediately after sunrise, like a thick wood, and almost darkened the sun ; his rays shining through them for near an hour, gave them an appearance of pillars of fire. Our people now became desperate : the Greeks shrieked out, and said it was the day of judgment. Ismail pronounced it to be hell, and the Tucorories. that...
Pagina 289 - I observed, was the head-dress of the governors of provinces. 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.
Pagina 139 - As soon as this plague appears, and their buzzing is heard, all the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain, till they die, worn out with fatigue, fright, and hunger.
Pagina 314 - Berkley's roof that ring, Shrieks of an agonizing king ! She-wolf of France, with unrelenting fangs, That tear'st the bowels of thy mangled mate, From thee be born, who o'er thy country hangs The scourge of heaven. What terrors round him wait ! Amazement in his van, with flight combined, And sorrow's faded form, and solitude behind.
Pagina 156 - And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones : and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
Pagina 353 - ... stain upon the enterprise and abilities of mankind, or adding this desideratum for the encouragement of geography. Though a mere private Briton, I triumphed here, in my own mind, over kings and their armies!