Bruce's travels into Abyssinia to discover the source of the Nile1846 |
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Bruce's Travels Into Abyssinia to Discover the Source of the Nile James Bruce Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2016 |
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Ababde Abba Salama Abuna Abyssinia Achmet Agows Algiers Amlac ancient appearance Arabia Arabs army arrived Atbara Axum Aylo Ayto baggage beasts beautiful Begemder Belal Bengazi blunderbuss boat Bruce Cairo called camels carried church cloth Cossier covered Damot danger door Egypt Fasil father fear feet foot Galla Geesh gold Gondar ground Guebra Gusho Habesh Hagi hand head hill horse hyænas immediately inhabitants island Iteghe janissaries Jidda journey Kefla Yasous kind king king's Koscam leave Mahomet Mahometans Maitsha Mariam Massuah Metical miles morning mountains mules Naybe never night Nile o'clock Ozoro Esther palace passed plain priest province rain Ras el Feel Ras Michael received river rock seemed seen Sennaar sent servants Shekh shew side soon stones Tecla teff tent thing Tigre told took town traveller trees vessel village violent Welleta Woldo Yagoube Yasine
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Pagina 227 - 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.
Pagina 227 - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Pagina 204 - Very well, Francis," says the Ras ; " it becomes a soldier to speak the truth, whether it makes for or against himself. Go then to the king, and kiss the ground upon your appointment. I see you have already learned this ceremony of our's ; Aylo and Heikel are very proper persons to go with you. The king expressed his surprise to me last night he had not seen you ; and there too is Tecla Mariam, the king's secretary, who came with your appointment from the palace to-day ." The man in the corner, that...
Pagina 360 - Of your precedent lord ; a vice of kings ; A cutpurse of the empire and the rule, That from a shelf the precious diadem stole, And put it in his pocket ! Queen.
Pagina 228 - Saul caused to be rolled to him a great stone, and ordered those that killed their oxen, to cut their throats upon that stone. This was the only lawful way of killing animals for food ; the tying of the ox, and throwing it upon the ground was not permitted as equivalent. The Israelites did probably, in that case, as the...
Pagina 325 - I was, at that very moment, in possession of what had, for many years, been the principal object of my ambition and wishes : indifference which, from the usual infirmity of human nature, follows, at least for a time, complete enjoyment, had taken place of it. The marsh, and the fountains, upon comparison with the rise of many of our rivers, became now a trifling object in my sight.
Pagina 390 - This is the critical moment; the horseman immediately wheels round, takes his companion up behind him, and rides off full speed after the rest of the herd, if they have started more than one ; and sometimes an expert agageer will kill three out of one herd. If the sword is good, and the man not afraid, the tendon is commonly entirely separated ; and if it is not cut through, it is generally so far divided, that the animal, with the stress he puts upon it, breaks the remaining part asunder. In either...
Pagina 454 - I saw from the SE a haze come, in colour like the purple part of the rainbow, but not so compressed or thick. It did not occupy twenty yards in breadth and was about twelve feet high from the ground. It was a kind of blush upon the air and it moved very rapidly, for I...
Pagina 321 - It is easier to guess than to describe the situation of my mind at that moment — standing in that spot which had baffled the genius, industry, and inquiry of both ancients and moderns, for the course of near three thousand years.
Pagina 240 - May God bless you.' Each of the three crosses were then brought forward to Welleta Michael, and he kissed them. The ceremony of sprinkling the water was then repeated to all the great men in the tent, all cleanly dressed as in gala.