The Crescent and the Cross: Or, Romance and Realities of Eastern Travel, Teile 1-2Wiley and Putnam, 1845 - 768 Seiten |
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... War - Breach with the Porte - Successes and Com- promise - His Schools - His Policy — His Character - Prospects of Egypt Page 245 251 256 PREFACE . IMMUTABILITY is the most striking characteristic of the viii CONTENTS .
... War - Breach with the Porte - Successes and Com- promise - His Schools - His Policy — His Character - Prospects of Egypt Page 245 251 256 PREFACE . IMMUTABILITY is the most striking characteristic of the viii CONTENTS .
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... character : for we seem to have writ- ers on the East sufficient in number , and of all descrip- tions ; from the high - born lady to the hardy Burkhardt- from the massive prose of Robinson , to the genial poetry of Milnes - from the ...
... character : for we seem to have writ- ers on the East sufficient in number , and of all descrip- tions ; from the high - born lady to the hardy Burkhardt- from the massive prose of Robinson , to the genial poetry of Milnes - from the ...
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... character , but with great vivacity and intelligence in their glistening eyes . The population in both town and country abounds in a propor- tion eight times as great as that of England . * Being very fru- gal and industrious , they are ...
... character , but with great vivacity and intelligence in their glistening eyes . The population in both town and country abounds in a propor- tion eight times as great as that of England . * Being very fru- gal and industrious , they are ...
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... character as Da- mascus , but the intermixture of Europeans gives it a character of its own , and affords far wider scope for adventure than the secluded and solemn capital of Syria . The bazaars are very vivid and varied , and each is ...
... character as Da- mascus , but the intermixture of Europeans gives it a character of its own , and affords far wider scope for adventure than the secluded and solemn capital of Syria . The bazaars are very vivid and varied , and each is ...
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... character - some with arms crossed upon their mailed bosoms , and their turbaned heads devoutly bowed in prayer ; some with flashing swords and fierce curses , alike unavailing against their dastard and ruthless foe . All that ...
... character - some with arms crossed upon their mailed bosoms , and their turbaned heads devoutly bowed in prayer ; some with flashing swords and fierce curses , alike unavailing against their dastard and ruthless foe . All that ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Alexandria ancient appearance Arab arrived Baalbec banks beautiful Bedouin beneath Beyrout blue boat bright Cairo camels carpet cataract Christian church cliffs Constantinople convent crew Damascus dark desert distance dragoman dress East Egypt Egyptian Emir England English eyes faith feet gardens Greece Greek groves hand hareem hills hippopotamus horse hour hyæna inhabitants island Jerusalem Jews land Lebanon light lonely look luxury Mahmoud Malta Mamelukes Maronite Mehemet Mehemet Ali miles morning Moslem Mount mountain never night Nile Nubia once palace palm palm-trees Pasha passed picturesque pilgrims pipe plain pleasant pyramids river rocks rode round ruins sails sands Saracen scarcely scene scenery seemed servants shade shadow Sheikh shore silence slave soon spirit steep stood Syria temple tent Thebes tion tombs towers town traveller tribes turban Turkish Turks valley village Wady Halfa walls wandered waves wild women
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 84 - BRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the morning! Dawn on our darkness and lend us Thine aid! Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid!
Seite 198 - Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm from an anointed king ; The breath of worldly men cannot depose The deputy elected by the Lord.
Seite 160 - So cloudless, clear, and purely beautiful, That God alone was to be seen in heaven.
Seite 22 - Why dost thou build the hall, son of the winged days? Thou lookest from thy towers today; yet a few years, and the blast of the desert comes; it howls in thy empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield.
Seite 182 - Branches they bore of that enchanted stem, Laden with flower and fruit, whereof they gave To each, but whoso did receive of them And taste, to him the gushing of the wave Far far away did seem to mourn and rave On alien shores...
Seite 219 - They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; that made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
Seite 26 - The spirits of your fathers Shall start from every wave ! — For the deck it was their field of fame, And Ocean was their grave...
Seite 209 - Tread those reviving passions down, Unworthy manhood! — unto thee Indifferent should the smile or frown Of beauty be. If thou regret'st thy youth, why live? The land of honourable death Is here: — up to the field, and give Away thy breath! Seek out — less often sought than found — A soldier's grave, for thee the best; Then look around and choose thy ground, And take thy rest.
Seite 113 - Then comes a mightier silence, stern and strong, As of a world left empty of its throng, And the void weighs on us; and then we wake, And hear the fruitful stream lapsing along Twixt villages, and think how we shall take Our own calm journey on for human sake.