A Narrative of the Extraordinary Adventures and Sufferings by Shipwreck & Imprisonment, of Donald Campbell: Esq., of Barbreck: with the Singular Humours of His Tartar Guide, Hassan Artaz; Comprising the Occurrences of Four Years and Five Days, in an Overland Journey to IndiaE. Duyckinck, 1801 - 359 Seiten |
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... mentioned , and of course conceived it to be a place of great importance ; at the same time proposing that they should go to a neighbour- ing bookseller , who , as he dealt in books , must neces- sarily know every thing , in order to ...
... mentioned , and of course conceived it to be a place of great importance ; at the same time proposing that they should go to a neighbour- ing bookseller , who , as he dealt in books , must neces- sarily know every thing , in order to ...
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... mention one hun dred and thirty - three boroughs and villages ; and if you . could compute the number of inferior clergy with which the streets and highways are filled , you would be thun- derstruck . There , and in all , those Popish ...
... mention one hun dred and thirty - three boroughs and villages ; and if you . could compute the number of inferior clergy with which the streets and highways are filled , you would be thun- derstruck . There , and in all , those Popish ...
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... mentioned in my last , make a part of the curiosities deposited in this church : this furious and inflexible impostor was archbishop of Canterbury ; and his struggles to enslave both the king and people of England , and make them ...
... mentioned in my last , make a part of the curiosities deposited in this church : this furious and inflexible impostor was archbishop of Canterbury ; and his struggles to enslave both the king and people of England , and make them ...
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... mention two , as distinguished from the rest by their costliness , magnifi- cence , and antiquity . They are made of copper , well gilt . One of them is the tomb of MARY , heiress to the Ducal House of Burgundy ; and the other , that of ...
... mention two , as distinguished from the rest by their costliness , magnifi- cence , and antiquity . They are made of copper , well gilt . One of them is the tomb of MARY , heiress to the Ducal House of Burgundy ; and the other , that of ...
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... mention one anecdote only , and one remarkable expression of JOSEPH's , which will serve to shew in its true light what his disposition was ; and when you consider them as the act and senti- ment of a young man nursed in the lap of ...
... mention one anecdote only , and one remarkable expression of JOSEPH's , which will serve to shew in its true light what his disposition was ; and when you consider them as the act and senti- ment of a young man nursed in the lap of ...
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Aleppo appearance army arrived astonishment bashaw bastinadoed beautiful Bidanore Bombay Bruges Brussels called Campbell caravan caravansera carried Christian church circumstances conduct dear FREDERICK death disposition dominion DONALD CAMPBELL Emperor endeavored enemy England English extraordinary extremely father favor feelings fortune gave Ghent give gloomy hand happy heart honor hope horror horses human hundred Hyat Sahib Hyder India inhabitants Janissaries Jemadar journey Julius Cæsar kind length LETTER live Lord Macartney Madonna marks Mahomedan Mangalore mankind manner Mathews means Mecca ment miles mind misery Mosul nature Negapatnam never night obliged observed occasion once Ostend pass perceived person prince prisoners reflection religion rendered santons seemed Sepoys shew soon spirit suffer supposed Tartar thing thought thousand tion Tippoo Tippoo Sahib took town traveller troops Turkish Turks Venice vessel whole wish
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 196 - To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Seite 162 - Commov'd around, in gathering eddies play. Nearer and nearer still they darkening come, Till, with the general all-involving storm Swept up, the whole continuous wilds arise; And, by their noon-day fount dejected thrown, Or sunk at night in sad disastrous sleep, Beneath descending hills the caravan Is buried deep. In Cairo's crowded streets, The impatient merchant, wondering, waits in vain; And Mecca saddens at the long delay.
Seite 196 - WE were now treading that illustrious Island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances...
Seite 64 - So stale and cheap to vulgar company, Opinion, that did help me to the crown, Had still kept loyal to possession And left me in reputeless banishment, A fellow of no mark nor likelihood.
Seite 235 - On the 19th the sky was obscured by immense fleeces -of clouds, surcharged with inflammable matter : and in the evening the rain fell in torrents, the firmament darkened apace, sudden night came on, and the horrors of extreme darkness were rendered still more horrible by the peals of thunder which rent the air, and the frequent flashes of lightning, which served only to...
Seite 162 - Breath'd hot From all the boundless furnace of the sky, And the wide glittering waste of burning sand, A suffocating wind the pilgrim smites With instant death.
Seite 195 - As soon as he stopped at a caravansera, he immediately called lustily about him in the name of the Sultan, demanding, with an imperious and menacing tone of voice, fresh horses, victuals, &c. on the instant. The terror of this great man operated like magic ; nothing could exceed the activity of the men, the briskness of the women, and the terror of the children ; for the...
Seite 136 - ... which is arched, and serves for warehouses to store goods, for lodgings, and for stables, while the upper is used merely for lodgings ; besides which they are always accommodated with a fountain, and have cooks' shops and other conveniences to supply the wants of lodgers. In Aleppo, the caravanserais are almost exclusively occupied by merchants, to whom they are, like other houses, rented.
Seite 194 - ... the state ; while the great men whose business they are employed in, make them feel the weight of authority, and treat them with the greatest contempt : hence they become habitually...
Seite 221 - It was still the hot season of the year, and we were to travel through that country, over which the horrid wind I have before mentioned sweeps its consuming blasts : it is called by the Turks samiel, is mentioned by holy Job under the name of the East Wind, and extends its ravages all the way from the extreme end o'f the Gulph of...