New voyages and travels: originals and translations [ed. by sir R. Phillips].1823 |
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... HUNGARY . MONTEMONT'S TOUR OVER ALPS AND IN ITALY . THE MAHOMED MISRAH'S JOURNEY TO AFRICA . SCOTT'S ACCOUNT OF HIS CAP- TIVITY IN THE AFRICAN DESERT . CRAMP'S NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO INDIA . FORBIN'S RECOLLECTIONS OF SI- CILY ...
... HUNGARY . MONTEMONT'S TOUR OVER ALPS AND IN ITALY . THE MAHOMED MISRAH'S JOURNEY TO AFRICA . SCOTT'S ACCOUNT OF HIS CAP- TIVITY IN THE AFRICAN DESERT . CRAMP'S NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO INDIA . FORBIN'S RECOLLECTIONS OF SI- CILY ...
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... Hungary , in 1818 , by S. F. BEUDANT , Member of many learned Societies . Translated from the French . Part III . Tour over the Alps , and in Italy , by ALBERT MONTEMONT . Trans . lated from the French . Journey from Egypt to the ...
... Hungary , in 1818 , by S. F. BEUDANT , Member of many learned Societies . Translated from the French . Part III . Tour over the Alps , and in Italy , by ALBERT MONTEMONT . Trans . lated from the French . Journey from Egypt to the ...
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... MEMBER OF MANY LEARNED SOCIETIES . Translated from the French LONDON : PRINTED FOR SIR RICHARD PHILLIPS AND Co. BRIDE - COURT , BRIDGE - STREET . 1823 . 203. e . 90 e . 90. 12. ) ADVERTISEMENT . HUNGARY is a country , of which our.
... MEMBER OF MANY LEARNED SOCIETIES . Translated from the French LONDON : PRINTED FOR SIR RICHARD PHILLIPS AND Co. BRIDE - COURT , BRIDGE - STREET . 1823 . 203. e . 90 e . 90. 12. ) ADVERTISEMENT . HUNGARY is a country , of which our.
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... Hungary . They form an heterogeneous assemblage of nations , some of which descend from the primi- tive inhabitants , others from the different hordes that invaded them , including migrations from neighbouring countries , colo- nies ...
... Hungary . They form an heterogeneous assemblage of nations , some of which descend from the primi- tive inhabitants , others from the different hordes that invaded them , including migrations from neighbouring countries , colo- nies ...
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... sometimes wrongly named Greeks , from the religion they pro- fess ) are originally from Red Russia , i . e . Eastern Galicia and Lodomeria . When oppressed by the Russians and Polanders , 2 M. Beudant's Travels in Hungary .
... sometimes wrongly named Greeks , from the religion they pro- fess ) are originally from Red Russia , i . e . Eastern Galicia and Lodomeria . When oppressed by the Russians and Polanders , 2 M. Beudant's Travels in Hungary .
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Page 66 - No flocks that range the valley free To slaughter I condemn : Taught by that power that pities me, I learn to pity them : ' But from the mountain's grassy side A guiltless feast I bring ; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring. ' Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earth-born cares are wrong : Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Page 109 - Awake : The morning shines, and the fresh field Calls us ; we lose the prime, to mark how spring Our tender plants, how blows the citron grove, What drops the myrrh, and what the balmy reed, How nature paints her colours, how the bee Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet.
Page 16 - The Mahometans divide their religion into two general parts, faith and practice; of which the first is divided into six distinct branches : Belief in God, in his angels, in his scriptures, in his prophets, in the resurrection and final judgment, and in God's absolute decrees. The points relating to practice are, prayer, with washings, &c., alms, fasting, pilgrimage to Mecca, and circumcision.
Page 108 - Canighul, decorated with innumerable tents and pavilions, which displayed the luxury of a great city and the spoils of a victorious camp. Whole forests were cut down to supply fuel for the kitchens ; the plain was spread with pyramids of meat, and vases of every liquor, to which thousands of guests were courteously invited...
Page 96 - W]K> sent a horse for Scott to ride upon, and 27 dollars to buy provisions. After recruiting himself for three days longer, Scott, accompanied by the Moor, set off, and arrived safe at Mogador in five days, during which they travelled at the rate of at least thirty miles per day. As the place where Scott encountered the Moor is not above a mile and a half from Wadnoon, that place may be considered as about 150 miles from Mogador. Near the Moor's house was a river as large as canals usually are in...
Page 96 - Scott by the hand, told him he was safe, led him to his house, and gave him food. He afterwards desired Scott to write to the English Consul at Mogador ; and Scott did so. This man, leaving Scott under the care of his brother and his son, set off with the letter ; and after an absence of eight days, returned with a letter from William Willshire, Esq.