New voyages and travels: originals and translations [ed. by sir R. Phillips].1823 |
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Page vii
... never before seen any thing similar to it , and I no longer wondered at the mistake of a German prince , who on making his entry into London , ima- gined that it was an illumination provided on purpose to wel- come him with peculiar ...
... never before seen any thing similar to it , and I no longer wondered at the mistake of a German prince , who on making his entry into London , ima- gined that it was an illumination provided on purpose to wel- come him with peculiar ...
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... never have seen the country , and even scarce knew where to give an address to an acquaintance . " But so it comes to pass , " said he , " when we continually put " off what appears easy to carry into execution . And at last " the ...
... never have seen the country , and even scarce knew where to give an address to an acquaintance . " But so it comes to pass , " said he , " when we continually put " off what appears easy to carry into execution . And at last " the ...
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... never leaves off . A foreigner , who arrived at night , and towards noon came out of his lod- ging , which was situated in a principal street , stood still at the street - door , when he saw this stream of people flowing in every ...
... never leaves off . A foreigner , who arrived at night , and towards noon came out of his lod- ging , which was situated in a principal street , stood still at the street - door , when he saw this stream of people flowing in every ...
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... never noticed any person who was to be distin- guished by any external mark , particular uniform , the decora- tion of an order , or anything similar . What in Germany be- comes a kind of duty to wear , would here create surprize , and ...
... never noticed any person who was to be distin- guished by any external mark , particular uniform , the decora- tion of an order , or anything similar . What in Germany be- comes a kind of duty to wear , would here create surprize , and ...
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... never to let the conversation drop , and who , that they may only speak , are continually making the most common - place questions . Speaking , however , from my own experience , I cannot at all agree in the complaint which has been ...
... never to let the conversation drop , and who , that they may only speak , are continually making the most common - place questions . Speaking , however , from my own experience , I cannot at all agree in the complaint which has been ...
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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.