Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile: In the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, & 1773, Volum 4James Ballantyne, 1804 - 436 pàgines |
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Pàgina 8
... considerable distance ; and , in a council held for that purpose , he declared , that he considered the death of M. du Roule as an affront that immediately affected his crown and dignity . He was , therefore , determined not to pass it ...
... considerable distance ; and , in a council held for that purpose , he declared , that he considered the death of M. du Roule as an affront that immediately affected his crown and dignity . He was , therefore , determined not to pass it ...
Pàgina 18
... considerable army of the different tribes of his na- tion , Liban , Kalkend , and Basso ; and having found one that pretended to be of the royal blood , he pro- claimed him king , and put his army in motion . Upon the first news of this ...
... considerable army of the different tribes of his na- tion , Liban , Kalkend , and Basso ; and having found one that pretended to be of the royal blood , he pro- claimed him king , and put his army in motion . Upon the first news of this ...
Pàgina 29
... considerable settlement of this nation is at Amba Tzaada , between the Mareb and Tacazze , but nearer , by one third , to the Mareb , and almost N. W. from Dobarwa . These people , who have a * Written literally in Ethiopic , Shankala ...
... considerable settlement of this nation is at Amba Tzaada , between the Mareb and Tacazze , but nearer , by one third , to the Mareb , and almost N. W. from Dobarwa . These people , who have a * Written literally in Ethiopic , Shankala ...
Pàgina 49
... considerable number of them employed in field - exercises , to be informed of their inclinations , and to attach them to his person by favours . At the head of this little , but very active army , he was ready in a moment to fall upon ...
... considerable number of them employed in field - exercises , to be informed of their inclinations , and to attach them to his person by favours . At the head of this little , but very active army , he was ready in a moment to fall upon ...
Pàgina 50
... considerable favourite , being torn to pieces by one of these quadrupeds , he gave over the sport , and returned very sorrowful to bury him at Gondar , leaving three of his servants to execute a design he had formed against the Baasa in ...
... considerable favourite , being torn to pieces by one of these quadrupeds , he gave over the sport , and returned very sorrowful to bury him at Gondar , leaving three of his servants to execute a design he had formed against the Baasa in ...
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Abuna Abyssinia Achmet Adowa Agows Amhara appeared Arabia Arabs Arkeeko army arrived Axum Ayto Azage Azazo Bacuffa Baharnagash beasts Begemder Betwudet brother called church command Damot death Dixan Djawi encamped Enderta enemy Eshte Fasil fire Galla Georgis Gibberti Gojam Gondar governor of Tigre Gusho hand head Hezekias horse hyæna Ibaba immediately inhabitants Iteghe Janni Jidda Kasmati king king's kingdom Koscam l'Oul Lasta Mahomet Mahometans Mammo manner Mariam Barea Masuah Metical Metical Aga miles monks morning mountain murder Naybe never night Nile o'clock officers Oustas Ozoro Esther palace passed patakas person plain priests prince province queen Ras Michael reason Red Sea reign returned river says seemed seen Sennaar sent servants Shangalla shewed side soldiers soon Suhul Tacazze Taranta Tecla Haimanout teff tent thing throne Tigre tion town trees troops village violent Waragna Wechne Welleta Yasine Yasous
Passatges populars
Pàgina 462 - 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.
Pàgina 391 - I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn: 5 Lift not up your horn on high : speak not with a stiff neck.
Pàgina 313 - He appears, by his modest and unaffected narration, to have described things as he saw them, to have copied nature from the life, and to have consulted his senses, not his imagination. He meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes; his crocodiles devour their prey without tears; and his cataracts fall from the rock without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants.
Pàgina 462 - Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air...
Pàgina 434 - Sierra occupied by the 3d division of infantry. — One division of French infantry arrived at the top of the ridge...
Pàgina 464 - Saul caused roll 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...
Pàgina 467 - ... down his ribs, and so on to the buttock, ^cutting the skin wherever it hinders them commodiously to strip the poor animal bare. All the flesh on the buttocks is then cut off, and in solid square pieces, without bones, or much effusion of blood ; and the prodigious noise the animal makes is a signal for the company to sit down to table.
Pàgina 391 - Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.
Pàgina 361 - to be the great reservoir from whence arise most of the rivers that water this part of Abyssinia. A multitude of streams issue from the very summit in all directions; the springs boil out from the earth in large quantities, capable of turning a mill. They plough, sow, and reap here at all seasons ; and the husbandman must blame his own indolence, and not the soil, if he has not three harvests. We saw in one place people busy cutting down wheat ; immediately next to it others at the plough, and the...
Pàgina 228 - I lay down, then, as a positive rule of health, that the warmest dishes the natives delight in, are the most wholesome strangers can use in the putrid climates of the Lower Arabia, Abyssinia, Sennaar, and Egypt itself; and that spirits, and all fermented liquors, should be regarded as...