A Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages & Travels, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time: Arranged in Systematic Order, Geographical and Chronological. The Whole Exhibiting a Faithful and Lively Delineation of the World. Carefully Selected from Writers of Different Nations. In Four Volumes, المجلد 4Mackenzie and Dent, 1818 |
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... vessels to the nearest guard , whence it is forwarded to the governor of Rangoon . The Birman officer that came on board was a mean looking man , dressed in a shabby cotton jacket , and a piece of faded silk , which , after twice ...
... vessels to the nearest guard , whence it is forwarded to the governor of Rangoon . The Birman officer that came on board was a mean looking man , dressed in a shabby cotton jacket , and a piece of faded silk , which , after twice ...
الصفحة 25
... vessels of burden were likewise in a state of forwardness , belonging to English adventurers , and one still larger than the rest , almost ready to be launched , the property of the governor of Maindu , the town on the opposite side ...
... vessels of burden were likewise in a state of forwardness , belonging to English adventurers , and one still larger than the rest , almost ready to be launched , the property of the governor of Maindu , the town on the opposite side ...
الصفحة 30
... vessel : when they set out in a morning , they proceed in silence , but returning at night , they join in jocund chorus , and time the stroke of their oars to the bars of their song . We were serenaded every evening from dusk till 10 o ...
... vessel : when they set out in a morning , they proceed in silence , but returning at night , they join in jocund chorus , and time the stroke of their oars to the bars of their song . We were serenaded every evening from dusk till 10 o ...
الصفحة 34
... vessels are so narrow , that persons unaccustomed to them cannot sit between the rowers without inconvenience : it did not , however , escape our notice , that they were quite plain , without either gilding or paint . We were about 20 ...
... vessels are so narrow , that persons unaccustomed to them cannot sit between the rowers without inconvenience : it did not , however , escape our notice , that they were quite plain , without either gilding or paint . We were about 20 ...
الصفحة 45
... vessels of gold , of various forms and for different purposes : immediately over the throne , a splendid piasath rose in seven stages above the roofs of the building , crowned by a tee , or umbrella , from which a spiral rod was ...
... vessels of gold , of various forms and for different purposes : immediately over the throne , a splendid piasath rose in seven stages above the roofs of the building , crowned by a tee , or umbrella , from which a spiral rod was ...
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Aleppo amused anchor appeared Arabs Argentiera arms arrived astonishment attended beautiful Birman boat body Botany bay Bramins bread called captain carried Centurion ceremony Circassians clothes colour commodore Corunna covered distance Djezzar Don Raimundo dress English extremely eyes favourable feet female Finland fire galeon glaciers governor Greeks Grison hands harbour head hills Holy Land horses hour inhabitants island jemadar journey lake land Laplanders Lisbon Macao Madras manner maywoon miles morning Moscow mountain natives night o'clock obliged observed officers party passed Pegu perceived person pieces Portuguese present Rangoon received river road Robert Southey rocks round sailed says scene seat seemed seen ship shore side situation sledges soon stones streets Sweden thing tion took town traveller trees valley vessel village voyage walk walls weather whole wind women wood
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الصفحة 229 - Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee : be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee : cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
الصفحة 236 - And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot : and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
الصفحة 227 - And Deborah said unto Barak, Up ; for this is the day in which the Lord hath delivered Sisera into thine hand : is not the Lord gone out before thee?
الصفحة 240 - The atmosphere was remarkably clear and serene; but we saw none of those clouds of smoke which by some writers are said to exhale from the surface of Lake Asphaltites, nor from any neighbouring mountain.
الصفحة 452 - AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah : and I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship...
الصفحة 381 - Otaheite are handsome, mild, and cheerful in manners and conversation, possessed of great sensibility, and have sufficient delicacy to make them be admired and beloved. The chiefs were so much attached to our people, that they rather encouraged their stay among them than otherwise, and even made them promises of large possessions. Under these and many other...
الصفحة 347 - ... having been in imminent peril of being killed, had not the Commodore, who perceived what he was about, given express orders to his people to desist from firing.
الصفحة 379 - ... strong gripe by the cord that tied my hands, he with many oaths threatened to kill me immediately if I would not be quiet ; the villains around me had their pieces cocked and bayonets fixed.
الصفحة 228 - A sight of this territory can alone convey any adequate idea of its surprising produce : it is truly the Eden of the East, rejoicing in the abundance of its wealth.
الصفحة 45 - I was informed, however, that this appearance of weakness did not proceed from any bodily infirmity, but from the weight of the regal habiliments in which he was clad ; and if what we were told was true, that he carried on his dress fifteen viss, upwards of fifty pounds avoirdupois of gold, his difficulty of ascent was not surprising.