A Series of Adventures in the Course of a Voyage Up the Red-Sea, on the Coasts of Arabia and Egypt ;: And of a Route Through the Desarts of Thebais, Hitherto Unknown to the European Traveller, in the Year M.DCC.LXVII. In Letters to a Lady |
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... themselves of the vessel - Stratagem for that purpofe - Its fuccefs - The vessel brought into the harbor , and the author , & c . return aboard under a guard , until an answer is received from the Xerif of Mecca , touching their destiny ...
... themselves of the vessel - Stratagem for that purpofe - Its fuccefs - The vessel brought into the harbor , and the author , & c . return aboard under a guard , until an answer is received from the Xerif of Mecca , touching their destiny ...
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... themselves clofe prifaners — Their baggage fearched and re- peatedly pillaged by the hoft and his affociates - Vifit from the ha- keem of the city , by the order of his master , the Shaik Ul Arab- Enquiry into their wrongs - Tumult in ...
... themselves clofe prifaners — Their baggage fearched and re- peatedly pillaged by the hoft and his affociates - Vifit from the ha- keem of the city , by the order of his master , the Shaik Ul Arab- Enquiry into their wrongs - Tumult in ...
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... themselves with plundering his effects . On the first alarm , the captain wisely retreated to the terrace of the factory ; and it was with no little difficulty , that he escaped along the roofs of the houses to the fea - fide , where he ...
... themselves with plundering his effects . On the first alarm , the captain wisely retreated to the terrace of the factory ; and it was with no little difficulty , that he escaped along the roofs of the houses to the fea - fide , where he ...
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... themselves . The captain would have been cenfured for bringing his veffel into an un- civilized port , and the credulity of the paffengers held up in a ridiculous light , for trufting themselves among a favage tribe , unversed in the ...
... themselves . The captain would have been cenfured for bringing his veffel into an un- civilized port , and the credulity of the paffengers held up in a ridiculous light , for trufting themselves among a favage tribe , unversed in the ...
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... themselves , that never fiction fo happily affumed the air of truth . The flightest alarm would probably have prevented the consequences which enfued , as none of us imagine the fhaik or his attendants were authorized to oppose our ...
... themselves , that never fiction fo happily affumed the air of truth . The flightest alarm would probably have prevented the consequences which enfued , as none of us imagine the fhaik or his attendants were authorized to oppose our ...
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affured againſt anchor anſwer appearance Arabian Arabs beſt boat buſineſs Cairo camels captain Chriſtian circumſtance cloſe coaft coaſt Cofire confiderable courſe day-break defart defire diſcovered diſpatched diſtance Engliſh eſcape fafe fame fecurity feemed fent fervants fervice feven fhaik fhore fide fince firſt fituation fome foon fubject fuch furprized Ghinnah greateſt Hadgee hakeem himſelf houſe Ibrahim Ibrahim Beg intereſt iſland itſelf Judda juſt laſt latitude leagues leaſt leſs Mahomet maſter meaſure Mecca miles Mocha morning moſt muſt myſelf neceffity night Nile nokidah o'clock obferved occafion ourſelves paffage paffed paſs paſt pilot pleaſed pleaſure preſent promiſed purpoſe reaſon reef reſpect reſt ſcene ſeems ſeen ſent ſeveral ſhaik ſhall ſhe ſhip ſhore ſhould ſmall ſome ſpirit ſtage ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtood ſtrangers ſtrong ſuch Suez themſelves theſe thoſe tion Turk Upper Egypt uſe veffel veſſel vifit viſit vizier whofe whoſe wind Xerif Yambo yeſterday
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Page 39 - When even at last the solemn hour shall come, And wing my mystic flight to future worlds, I cheerful will obey ; there, with new powers, Will rising wonders sing. I cannot go Where universal love not smiles around...
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Page 371 - ... multitude. To the eye below, the capital of the pillar does not appear capable of holding more than one man upon it; but our seamen found it could contain no less than eight persons very conveniently. "It is...
Page 370 - ... anxious to possess a relic of this antiquity, and one of the volutes of the column was immaturely brought down, in the year 1781, by a prank of some English captains, which is thus related by Mr.
Page 371 - Turkish government, he left them to themselves ; and politely answered, that the English were too great patriots to injure the remains of Pompey. He knew little, however, of the disposition of the people who were engaged in this undertaking.
Page 371 - A two-inch rope was tied to one end of the string, and drawn over the pillar by the end to which the kite was affixed. By this rope one of the seamen ascended to the top ; and in less than an hour a kind of shroud was constructed, by which the whole company went up, and drank their punch amid the shouts of the astonished multitude.
Page 371 - The inhabitants were by this time apprised of what was going forward, and flocked in crowds to be witnesses of the address and boldness of the English. The governor of Alexandria was told that these seamen were about to pull down Pompey's pillar.
Page 371 - The boat was ordered, and with proper implements for the attempt, these enterprising heroes pushed ashore, to drink a bowl of punch on the top of Pompey's pillar ! At the spot they arrived, and many contrivances were proposed to accomplish the desired point. But their labour was vain, and they began to despair of success, when the genius who struck out the frolic happily suggested the means of performing it.
Page 372 - The only detriment which the pillar received was the loss of the volute before mentioned, which came down with a thundering sound, and was carried to England by one of the captains, as a present to a lady who commissioned him for a piece of the pillar.