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... Tunis ; particularly where neither ancient nor modern history were more imme- diately concerned , and where the general scheme of these geographical inquiries would admit of it . And lest the greater proficients in botanical learning ...
... Tunis ; particularly where neither ancient nor modern history were more imme- diately concerned , and where the general scheme of these geographical inquiries would admit of it . And lest the greater proficients in botanical learning ...
Page xxiv
... Tunis 16 ° to the west . Every evening therefore , as soon as we arrived at our connack * , for so the spahees call the tents , the houses , or places where we put up , I used to examine what latitude we were in , how many hours , and ...
... Tunis 16 ° to the west . Every evening therefore , as soon as we arrived at our connack * , for so the spahees call the tents , the houses , or places where we put up , I used to examine what latitude we were in , how many hours , and ...
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... Tunis , at the ex- pence of the French king . In the description of the western portion of the Zeugitania , which the civil wars , A. D. 1727 , prevented me from visit- ing , I am much indebted to the learned Father Francisco Ximenes ...
... Tunis , at the ex- pence of the French king . In the description of the western portion of the Zeugitania , which the civil wars , A. D. 1727 , prevented me from visit- ing , I am much indebted to the learned Father Francisco Ximenes ...
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... Tunis , an ordi- nary day's journey , exclusive of the time taken up in making observations , rarely exceeded eight or nine hours . Our constant practice was , to rise at break of day , set forward with the sun , and travel till the ...
... Tunis , an ordi- nary day's journey , exclusive of the time taken up in making observations , rarely exceeded eight or nine hours . Our constant practice was , to rise at break of day , set forward with the sun , and travel till the ...
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... Tunis in general , CHAPTER II . · 147 Of the Sea Coast of the Zeugitania , or Summer Circuit , CHAPTER III . Of the most remarkable inland Places of the Zeugitania or Summer Circuit , CHAPTER IV . Of the most remarkable Places upon the ...
... Tunis in general , CHAPTER II . · 147 Of the Sea Coast of the Zeugitania , or Summer Circuit , CHAPTER III . Of the most remarkable inland Places of the Zeugitania or Summer Circuit , CHAPTER IV . Of the most remarkable Places upon the ...
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Page 385 - Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall ; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick : and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
Page xxiii - Thou makest darkness, that it may be night; wherein all the beasts of the forest do move. 21 The lions, roaring after their prey, do seek their meat from GOD.
Page 385 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!
Page 379 - And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house : and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
Page 375 - ... present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace; where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.
Page 426 - And he took butter and milk and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Page 425 - Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours. And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
Page 339 - In doing which, they kept their ranks like men of war, climbing over, as they advanced, every tree or wall that was in their way ; nay, they entered into our very houses and bed-chambers, like so many thieves.
Page 377 - The stairs are sometimes placed in the porch, sometimes at the entrance into the court. When there is one or more stories, they are afterwards continued through one corner or other of the gallery to the top of the house, whither they conduct us through a door that is...
Page 404 - Arabs join together with thread, or a wooden bodkin, the two upper corners of this garment ; and after having placed them first over one of their shoulders, they then fold the rest of it about their bodies.