 | Thomas Harmer - 1776 - 574 pages
...fort of fig, upon which, Norden tells us 6 the people for the greater part live; thinking themfelves well regaled when they have a piece of bread, a couple of fycamore-figs, and a pitcher filled with water from the Nile7. [The fondnefs for the fycamore-fruit... | |
 | Thaddeus Mason Harris - Nature in the Bible - 1824 - 474 pages
...of tree is pretty common in Egypt ; the people, for the greater part, live upon its fruit, and think themselves well regaled when they have a piece of bread, a couple of sycamore figs, and a pitcher of water."- — This account, in several things, agrees with what Pliny,... | |
 | George Paxton - 1825 - 598 pages
...applied, the sycamore produces a species of fig upon which the people almost entirely subsist, thinking themselves well regaled, when they have a piece of bread, a couple of sycamore figs, and a pitcher filled with water from the Nile." The Egyptians are not the only people... | |
 | Charles Williams - Botany - 1833 - 300 pages
...The tree is pretty common in Egypt ; the people, for the greater part, live on its fruit, and think themselves well regaled when they have a piece of bread, a couple of sycamore-figs, and a pitcher of water. In Palestine, too, it is often seen. Its timber has been used in the construction of buildings,... | |
 | Thaddeus Mason Harris - Bible - 1833 - 394 pages
...of tree is pretty common in Egypt : the people, for the greater part, live upon its fruit, and think themselves well regaled when they have a piece of bread, a couple of sycamore figs, and a pitcher of water." — 1his account, in several things, agrees with what Pliny,... | |
 | Michael Russell - Africa, East - 1833 - 456 pages
...the opinion of others. In Egypt, " the people for the greater part live upon its fruit ; and think themselves well regaled when they have a piece of bread, a couple of sycomore-flgs, and a pitcher filled with water from the Nile."* Bruce mentions the singular fact, that,... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1836 - 924 pages
...kind of fig, on which the common people in general live ; and Mr. Norden observes that " they think sycamore figs, and a pitcher of water from the Nile." The loss therefore of their vines and sycamore-trees... | |
 | Child rearing - 1837 - 348 pages
...greater part live upon its fruit ; and think themselves well * Brune's Trarela, App. p. 80, 8ro. cii regaled when they have a piece of bread, a couple...very erroneously to the greater British maple (Acer pseudo-Plalanus). The kolquall belongs to the family of the Euphorbiacca ; it is also manifestly a... | |
 | Rebecca Hey - 1837 - 386 pages
...chief article of food among the lower orders in Egypt ; and, we are told, these poor people " think themselves well regaled when they have a piece of bread, a couple of sycamore figs, and a pitcher of water." This species abounds in that country ; and as the inhabitants... | |
 | Michael Russell - Ethiopia - 1842 - 342 pages
...greater part live upon its fruit ; and thinK themselves well * Bruoe's Traveto, App. p. 90, 8vo. ed. regaled when they have a piece of bread, a couple...very erroneously to the greater British maple (Acer pteudo-Platanus). The kolquall belongs to the family of the Euphorbiacecc ; it is also manifestly a... | |
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In the inside it resembles the common figs, excepting that it has a blackish colouring with yellow spots. This sort of tree is pretty common in Egypt ; the people, for the greater part, live upon its fruit, and think themselves well regaled when they... 
