A New Sea and an Old Land: Being Papers Suggested by a Visit to Egypt at the End of 1869 |
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... first pyramid And largest , thinking it was just the thing To keep his memory whole and mummy hid ; But somebody or other rummaging , Burglariously broke his coffin's lid . Let not a monument give you or me hopes , OF THE SUEZ CANAL . 15.
... first pyramid And largest , thinking it was just the thing To keep his memory whole and mummy hid ; But somebody or other rummaging , Burglariously broke his coffin's lid . Let not a monument give you or me hopes , OF THE SUEZ CANAL . 15.
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... whole dynasty ( the 27th ) of Persian kings , kicking hard all the time , but unable to remove her bonds , until at last , about 400 years B.C. , she reconquered her freedom , and was ruled by Egyptian kings through the 28th , 29th ...
... whole dynasty ( the 27th ) of Persian kings , kicking hard all the time , but unable to remove her bonds , until at last , about 400 years B.C. , she reconquered her freedom , and was ruled by Egyptian kings through the 28th , 29th ...
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... whole word , a syllable , or a letter . There are no stops . It has , however , come to light that very often , besides the characters which form the word , a drawing of the thing intended is given . The three kinds of writing are often ...
... whole word , a syllable , or a letter . There are no stops . It has , however , come to light that very often , besides the characters which form the word , a drawing of the thing intended is given . The three kinds of writing are often ...
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... whole world is directed , his is the principal figure . With the fame of a work which rivals the works of Sesostris and of Cheops , the name of M. de Lesseps is associated for all time . They who have been watching the close of the ...
... whole world is directed , his is the principal figure . With the fame of a work which rivals the works of Sesostris and of Cheops , the name of M. de Lesseps is associated for all time . They who have been watching the close of the ...
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... whole works . The southern branch of the fresh - water canal runs , through part of its length , in the channel of the old canal of the Pharaohs . It need not be added , if the reader has kept his eye on the map , that as soon as the ...
... whole works . The southern branch of the fresh - water canal runs , through part of its length , in the channel of the old canal of the Pharaohs . It need not be added , if the reader has kept his eye on the map , that as soon as the ...
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Page 100 - And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father, and told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt.
Page 63 - 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.
Page 15 - What are the hopes of man? Old Egypt's king Cheops erected the first pyramid, And largest, thinking it was just the thing To keep his memory whole, and mummy hid; But somebody or other, rummaging, Burglariously broke his coffin's lid: Let not a monument give you or me hopes, Since not a pinch of dust remains of Cheops.
Page 275 - I venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
Page 301 - And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, "Who shall give us flesh to eat? We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
Page 63 - For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell, Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Page 48 - But cloud instead, and everduring dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Page 78 - Rose, like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want Cornice or frieze with bossy sculptures graven ; The roof was fretted gold.
Page 18 - Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: come on, let us deal wisely with them ; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and...
Page 9 - I dwell with more pleasure, than that of seeing the first burst of the Nile into one of the great channels of its annual overflow. All nature shouts for joy. The men, the children, the buffaloes, gambol in its refreshing waters, the broad waves sparkle with shoals of fish, and fowl of every wing flutter over them in clouds. Nor is this jubilee of nature confined to the higher orders of creation. The moment the sand becomes moistened by the approach of the fertilizing waters, it is literally alive...