Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa: Greece, Egypt, and the Holy LandT. Cadell and W. Davies in the Strand, 1818 |
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... horses that would not have disgraced the race of Bucephalus , and accompanied by Mr. Kreen , the Consul's secre- tary , who went with us part of the way , we rode through the eastern gate of the city . En- tering the plain without the ...
... horses that would not have disgraced the race of Bucephalus , and accompanied by Mr. Kreen , the Consul's secre- tary , who went with us part of the way , we rode through the eastern gate of the city . En- tering the plain without the ...
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... horse to measure the distance , by paces , from one of these stations to the next ensuing ; and found it to equal , as he thought , two Roman miles , of a thousand paces each : but it has been observed , that , " allowing twenty - eight ...
... horse to measure the distance , by paces , from one of these stations to the next ensuing ; and found it to equal , as he thought , two Roman miles , of a thousand paces each : but it has been observed , that , " allowing twenty - eight ...
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... horse ; the hinder part of which is turned to the sea , and the head to the land . But it appears to be only an abbreviated corruption of Buce- phala , the antient name of the place . The distance altogether from Salonîca to Cavalla is ...
... horse ; the hinder part of which is turned to the sea , and the head to the land . But it appears to be only an abbreviated corruption of Buce- phala , the antient name of the place . The distance altogether from Salonîca to Cavalla is ...
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... horses ' feet were some- times in the water , When we had doubled this point of land , we beheld all the north- eastern side of the SINUS STRYMONICUS . The weather , however , was very hazy ; a hot Sirocco wind then blowing . Upon the ...
... horses ' feet were some- times in the water , When we had doubled this point of land , we beheld all the north- eastern side of the SINUS STRYMONICUS . The weather , however , was very hazy ; a hot Sirocco wind then blowing . Upon the ...
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... horse galloping ; and so on ; the same front appearing with a variety of obverse types . Here we obtained those antient medals of AMPHIPOLIS which some Numismatic writers have erroneously ascribed to LESBOS ; repre- senting in front the ...
... horse galloping ; and so on ; the same front appearing with a variety of obverse types . Here we obtained those antient medals of AMPHIPOLIS which some Numismatic writers have erroneously ascribed to LESBOS ; repre- senting in front the ...
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afterwards Ambassador Amphipolis Amst antient antiquity appearance April apud arrived auriferous Bannat beautiful belonging Beshek Buda Bûkorest called carriage Cavallo CHAP citadel consists Constantinople contains Cremnitz crystallized DACIA dance Danube distance Egypt exhibited Fachi Fairy Francof Geog German Gipsies gold Greece Greek Gronov Gulph of Glaucus Gyllius HEBRUS Hermanstadt Herodotus Hist Holy Land horses Hospodar houses Hungarian Hungary Ibid inhabitants journey Khan lake Land Jaffa Lond Macedonia manner medals mentioned minerals mines Mount Mount Athos mountains Nagyag nova species observed Orphano owing Paris passed Péra Perinthus Pest plain Presburg Prince principal remarkable resembles river road Roman ruins Schemnitz Shumla side silver situation specimens Strabo Strymon sulphuret Tahtar Tchohodar tellurium Thessalonica THRACE Thucydides tion town Transylvania Travels Troas tumuli Turkey Turkish Turks Urbib vein Vide Vienna village Walachia whole Willd wine δὲ καὶ τὴν τοῦ
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Seite 50 - And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.
Seite 46 - And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely; who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison and made their feet fast in the stocks.
Seite 417 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Seite 46 - And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken ; and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.
Seite 50 - Therefore, loosing from Troas, we came, with a straight course, to Samothracia, and the next day, to Neapolis ; and from thence, to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony : and we were in that city abiding certain days.
Seite 433 - No wonder, such celestial charms For nine long years have set the world in arms! What winning graces! what majestic mien! She moves a Goddess, and she looks a Queen. Yet hence, oh Heav'n! convey that fatal face, And from destruction save the Trojan race.
Seite 289 - Tableau de 1'Angleterre" asserts that "an Englishman may be discovered anywhere, if he be observed at table, because he places his fork upon the left side of his plate; a Frenchman, by using the fork alone without the knife; and a German, by planting it perpendicularly into his plate; and a Russian, by using it as a toothpick.
Seite 114 - ... to cleanliness in their frequent ablutions; and many other of their characteristics, which forcibly contrast them with their neighbours ; — and we shall be constrained to allow that there can hardly be found a people, without the pale of Christianity, better disposed towards its most essential precepts. That they have qualities which least deserve our approbation ; and that these are the most predominant, must be attributed entirely to the want of that
Seite 107 - Indeed, some of the representations of Mercury upon antient vases, are actually taken from the scenic exhibitions of the Grecian theatre; and that these exhibitions were also the prototypes of the modern pantomime, requires no other confirmation than a reference to one of them.... where Mercury, Momus, and Psyche, are delineated exactly as we see Harlequin, the Clown, and Columbine, upon the English stage.