Letters from the Old World, Volumen1Harper & Brothers, 1840 After a few years of studying the available literature on the cultures and continents she wanted to visit, Sarah Rogers Haight traveled through almost all of Europe and parts of Africa and Asia. She spent years in the cosmopolitan centers of foreign countries, mingling with the intelligentsia of each place. This two-volume description of her various journeys appeared anonymously in 1840.--Provided by The Library Company of Philadelphia. |
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... boat . - Time Economized . - The Children of Israel.- How to make Straw Bricks . - Peculiarity of the Nile . - The way they do things in the East . - How to make a Canal . - Visit from a Bey . - Robbers of the Nile • . 155 CONTENTS . ix ...
... boat . - Time Economized . - The Children of Israel.- How to make Straw Bricks . - Peculiarity of the Nile . - The way they do things in the East . - How to make a Canal . - Visit from a Bey . - Robbers of the Nile • . 155 CONTENTS . ix ...
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... boat with a pair of long iron tongs , and thrown into a tin box . The captain of the port then directs that the vessel shall come to anchor near the Quarantine until the ' Sanita ' shall have decided upon her case . " The boat takes the ...
... boat with a pair of long iron tongs , and thrown into a tin box . The captain of the port then directs that the vessel shall come to anchor near the Quarantine until the ' Sanita ' shall have decided upon her case . " The boat takes the ...
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... boat ever being allowed to ply about in the port or outer harbour , on account of the sanitory regulations . A heavy snowstorm soon drove me below . STORM AT SEA . 16 21 Night set in , 20 LETTERS FROM THE OLD WORld .
... boat ever being allowed to ply about in the port or outer harbour , on account of the sanitory regulations . A heavy snowstorm soon drove me below . STORM AT SEA . 16 21 Night set in , 20 LETTERS FROM THE OLD WORld .
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... boat , and back again among the snows of Russia , content to winter there or cross the Balkan , could we only be set on shore with our lives . There were no ports at hand , and to lay the vessel to would be attended with more danger ...
... boat , and back again among the snows of Russia , content to winter there or cross the Balkan , could we only be set on shore with our lives . There were no ports at hand , and to lay the vessel to would be attended with more danger ...
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... boat gli- ded rapidly , assisted by the strong current , past both shores , I had not time to dwell on every detached object . Those which first arrested my attention , from their stand- ing out in bold relief , were several ancient and ...
... boat gli- ded rapidly , assisted by the strong current , past both shores , I had not time to dwell on every detached object . Those which first arrested my attention , from their stand- ing out in bold relief , were several ancient and ...
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Alexandria anchor ancient appearance Arab arch arrived Asia beautiful boat Bosphorus Cairo camel canal capital captain caravan Carnac cavern chambers columns Constantinople consul court desert divan East Egypt Egyptian endeavour eyes feet gale gates gentlemen Golden Horn grand granite Greek ground hand head hills holy hundred immense land Land of Goshen LETTER Luxor magnificent Memnon Memnonium Memphis ment miles monuments morning mountain mummies Mustafa nations never night Nile Nubia obelisks Odessa once pacha palace passed perhaps Pharaoh plague plain port present priests propylon proud Ptolemies Pyramids quarantine river rock ruins Russia sacred sails Saracenic scene sculptured seated seen shore side Smyrna splendid spot Stamboul steamer stone sultan Syene Syria temple Thebaid Thebes thousand tion tomb travellers Turk Turkish Typhon valley vessel voyage walls whole wind
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Página 161 - And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore : let them go and gather straw for themselves.
Página 38 - Know ye the land of the cedar and vine, Where the flowers ever blossom, the beams ever shine, Where the light wings of Zephyr, oppress'd with perfume, Wax faint o'er the gardens of Gul in her bloom ; Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale never is mute...
Página 38 - Wax faint o'er the gardens of gul in her bloom, Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale never is mute , Where the tints of the earth , and the hues of the sky , In colour though varied, in beauty may vie, And the purple of Ocean is deepest in...
Página 217 - AND thou hast walked about (how strange a story!) In Thebes's streets three thousand years ago, When the Memnonium was in all its glory, And time had not begun to overthrow Those temples, palaces, and piles stupendous Of which the very ruins are tremendous.
Página 222 - So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about.
Página 307 - Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships ; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
Página 140 - And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt ; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.
Página 201 - How the gods fled to Egypt's slimy soil, And hid their heads beneath the banks of Nile ; How Typhon from the conquer'd skies pursued Their routed godheads to the seven-mouth'd flood : Forced every god, his fury to escape, - . 501 Some beastly form to take, or earthly shape.
Página 222 - Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall : and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door. And he said unto me, Go in, and see the wicked abominations that they do here.