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... respecting Egypt , Nubia , and Abyssinia , —those countries so full of interest to the scholar and the antiquary , and which are universally acknowledged to have been the cra- dle of the arts , so far as the elements of these were ...
... respecting Egypt , Nubia , and Abyssinia , —those countries so full of interest to the scholar and the antiquary , and which are universally acknowledged to have been the cra- dle of the arts , so far as the elements of these were ...
Stran 18
... respect of religion , learning , and all the arts and feelings of social life , removed from one another by the lapse of man centuries . In passing the narrow channel which separates these two quarters of the globe , the traveller finds ...
... respect of religion , learning , and all the arts and feelings of social life , removed from one another by the lapse of man centuries . In passing the narrow channel which separates these two quarters of the globe , the traveller finds ...
Stran 20
... respect for the institutions of the Ro- mans , whether conveyed thither from Italy or from the shores of the Egean Sea . On the contrary , those fierce warriors felt themselves impelled by religious zeal to root out what- ever had been ...
... respect for the institutions of the Ro- mans , whether conveyed thither from Italy or from the shores of the Egean Sea . On the contrary , those fierce warriors felt themselves impelled by religious zeal to root out what- ever had been ...
Stran 21
... respecting the great continent of Africa . The breadth of the territory which thus falls under our notice varies very much at different parts , according to the proximity of the sandy waste by which it is bounded on the south ; and this ...
... respecting the great continent of Africa . The breadth of the territory which thus falls under our notice varies very much at different parts , according to the proximity of the sandy waste by which it is bounded on the south ; and this ...
Stran 27
... respecting the territorial possessions of Carthage at the time when she first began to attract the attention of Europe . Speaking of the Africans who fought in her armies , he always makes a distinction be- tween her proper subjects and ...
... respecting the territorial possessions of Carthage at the time when she first began to attract the attention of Europe . Speaking of the Africans who fought in her armies , he always makes a distinction be- tween her proper subjects and ...
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Algerines Algiers ancient appears Arabs arches arms army Atlas authority barbarians beautiful Bedouins Beechey Bengazi built capital Captain Carthage Carthaginians castle Cella century Christian civilization coast colour command commerce Cyrenaica Cyrene Derna Desert edifices Egypt emperor empire Europe European extend feet Fezzan fleet French Gelimer Genseric Goletta Greek harbour Hassan hills inhabitants Jugurtha Kairwan king kingdom land Leo Africanus less magnificent marble Mauritania Mediterranean ment mentioned miles Mohammedan Moorish Moors Morocco mountains Muley Hassan nations natives neighbourhood Northern Africa Numidia observed occupied once ornamented pacha Pentapolis plain port possession present prince principal provinces remains remarks respect Roman Rome ruins sand Saracens Scylax Shaw ships shores side slaves soldiers soon sovereign Spain stone Strabo subjects territory tion town trade Travels in Barbary tribes Tripoli troops Tunis Turks usually Vandals walls whole
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Stran 26 - Within a long recess there lies a bay, An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride, Broke by the jutting land on either side: In double streams the briny waters glide. Betwixt two rows of rocks, a sylvan scene Appears above, and groves for ever green...
Stran 38 - Yet come it will, the day decreed by fates! (How my heart trembles while my tongue relates!) The day when thou, imperial Troy! must bend, And see thy warriors fall, thy glories end.
Stran 109 - Aristotle collect and methodize our ideas, and his syllogism is the keenest weapon of dispute. It was dexterously wielded in the schools of the Saracens, but as it is more effectual for the detection of error than for the investigation of truth, it is not surprising that new generations of masters and disciples should still revolve in the same circle of logical argument.
Stran 85 - But the victories and the losses of Justinian were alike pernicious to mankind; and such was the desolation of Africa, that in many parts a stranger might wander whole days without meeting the face either of a friend or an enemy.
Stran 211 - If she is to be married to a man who has discharged, dispatched, or lost a former wife, the shackles which the former wife wore, are put upon the new bride's limbs, and she is fed until they are filled up to the proper thickness. The food used for this...
Stran 109 - Egypt ; much useful experience had been acquired in the practice of arts and manufactures but the science of chemistry owes its origin and improvement to the industry of the Saracens. They first invented and named the alembic for the purposes of distillation, analyzed the substances of the three kingdoms of nature, tried the distinction and affinities of alkalis and acids, and converted the poisonous minerals into soft and salutary medicines.
Stran 86 - Romans and their allies, who perished by the climate, their mutual quarrels, and the rage of the barbarians. When Procopius first landed, he admired the populousness of the cities and country, strenuously exercised in the labours of commerce and agriculture. In less than twenty years that busy scene was converted into a silent solitude...
Stran 219 - civil honours gradually ascended from the procurators of « the streets, and quarters of the city, to the tribunal of the « supreme magistrate , who , with the title of proconsul , « represented the state and dignity of a consul of ancient « Rome. Schools and gymnasia were instituted for the edu...
Stran 172 - Their immense branches, coarse when near, are neat and distinct at a distance. The land lying low and very level, the naked stems of these trees are scarcely seen ; and the plantations of dates seem to extend many miles in luxuriant woods and groves. The whole town appears in a semicircle some time before reaching the harbour's mouth. The extreme whiteness of the buildings, flat, square, and covered with lime, encountering the sun's fiercest rays, is not less striking than oppressive. The baths form...
Stran 107 - He was not ignorant," says Abulpharagius, " that those are the elect of God, his best and most useful servants, whose lives are devoted to the improvement of their intellectual faculties. The mean ambition of the Chinese, or the Turks, may glory in the industry of their hands, or the indulgence of their sensual propensities ; though these dexterous artists must view with hopeless emulation the hexagons and pyramids of a beehive, and acknowledge the superior strength of lions and tigers. The teachers...