An Interesting Narrative of the Travels of James Bruce, Esq., Into Abyssinia: To Discover the Source of the NileSamuel Etheridge, 1798 - 388 páginas |
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... Michael . Tecla Haimanout II , his Character and prudent Behaviour 1 BOOK V. Page 129 TRNSACTIONS at Mafuah . Directions to travellers for preferv- ing their Health . Diseases , Trade , & c . of Mafuah . Confer- ences with the Naybe ...
... Michael . Tecla Haimanout II , his Character and prudent Behaviour 1 BOOK V. Page 129 TRNSACTIONS at Mafuah . Directions to travellers for preferv- ing their Health . Diseases , Trade , & c . of Mafuah . Confer- ences with the Naybe ...
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... Michael . Mr. Bruce retires to Emfras . Def- cription of Gondar , Emfras , and Lake Tzana . Mr. Bruce vifits the great Cataract of Alata . Paffès the Nile . proaching the Army . Joins the King . King's Army retreats towards Gondar ...
... Michael . Mr. Bruce retires to Emfras . Def- cription of Gondar , Emfras , and Lake Tzana . Mr. Bruce vifits the great Cataract of Alata . Paffès the Nile . proaching the Army . Joins the King . King's Army retreats towards Gondar ...
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... Michael for feveral years , and often in relation to the fources of the Nile . " Laftly , " That after Mr. Bruce left Cairo , Mr. Antes had conversed with others who had known Mr. Bruce in Abyffinia , and that he was there called Maa im ...
... Michael for feveral years , and often in relation to the fources of the Nile . " Laftly , " That after Mr. Bruce left Cairo , Mr. Antes had conversed with others who had known Mr. Bruce in Abyffinia , and that he was there called Maa im ...
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... Michael , interpreted for the rest . Having been informed , that the large tent belonged to an Englishman , they came into it without ceremony . They told Mr. Bruce , that they were number of neighbours and companions , who had fet out ...
... Michael , interpreted for the rest . Having been informed , that the large tent belonged to an Englishman , they came into it without ceremony . They told Mr. Bruce , that they were number of neighbours and companions , who had fet out ...
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... Michael , on which day the army takes the field . A fight fo uncommon alarmed all forts of people ; and the pro- phets , who had kept themselves within very moderate bounds during this whole reign , now thought that it was in- cumbent ...
... Michael , on which day the army takes the field . A fight fo uncommon alarmed all forts of people ; and the pro- phets , who had kept themselves within very moderate bounds during this whole reign , now thought that it was in- cumbent ...
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Página 240 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Página 240 - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat; and it was so.
Página 240 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air...
Página 290 - ... which had uniformly and without exception followed them all. Fame, riches, and honour had been held out for a series of ages to every individual...
Página 240 - ... full that he is in constant danger of being choked. This is a mark of grandeur. The greater the man would seem to be, the larger piece he takes in his mouth ; and the more noise he makes in chewing it, . the more polite he is thought to be. They have, indeed, a proverb that says, " Beggars and thieves only eat small pieces, or without making a noise.
Página 217 - A large broad fillet was bound upon their forehead, and tied behind their head. In the middle of this was a horn, or a conical piece of silver, gilt, about four inches long, much in the shape of our common candle extinguishers. This is called kirn, or horn, and is only worn in reviews or parades after victory.
Página 331 - His left hand is employed -grasping the sword by the handle, and about fourteen inches of the blade is covered with whip-cord. This part he takes in his right hand, without any danger of being hurt by it ; and, though the edges of the lower part of the sword are as sharp as a razor, he carries it without a scabbard.
Página 380 - ... did actually more than once reach us. Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds. There the tops often separated from the bodies ; and these, once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and did not appear more.
Página 203 - I thought we were to pitch our tent: the drivers suddenly tripped up the cow, and gave the poor animal a very rude fall upon the ground, which was but the beginning of her sufferings. One of them sat across her neck, holding down her head by the horns, the other twisted the halter about her...
Página 333 - ... came out from the thicket apparently in great anger, running upon the horses and men with all the violence it was master of.