The Traveller in Africa: Containing Some Account of the Antiquities, Natural Curiosities, and Inhabitants of Such Parts of that Continent and Its Islands, as Have Been Most Explored by Europeans |
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... walls are inscribed with Arabic verses , in gold characters ; but learning has greatly declined since this grand college was built , though the schools of Fez still maintain a degree of reputation , that attracts scholars from distant ...
... walls are inscribed with Arabic verses , in gold characters ; but learning has greatly declined since this grand college was built , though the schools of Fez still maintain a degree of reputation , that attracts scholars from distant ...
Page 33
... walls , though high , would be a poor defence against cannon balls . The chief supply of water ( an important article in this sultry climate ) is from a spring , conveyed by pipes to a great number of fountains , to each of which a bowl ...
... walls , though high , would be a poor defence against cannon balls . The chief supply of water ( an important article in this sultry climate ) is from a spring , conveyed by pipes to a great number of fountains , to each of which a bowl ...
Page 38
... were scattered fragments of old walls , a large aqueduct , cisterns to receive the water , and similar traces of other buildings . Neither have the devastations of time spared the celebrated city of Carthage , once the 38.
... were scattered fragments of old walls , a large aqueduct , cisterns to receive the water , and similar traces of other buildings . Neither have the devastations of time spared the celebrated city of Carthage , once the 38.
Page 43
... wall , which surrounds it , the soil of the neighbouring country is dry and sandy . This city has undergone several revolutions : it was taken by Charles V. of Spain , who settled the knights of Malta in it ; but they were overpowered ...
... wall , which surrounds it , the soil of the neighbouring country is dry and sandy . This city has undergone several revolutions : it was taken by Charles V. of Spain , who settled the knights of Malta in it ; but they were overpowered ...
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... walls , that now inclose the ' city , appear to have been the work of the Saracens , and consequently give no tes- timony to its ancient limits : in some places they rise to the height of forty feet ; but , though substantial and ...
... walls , that now inclose the ' city , appear to have been the work of the Saracens , and consequently give no tes- timony to its ancient limits : in some places they rise to the height of forty feet ; but , though substantial and ...
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Page 150 - Where brighter suns dispense serener light, And milder moons imparadise the night ; A land of beauty, virtue, valor, truth, Time-tutored age, and love-exalted youth. The wandering mariner, whose eye explores The wealthiest isles, the most enchanting shores, Views not a realm so bountiful and fair, Nor breathes the spirit of a purer air...
Page 150 - The heritage of nature's noblest race, There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride, While in his soften'd looks benignly blend The sire, the son, the husband, brother, friend; Here woman reigns; the mother, daughter, wife, Strew with fresh flowers the narrow way of life! In the clear heaven of her delightful eye, An angel-guard of loves and graces lie; Around her knees domestic...
Page 150 - Here woman reigns ; the mother, daughter, wife, Strew with fresh flowers the narrow way of life ; In the clear heaven of her delightful eye, An angel-guard of loves and graces lie ; Around her knees domestic duties meet, And fireside pleasures gambol at her feet.
Page 223 - It was in vain to think of flying ; the swiftest horse, or fastest sailing ship could be of no use to carry us out of this danger; and the full persuasion of this rivetted me as if to the spot where I stood, and let the camels gain on me so much in my state of lameness, that it was with some difficulty I could overtake them.
Page 150 - Touch'd by remembrance trembles to that pole ; For in this land of heaven's peculiar grace, The heritage of nature's noblest race, There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest...
Page 341 - As soon as he had seated himself upon a mat by the threshold of his door, a young woman, his intended bride, brought a little water in a calabash, and kneeling down before him, desired him to wash his hands ; when he had done this, the girl, with a tear of joy sparkling in her eyes, drank the water, this being considered as the greatest proof she could possibly give him of her fidelity and attachment.
Page 332 - ... from the size of a pin's head to that of a pea, scattered through a large body of sand or clay, and in this state it is called by the Mandingoes sanoo munko (gold powder).
Page 150 - An angel-guard of loves and graces lie ; Around her knees domestic duties meet, And fire-side pleasures gambol at her feet. Where shall that land, that spot of earth be found? " Art thou a man — a patriot ? look around, O thou shalt find, howe'er thy footsteps roam, That land thy country, and that spot thy home.
Page 224 - I saw from the southeast a haze come, in colour like the purple part of the rainbow, but not so compressed or thick. It did not occupy twenty yards in breadth, and was about twelve feet high from the ground. It was a kind of blush upon the air, and it moved very rapidly, for I...