Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile: In the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, & 1773, Volume 4 |
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... servants in all the great houses of Abyssinia . They are instructed early in the Christi- an religion , and the tallest , handsomest , and best in- clined , are the only servants that attend the royal person in his palace . The number ...
... servants in all the great houses of Abyssinia . They are instructed early in the Christi- an religion , and the tallest , handsomest , and best in- clined , are the only servants that attend the royal person in his palace . The number ...
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... the horns of the moon denotes the coming of an enemy . They have priests , or rather diviners ; but it should seem that these were looked upon as servants of the evil being , rather than of the good THE SOURCE OF THE NILE . 35.
... the horns of the moon denotes the coming of an enemy . They have priests , or rather diviners ; but it should seem that these were looked upon as servants of the evil being , rather than of the good THE SOURCE OF THE NILE . 35.
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... servant of Yasous , and governor of Walkayt . He had pla- ced also with them an Abyssinian priest , who had been at ... servants to execute a design he had formed against the Baasa in that neighbourhood . From the constant interruptions ...
... servant of Yasous , and governor of Walkayt . He had pla- ced also with them an Abyssinian priest , who had been at ... servants to execute a design he had formed against the Baasa in that neighbourhood . From the constant interruptions ...
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... servants , that his house was burnt to the ground ; which was looked upon as a very bad omen , and made a great impres sion upon the minds of the people . The 27th of January , it was generally understood that the king was dangerously ...
... servants , that his house was burnt to the ground ; which was looked upon as a very bad omen , and made a great impres sion upon the minds of the people . The 27th of January , it was generally understood that the king was dangerously ...
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... servants , and several persons were executed for high treason , and other offences of state . In the month of Tekemt , the eighth year of his reign , he deposed the Itchegue Za Woldo , and appointed Tecla Haim- 92 TRAVELS TO DISCOVER.
... servants , and several persons were executed for high treason , and other offences of state . In the month of Tekemt , the eighth year of his reign , he deposed the Itchegue Za Woldo , and appointed Tecla Haim- 92 TRAVELS TO DISCOVER.
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Abuna Abyssinia Achmet Adowa Agows Amhara appeared Arabia Arabs Arkeeko army arrived Axum Ayto Azage Azazo Bacuffa Baharnagash beasts Begemder Betwudet brother called church command Damot death Dixan Djawi encamped Enderta enemy Eshte Fasil fire Galla Georgis Gibberti Gojam Gondar governor of Tigre Gusho hand head Hezekias horse hyæna Ibaba immediately inhabitants Iteghe Janni Jidda Kasmati king king's kingdom Koscam l'Oul Lasta Mahomet Mahometans Mammo manner Mariam Barea Masuah Metical Metical Aga miles monks morning mountain murder Naybe never night Nile o'clock officers Oustas Ozoro Esther palace passed patakas person plain priests prince province queen Ras Michael reason Red Sea reign returned river says seemed seen Sennaar sent servants Shangalla shewed side soldiers soon Suhul Tacazze Taranta Tecla Haimanout teff tent thing throne Tigre tion town trees troops village violent Waragna Wechne Welleta Yasine Yasous
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Page 462 - 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.
Page 391 - I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn: 5 Lift not up your horn on high : speak not with a stiff neck.
Page 313 - He appears, by his modest and unaffected narration, to have described things as he saw them, to have copied nature from the life, and to have consulted his senses, not his imagination. He meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes; his crocodiles devour their prey without tears; and his cataracts fall from the rock without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants.
Page 462 - Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. 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...
Page 434 - Sierra occupied by the 3d division of infantry. — One division of French infantry arrived at the top of the ridge...
Page 464 - Saul caused roll to him a great stone, and ordered those that killed their oxen to cut their throats upon that stone. This was the only lawful way of killing animals for food ; the tying of the ox and throwing it upon the ground was not permitted as equivalent. The Israelites did probably in that case as the...
Page 467 - ... down his ribs, and so on to the buttock, ^cutting the skin wherever it hinders them commodiously to strip the poor animal bare. All the flesh on the buttocks is then cut off, and in solid square pieces, without bones, or much effusion of blood ; and the prodigious noise the animal makes is a signal for the company to sit down to table.
Page 391 - Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.
Page 361 - to be the great reservoir from whence arise most of the rivers that water this part of Abyssinia. A multitude of streams issue from the very summit in all directions; the springs boil out from the earth in large quantities, capable of turning a mill. They plough, sow, and reap here at all seasons ; and the husbandman must blame his own indolence, and not the soil, if he has not three harvests. We saw in one place people busy cutting down wheat ; immediately next to it others at the plough, and the...
Page 228 - I lay down, then, as a positive rule of health, that the warmest dishes the natives delight in, are the most wholesome strangers can use in the putrid climates of the Lower Arabia, Abyssinia, Sennaar, and Egypt itself; and that spirits, and all fermented liquors, should be regarded as...