Letters from the Old World, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1840 - Egypt 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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... hundreds of caiques which glided past us , filled with turban- ed Turks and veiled women , queer Armenians , and chat- tering Greeks , were all to me so novel and unique that I could scarcely believe it to be reality ; and I confess I ...
... hundreds of caiques which glided past us , filled with turban- ed Turks and veiled women , queer Armenians , and chat- tering Greeks , were all to me so novel and unique that I could scarcely believe it to be reality ; and I confess I ...
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... hundred minor opposites , and the sudden transition from scenes familiar with earliest observation to those hitherto existing only in the fancy , and recollections of poetry and romance , reminiscences of Moore , Byron , and Scott ...
... hundred minor opposites , and the sudden transition from scenes familiar with earliest observation to those hitherto existing only in the fancy , and recollections of poetry and romance , reminiscences of Moore , Byron , and Scott ...
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... fairy scene . On the moment of our landing there was one of the greatest cannonadings I ever heard in my life . All the vessels of war in the harbour poured out their thunders from hundreds of brazen mouths , and some of such.
... fairy scene . On the moment of our landing there was one of the greatest cannonadings I ever heard in my life . All the vessels of war in the harbour poured out their thunders from hundreds of brazen mouths , and some of such.
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Sarah Rogers Haight. from hundreds of brazen mouths , and some of such enor- mous size that they seemed to shake the very waters under us . It was some fête day ; and the sultan , going to mosque , was being saluted , as is the custom ...
Sarah Rogers Haight. from hundreds of brazen mouths , and some of such enor- mous size that they seemed to shake the very waters under us . It was some fête day ; and the sultan , going to mosque , was being saluted , as is the custom ...
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... hundred tons , and have given orders to have her put in good condition , with a comfortable cabin to be built in her hold , as the present one is entirely too small . I am this moment unexpectedly called upon to co - operate in certain ...
... hundred tons , and have given orders to have her put in good condition , with a comfortable cabin to be built in her hold , as the present one is entirely too small . I am this moment unexpectedly called upon to co - operate in certain ...
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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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Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.