Nubia and Abyssinia: Comprehending Their Civil History, Antiquities, Arts, Religion, Literature, and Natural HistoryOliver & Boyd and Simpkin & Marshall, 1833 - 440 pages |
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Page 102
... Suakin is chiefly entitled to notice as being one of the principal ports which now connect Abyssinia with the opposite coast ; having in this respect su- perseded the more ancient harbour of Aedad , the Gidid of Portuguese authors . It ...
... Suakin is chiefly entitled to notice as being one of the principal ports which now connect Abyssinia with the opposite coast ; having in this respect su- perseded the more ancient harbour of Aedad , the Gidid of Portuguese authors . It ...
Page 104
... Suakin to the Straits of Bab el Mandeb . Baroa , its ancient capital , situated on the Mareb , was in Bruce's time in the hands of the Naib of Masuah ; and it is still considered as the key of Abyssinia towards the gulf . Farther to the ...
... Suakin to the Straits of Bab el Mandeb . Baroa , its ancient capital , situated on the Mareb , was in Bruce's time in the hands of the Naib of Masuah ; and it is still considered as the key of Abyssinia towards the gulf . Farther to the ...
Page 140
... Suakin , a furious Mussulman , who had repeatedly expressed the delight with which he would kill every one of them with his own hand . From this dreadful situa- tion , however , they were rescued by a high ransom , and conveyed to Goa ...
... Suakin , a furious Mussulman , who had repeatedly expressed the delight with which he would kill every one of them with his own hand . From this dreadful situa- tion , however , they were rescued by a high ransom , and conveyed to Goa ...
Page 293
... Suakin and Masuah , the object of which was to prevent any Portuguese from passing into Abys- sinia . In short , both parties , the Mohammedans and Christians , for their mutual safety , peace , and advantage , had resolved to exclude ...
... Suakin and Masuah , the object of which was to prevent any Portuguese from passing into Abys- sinia . In short , both parties , the Mohammedans and Christians , for their mutual safety , peace , and advantage , had resolved to exclude ...
Page 296
... Suakin , forward- ed notice to Facilidas of their intention to visit his kingdom as ministers of the Roman church . He recommended to the pasha to treat them according to their deserts ; who instantly ordered their heads to be struck ...
... Suakin , forward- ed notice to Facilidas of their intention to visit his kingdom as ministers of the Roman church . He recommended to the pasha to treat them according to their deserts ; who instantly ordered their heads to be struck ...
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Page 421 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. 19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.
Page 409 - As when a vulture on Imaus bred, Whose snowy ridge the roving Tartar bounds. Dislodging from a region scarce of prey To gorge the flesh of lambs or yeanling kids On hills where flocks are fed, flies...
Page 258 - And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them.
Page 32 - ... myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels.
Page 305 - I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of life, who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, who spake by the Prophets.
Page 278 - Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona ; for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Page 22 - Where yet new labours his arrival wait ; At length their rage the hostile powers restrain, All but the ruthless monarch of the main. But now the god, remote, a heavenly guest, In ^Ethiopia graced the genial feast (A race divided, whom with sloping rays The rising and descending sun surveys...
Page 366 - 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...
Page 241 - The)' are all of one piece of granite ; and on the top of that which is standing there is a patera exceedingly well carved in the Greek taste.