History and Present Condition of the Barbary States: Comprehending a View of Their Civil Institutions, Antiquities, Arts, Religion, Literature, Commerce, Agriculture, and Natural ProductionsOliver & Boyd, 1842 - 343 Seiten |
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Seite 38 - Yet come it will, the day decreed by fates! (How my heart trembles while my tongue relates!) The day when thou, imperial Troy! must bend, And see thy warriors fall, thy glories end.
Seite 26 - To rest the Nereids, and exclude the heats. Down through the crannies of the living walls The crystal streams descend in murm'ring falls. No halsers need to bind the vessels here, Nor bearded anchors ; for no storms they fear.
Seite 85 - But the victories and the losses of Justinian were alike pernicious to mankind; and such was the desolation of Africa, that in many parts a stranger might wander whole days without meeting the face either of a friend or an enemy.
Seite 109 - Egypt ; much useful experience had been acquired in the practice of arts and manufactures but the science of chemistry owes its origin and improvement to the industry of the Saracens. They first invented and named the alembic for the purposes of distillation, analyzed the substances of the three kingdoms of nature, tried the distinction and affinities of alkalis and acids, and converted the poisonous minerals into soft and salutary medicines.
Seite 26 - Within a long recess there lies a bay, An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride, Broke by the jutting land on either side: In double streams the briny waters glide. Betwixt two rows of rocks, a sylvan scene Appears above, and groves for ever green...
Seite 249 - English slaves, to the number of twenty-seven, were condemned to the same fate : the ambassador himself was degraded from his character, deprived of his allowance, and sequestered from all communication. All the letters directed to him were intercepted, and interpreted to the...
Seite 265 - Then, after length of time, the lab'ring swains, Who turn the turfs of those unhappy plains, Shall rusty piles from the plough'd furrows take, And over empty helmets pass the rake — Amaz'd at antique titles on the stones, And mighty reliques of gigantic bones.
Seite 184 - The bey, her eldest son, has been married several years, having entered into wedlock at the age of seven. Indeed, the Moors marry so extremely young that the mother and her firstborn are often seen together as playmates, equally anxious and angry in an infantine game. The women here are frequently grandmothers at twenty-six or twenty-seven ; and, therefore, it is no wonder that they occasionally live to see the children of many generations. — The apartment she was in was hung with dark-green velvet...
Seite 262 - Among the ruins, to the southwest of the bridge, remains the greater part of a triumphal arch, called Cassir Gowlah, the Castle of the Giant, consisting of three arches. All the mouldings and friezes are curiously embellished with the figures of flowers, battleaxes, and other devices. The Corinthian pilasters, on each side of the grand arch, are panelled like the gates of the city, in a style peculiar to Cirta. The population of this interesting place is said to amount to not less than 30,000 Moors,...
Seite 107 - He was not ignorant," says Abulpharagius, " that those are the elect of God, his best and most useful servants, whose lives are devoted to the improvement of their intellectual faculties. The mean ambition of the Chinese, or the Turks, may glory in the industry of their hands, or the indulgence of their sensual propensities ; though these dexterous artists must view with hopeless emulation the hexagons and pyramids of a beehive, and acknowledge the superior strength of lions and tigers. The teachers...