Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries Within the Pyramids, Temples, Tombs, and Excavations, in Egypt and Nubia: And of a Journey to the Coast of the Red Sea, in Search of the Ancient Berenice; and Another to the Oasis of Jupiter Ammon, Volume 2J. Murray, 1822 - Egypt |
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Page 412 - But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah ? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war; for God commanded me to make haste : forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.
Page 90 - ... journey from one another : and not all of sweet water : on the contrary, it is generally salt or bitter ; so that if the thirsty traveller drinks of it, it increases his thirst, and he suffers more than before. But, when the calamity happens, that the next well, which is so anxiously sought for, is found dry, the misery of such a situation cannot be well described. The camels, which afford the only means of escape, are so thirsty that they cannot proceed to another well : and, if the travellers...
Page 92 - ... being can sustain : the eyes grow inflamed, the tongue and lips swell : a hollow sound is heard in the ears, which brings on deafness, and the brains appear to grow thick and inflamed : — all these feelings arise from the want of a little water. In the midst of all this misery, the deceitful mirages appear before the traveller at no great distance, something like a lake or river of clear fresh water.
Page 91 - In such a case there is no distinction ; if the master has none, the servant will not give it to him, for very few are the instances where a man will voluntarily lose his life to save that of another, particularly in a caravan in the desert, where people are strangers to each other.
Page 334 - Having thus obtained a sufficient number of common points of subdivision, we may next proceed to write the Greek text over the enchorial in such a manner that the passages ascertained may all coincide as nearly as possible ; and it is obvious that the intermediate parts of each inscription will then stand very near to the corresponding passages of the other. ****** " By pursuing the comparison of the inscriptions, thus arranged, we ultimately discover the signification of the greater part of the...
Page 89 - The few scattered trees and shrubs of thorns, that only appear when the rainy season leaves some moisture, barely serve to feed wild animals, and a few birds. Every thing...
Page 92 - In short, to be thirsty in a desert, without water, exposed to the burning sun, without shelter, and no hopes of finding either, is the most terrible situation that a man can be placed in, and one of the greatest sufferings that a human being can sustain.
Page 335 - ... phrases plainly indicating the direction in which they are to be read. It is well known that the distinct hieroglyphical inscriptions, engraved on different monuments, differ in the direction of the corresponding characters: they always face the right or the left of the spectator according as the principal personages of the tablets, to which they belong, are looking in the one or the other direction ; where, however, there are no tablets, they almost always look towards the right ; and it is...
Page 91 - If the master has none, the servant will not give it to him ; for very few are the instances, where a man will voluntarily lose his life to save that of another, particularly in a caravan in the desert, where people are strangers to each other. What a situation for a man, though a rich one, perhaps the owner of all the caravans ! He is dying for a cup of water — no one gives it to him — he offers all he possesses — no one hears him — they are all dying — though by walking a few hours farther...
Page 365 - The wife of Ptolemy Soter, and mother of Philadelphus, was BERENICE, whose name is found on a ceiling at Karnak, in the phrase, " Ptolemy and . . Berenice, the saviour gods." In this name we appear to have another specimen of syllabic and alphabetical writing combined, in a manner not extremely unlike the ludicrous mixtures of words and things with which children are sometimes amused ; for however Warburton's indignation might be excited by such a comparison, it is perfectly true that, occasionally,...