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Other editions - View allCommon terms and phrasesAbderrahman Africa Algiers ambassador apartment appearance Arabs arrived attendants bagnio baracan Barbary Bashaw Bashaw of Tripoli bazar beautiful Bedouins Bey's black slaves Borno buried called camels castle Chiah chief Christians Circassian Coggia colour Constantinople covered custom daugh daughter death deserts door dreadful dress eldest extremely feast female Fezzan friends gardens gold and silver Grand Signior Grecian Greek guard Hadgi hand handsome Hippo Regius Hogia horses hour inhabitants Koran Lilla Amnani Lilla Halluma Lilla Uducia Lotophagi Lucius Verus Mahomet Mameluke manner marabut marble married Mecca ment Moorish ladies Moors Morocco mosque mother Muley obliged palace passed plague present princes princesses quarantine Ramadan rich richly Roman round sands sent Seraglio shew Sidy Hamet Sidy Useph silk singular skiffer streets tents town Tripoli Tripolitan Tunis Turkish Turkish Bashaw Turks Venetian vessel walk walls wife women wretched Zeleuca Popular passagesPage 110 - So, where our wide Numidian wastes extend, Sudden, th' impetuous hurricanes descend, Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play, Tear up the sands, and sweep whole plains away. The helpless traveller, with wild surprise, Sees the dry desert all around him rise, And smother'd in the dusty whirlwind dies. Page 164 - There lie all the habits he was slain in, (which were at that moment brought to the door of the tent,) over which, in the presence of my family, I have many times sworn to revenge his death, and to seek the blood of his murderer from sun-rise to sun-set. The sun has not yet risen, the sun will be no more than risen when I pursue you, after you have in safety quitted my tent, where, fortunately for you, it is against our religion to molest you after your having sought my protection and found a refuge... Page 163 - ... of mutton dried and salted in the highest manner. Though these two chiefs were opposed in war they talked with candour and friendship to each other, recounting the achievements of themselves and their ancestors, when a sudden paleness overspread the countenance of the host. , He started from his seat and retired, and in a few moments afterwards sent word to his guest that his bed was prepared and all things ready for his repose ; that he... Page 324 - Trembling, considers every sacred hair; If any straggler from his rank be found, A pinch must for the mortal sin compound. Psecas is not in fault; but, in the glass, The dame 's offended at her own ill face. Page 23 - They went, and found a hospitable race; Not prone to ill, nor strange to foreign guest, They eat, they drink, and Nature gives the feast; The trees around them, all their fruit produce; Lotos, the name; divine, nectareous juice! (Thence call'd Lotophagi) which whoso tastes, Insatiate riots in the sweet repasts, Nor other home nor other care intends, But quits his house, his country, and his friends... Page 165 - The sun has not yet risen, the sun will be no more than risen when I pursue you, after you have in safety quitted my tent, where, fortunately for you, it is against our religion to molest you after your having sought my protection and found a refuge there ; but all my obligations cease as soon as we part, and from that moment you must consider me as one determined on your destruction, in whatever part, or at whatever distance, we may meet again. You have not mounted a horse inferior to the one that... Page 164 - ... repast; that he had examined the Moor's horse, and found it too much exhausted to bear him through a hard journey the next day, but that before sunrise an able horse with every accommodation would be ready at the door of the tent, where he would meet him and expect him to depart with all speed. Page 269 - ... with the greatest inconvenience, left their houses and fled to Tunis (where the plague then raged), to avoid starving in the dreadful famine that preceded it here. Amongst those left in this town some have been spared to acknowledge the compassion and attention shewn them by the English consul. In the distresses of the famine, and in the horrors of the plague, many a suffering wretch, whose days have been spun out by his timely assistance, has left his name on record at this place. Page 165 - ... whatever part, or at whatever distance we may meet again. You have not mounted a horse inferior to the one that stands ready for myself; on its swiftness surpassing that of mine depends one of our lives, or both." After saying this, he shook his adversary by the hand and parted from him. The Moor, profiting by the few moments he had in advance, reached the Bey's army in time to escape his pursuer, who followed hun closely, as near the enemy's camp as 189 he could with safety. Page 36 - Koran which deserve peculiar notice, and first of certain things which are thereby prohibited. The drinking of wine, under which name all sorts of strong and inebriating liquors are comprehended, is forbidden in the Koran in more places than one. Bibliographic information
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