Eothen [by A.W. Kinglake].Harrison, 1864 - 319 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 242 - ... beast is a deformity and a monster to this generation, and yet you can see that those lips, so thick and heavy, were fashioned according to some ancient mould of beauty — some mould of beauty now forgotten — forgotten because that Greece drew forth Cytherea, from the flashing foam of the...
الصفحة 243 - Upon ancient dynasties of Ethiopian and Egyptian kings — upon Greek and Roman, upon Arab and Ottoman conquerors — upon Napoleon dreaming of an Eastern empire — upon battle and pestilence — upon the ceaseless misery of the Egyptian race — upon keeneyed travellers — Herodotus yesterday, and Warburton to-day — upon all and more this unworldly Sphynx has watched, and watched like a Providence, with the same earnest eyes, and the same sad, tranquil mien.
الصفحة 30 - C 2 country houses ; think of the people that are " presenting their compliments," and "requesting the honour," and " much regretting," — of those that are pinioned at dinner tables, or stuck up in ball-rooms, or cruelly planted in pews — ay, think of these, and so remembering how many poor devils are living in a state of utter respectability, you will glory the more in your own delightful escape.
الصفحة 202 - ... ten minutes had passed before the bells ceased. I attributed the effect to the great heat of the sun, the perfect dryness of the clear air through which I moved, and the deep stillness of all around me. It seemed to me that these causes, by occasioning a great tension, and consequent susceptibility of the hearing organs, had rendered them liable to tingle under the passing touch of some mere memory that must have swept across my brain in a moment of sleep.
الصفحة 69 - I will let the words stand, as a humbling proof that I am subject to that nearly immutable law which compels a man with a pen in his hand to be uttering every now and then some sentiment not his own.
الصفحة 158 - Brahim Pasha!" The swimmers, one moment before so blown and so weary, found lungs to answer the cry, and shouted back the name of their great destroyer; they dashed on through the torrent, and bore the raft in safety to the western bank. Afterwards the swimmers returned with the raft, and attached to it the rest of my baggage. I took my seat upon the top of the cargo, and the raft, thus laden, passed the river in the same way, and with the same struggle as before. The skins, however, not being perfectly...
الصفحة 94 - The weather will probably change after the 21st of the moon, and after a couple of days the roads and the river will be passable ; therefore I shall expect you either Saturday or Monday. It will be a great satisfaction to me to have an opportunity of inquiring after your mother, who was a sweet, lovely girl when I knew her. Believe me, Sir, Yours sincerely, HESTER LUCY STANHOPE.
الصفحة 192 - As long as you are journeying in the interior of the Desert you have no particular point to make for as your resting-place. The endless sands yield nothing but small stunted...
الصفحة 206 - His going forth is from the end of the heaven, And his circuit unto the ends of it : And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
الصفحة 170 - He had taken his station in a convenient part of the church, and was no doubt displaying that peculiar air of serenity and gratification with which an English gentleman usually looks on at a row, when one of the Franciscans came by, all reeking from the fight, and was so disgusted at the coolness and placid contentment of the Englishman, that he forgot his monkish humility, as well as the duties of hospitality (the Englishman was a guest at the convent), and plainly said, " You sleep under our roof...