 | 1811 - 438 pages
...beauty, or their agreeable manners. If you speak to me of the Nile, where is there a more admirable river? — what water was ever lighter or more delicious? The very slime it conveys in its overflowing, enriches the countries, which produce a thousand times more, without cultivation,... | |
 | East, Henry William Weber - 1812 - 646 pages
...beauty pr in their agreeable carriage. If yon speak of the Nile, pray where is there a more admirable river? What water was ever lighter or more delicious...slime it carries, along in its overflowing, fattens a thousand times more than other countries that are cultivated with great labour. Do but mind what... | |
 | 1842 - 732 pages
...All the women of that country charm you by their beauty and their agreeable carnage. If you ¡peak of the Nile, where is there a more wonderful river...ever lighter or more delicious ? The very slime it rarries along in its overflowing fattens the fields, which produce a thousand times more than other... | |
 | 1844 - 356 pages
...beauty or in their agreeable carriage. If you speak of the Nile, pray where is there a more admirable river ? What water was ever lighter or more delicious...slime it carries along in its overflowing, fattens a thousand times more than other countries that are cultivated with great labour. Do but mind what... | |
 | 1865 - 606 pages
...favour of Egypt ; which filled me with joy. "Say what you will," said he, " the man that has not seeu Egypt, has not seen the greatest rarity in the world....water was ever lighter or more delicious? The very ülime it carries along in its overflowing fattens the fields, which produce a thousand times more... | |
 | John Kitto - 1866 - 688 pages
...will,' said one, 'the man who has not seen Egypt has not seen the greatest rarity of the world. ... If you speak of the Nile, where is there a more wonderful...river ? What water was ever lighter or more delicious 1 The very slime it carries along in its overflowing fattens the fields, which produce a thousand times... | |
 | George Fyler Townsend - 1866 - 876 pages
...fertile, that it enriches its inhabitants. All the women of that country charm you by their beauty. If you speak of the Nile, where is there a more wonderful river J What water was ever lighter or more delicious 1 The very slime it carries along in its overflowing... | |
 | 1867 - 568 pages
...Mussulman religion, and the metropolis of all the cities of the earth, made no impression upon me. My father joined in opinion with those of his brothers...water was ever lighter or more delicious? The very dime it carries along in its overflowing fattens the fields, which produce a thousand times more than... | |
 | George Fyler Townesend - 1870 - 648 pages
...fertile, that it enriches its inhabitants. All the women of that country charm you by their beauty. If you speak of the Nile, where is there a more wonderful river? What water was evei lighter or more delicious ? The very slime it carries along in its overflowing fattens the fields,... | |
 | Arabian nights - 1874 - 792 pages
...spoken in favour of Egypt ; which filled me with joy. "Say what you will," said he ; " the man who has not seen Egypt, has not seen the greatest rarity...or more delicious? The very slime it carries along with it, in its overflowing, fattens the fields, which produce a thousand times more than other countries... | |
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the man that has not seen Egypt, has not seen the greatest rarity in the world. All the land there is golden ; I mean, it is so fertile that it enriches its inhabitants. All the women of that country charm you by their beauty and their agreeable carriage. 
