 I applied to the Arabs to be informed in what manner we were to pass the water. Our interpreter, although a Greek, and therefore likely to have been informed of such a phenomenon, was as fully convinced as any of us that we were drawing near to the water's...  Uncle Oliver's Travels: Persia - Page 101by John Kitto - 1835Full view - About this book
 | Edward Daniel Clarke - Europe - 1814 - 428 pages
...detail of the architecture and of the trees might have been lljeiice delineated, I applied to (lie Arabs to be informed in what manner we were to pass...phenomenon, was as fully convinced as any of us that ue were drawing near to the water's edge, and became indignant when tht- Arabs maintained that within... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - Geography - 1823 - 512 pages
...dates and sycamores, as perfectly reflected by it as by a mirror, insomuch that the minutest detail of the architecture, and of the trees, might have...although a Greek, and therefore likely to have been better informed of such a phenomenon, was as fully convinced as any of us that we were drawing near... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Geography - 1826 - 480 pages
...Rosetta with its groves of dates and sycamores, reflected as by a mirror, that the minutest detail of the architecture, and of the trees, might have been thence delineated, во we applied to the Arabs to be informed in what manner we wore to pass the water. Our interpreter,... | |
 | Robert Smith - Society of Friends - 1829 - 432 pages
...dates and sycamore*, as perfectly reflected by it as by a mirror, insomuch''that the minutest detail of the architecture and of the trees, might have been thence delineated, 1 applied to the Arabs to be informed in what manner we were to pass the water. "Our interpreter, although... | |
 | Bourne Hall Draper - Bible - 1831 - 296 pages
...perfectly reflected by it as by a mirror, insomuch that even the minutest detail of the architecture, and the trees, might have been thence delineated, I applied...therefore, likely to have been informed of such a spectacle, was as fully convinced as any of us, that we were drawing near to the water's edge, and... | |
 | 1837 - 586 pages
...and sycamores, as perfectly reflected by it as by a mirror, insomuch that even the minutest detail of the architecture and of the trees might have been thence delineated, we applied to the Arabs to be informed in what manner we were to pass the water. Our interpreter, although... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1837 - 596 pages
...and sycamores, as perfectly reflected by it as by a mirror, insomuch that even the minutest detail of the architecture and of the trees might have been thence delineated, we applied to the Arabs to be informed in what manner we were to pass the water. Our interpreter, although... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Geography - 1838 - 480 pages
...Rosetta with its groves of dates and sycamores, reflected as by a mirror, that the minutest de'ail of the architecture, and of the trees, might have been thence delineated, so we applied to the Arabs to be informed in what manner we were to pass the water. Our interpreter,... | |
 | William Goodhugh, William Cooke Taylor - 1843 - 734 pages
...of the architecture and the trees might have been delineated thence, I applied to the Arabs to know in what manner we were to pass the water. Our interpreter,...and therefore likely to have been informed of such a spectacle, was as fully convinced as any of us that we were drawing near to the water's edge, and became... | |
 | Bourne Hall Draper - Bible - 1845 - 352 pages
...perfectly reflected by it as by a mirror, insomuch that even the minutest detail of the architecture and the trees might have been thence delineated, I applied...and therefore likely to have been informed of such a spectacle, was as fully convinced as any of us, that we were drawing near to the water's edge, and... | |
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