 It so happened, that we were to witness one of the greatest calamities that have occurred in Egypt in the recollection of any one living. The Nile rose this season three feet and a half above the highest mark left by the former inundation, with uncommon...  A dictionary of geography, ancient and modern - Pàgina 470per Josiah Conder - 1834 - 724 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1821 - 712 pàgines
...which the native» of particular districts of Egypt are occasionally liable. The river, in 1818, rose three feet and a half above the highest mark left by the preceding inundation, and with such rapidity that many villages, with their inhabitants, were entirely swept away. " 1 never... | |
 | Giovanni Battista Belzoni - 1820 - 566 pàgines
...calamities -that have occurred in Egypt in the recollection of any one li ving. The Nile rose this season three feet and a half above the highest mark left by the former inundation, with uncommon rapidity, and carried off several villages and some hundreds of their... | |
 | 1821 - 598 pàgines
...which the natives of certain districts of Egypt are occasionally subject. The river, in 1818, rose three feet and a half above the highest mark left by the preceding inundation, and with such rapidity that many villages, with their inhabitants, were entirely swept away. ' 1 never... | |
 | 1821 - 602 pàgines
...which the natives of certain districts of Egypt are occasionally subject. The river, in 1818, rose three feet and a half above the highest mark left by the preceding inundation, and with such rapidity that many villages, with their inhabitants, were entirely swept away. ' 1 never... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1821 - 602 pàgines
...which the natives of certain districts of Egypt are occasionally subject. The river, in 1818, rose three feet and a half above the highest mark left by the preceding inundation, and with such rapidity that many villages, with their inhabitants, were entirely swept away. ' I never... | |
 | Malthe Conrad Bruun - 1823 - 544 pàgines
...equally hurtful. In September, 1818, M. Belzoni witnessed a deplorable scene, from the Nile having risen three feet and a half above the highest mark left by the former inundation b. It was productive of one of the greatest calamities that had occurred in the memory... | |
 | Josiah Conder - 1827 - 384 pàgines
...misrepresented at times, for political purposes. In the year 1818, Mr. Belzoni witnessed a deplorable scene. The Nile rose with uncommon rapidity three feet and a half above the highest mark left by the former inundation, which, however, had been remarkably low, and carried off several villages with some... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1827 - 506 pàgines
...calamities that have occurred in Egypt ia the recollection of any one living. The Nile rose this season three feet and a half above the highest mark left by the former inundation, with uncommon rapidity, and carried off several villages, and some hundreds of their... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1831 - 536 pàgines
...property. In September, 1818, Belzoni witnessed a deplorable scene, owing to the river having risen three feet and a half above the highest mark left by the former inundation. Ascending with uncommon rapidity, it carried off several villages, and some hundreds... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1831 - 376 pàgines
...property. In September, 1818, Belzoni witnessed a deplorable scene, owing to the river having risen three feet and a half above the highest mark left by the former inundation. Ascending with uncommon rapidity it carried off several villages, and some hundreds... | |
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