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Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries Within the Pyramids ... - Page 156
by Giovanni Battista Belzoni - 1820 - 483 pages
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The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for ..., Volume 91, Part 1

1821 - 712 pages
...accustomed Xo. \\\e light, impressed me wiüi honor. T\« blacklist» of the wall«, the f»,mt \\j\\v jmvv by the candles or torches for want of air, the different objects that surrounded me, looking at, aud seeming to converse »iuj each other, and the Arab guides, nakfJ and covered with dust,...
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The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, Volume 4

1821 - 514 pages
...for want of air, the difIerent objects that surrounded me seeming to converse with each other, dnd the Arabs with the candles or torches in their hands,...covered with dust, themselves resembling living mummies, formed a scene that cannot be described. After the exertion of entering into such a place, through...
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The London Magazine, Volume 3

1821 - 746 pages
...to my being accustomed to the sight, impressed me with horror. The blackness of the wall, the faint 6 rȮ |pf 7] g z K O+ Bu & @a u [ oDI 9mŶ ! 5љ ~ /R>ȓ' 5 x M l3 & JD C conTerse with each other, and the Arabs with the candles or torches in their hands naked and covered...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 91, Part 1; Volume 129

1821 - 766 pages
...to my being accustomed to the sight, impressed me with horror. The blackness of the walls, the faint light given by the candles or torches for want of air, the different objects that surrounded me, looking at, and seeming to converse with each other, and the Arab guides, naked and covered with dust,...
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Fruits of Enterprize Exhibited in the Travels of Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia ...

Lucy Sarah Atkins Wilson - 1821 - 292 pages
...to the sight, would impress upon the mind disgust and horror. The blackness of the walls, the faint light given by the candles or torches for want of air, the different objects that surround the venturous traveller, seeming to converse with each other, and the Arabs with torches in...
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The American First Class Book, Or, Exercises in Reading and Recitation

John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 pages
...to my being accustomed to the sight, impressed me with horrour. The blackness of the wall, the faint light given by the candles or torches for want of...with each other, and the Arabs with the candles or 9* 102 THE AMERICAN [Lesion 49 torches in their hands, naked and covered with dust, themselves resembling...
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Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 13

1823 - 496 pages
...blackness of the wall, the faint light given by the candles or for want of air, the different objects which surrounded me, seeming to converse with each other,...covered with dust, themselves resembling living mummies, formed a scene that cannot be described. In such a situation I found myself several times, and often...
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The Edinburgh annual register, Volume 14

1823 - 792 pages
...to my being accustomed to the sight, impressed me with horror. The blackness of the walls, the faint light given by the candles or torches for want of air, the different objects that surrounded me, looking at, and seeming to converse with each other, and the Arab guides, naked, and covered with dust,...
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The Edinburgh Annual Register, Volume 14

Walter Scott - 1823 - 780 pages
...ray being accustomed to the sight, impressed me with horror. The blackness of the walls, the faint light given by the candles or torches for want of air, the different objects that surrounded me, looking at, and seeming to converse with each other, and the Arab guides, naked, and covered with dust,...
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Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

1823 - 400 pages
...to my being accustomed to the sight, impressed me with horror. The blackness of the walls, the faint light given by the candles or torches for want of air, the different objects that surrounded me, looking at, and seeming to converse with each other, — and the Arab guides, naked and covered with...
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