 | 1821 - 712 pages
...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... | |
 | 1824 - 604 pages
...calamities that had occurred in Egypt within the recollection of any living person; for the river had risen three feet and a half above the highest mark left by the former inundation, and carried off several villages with their inhabitants. After sailing as far as Esne, they landed... | |
 | 1821 - 536 pages
...one of the greatest calamities which had- occurred in Egypt in the recollection of any person living. The Nile rose this season three feet and a half above...inundation, with uncommon rapidity, and carried off many villages, besides several hundreds of their inhabitants. Though the Arabs had expected an extraordinary... | |
 | 1821 - 766 pages
...many villages, with their inhabitants, were entirely swept away. " I never saw," says M. Belzoni, " any picture that could give a more correct idea of...deluge than the valley of the Nile in this season. The cottages, being built of earth, could not stand one instant against the current, and no sooner did... | |
 | Lucy Sarah Atkins Wilson - 1821 - 292 pages
...in the recollection of any one living. The Nile rose this season three feet above its usual height, with uncommon rapidity, and carried off several villages and some hundreds of their inhabitantS. EMILY. — And did Belzoni witness this distressing scene ? MaS. A. — Yes : he says that he never... | |
 | 1821 - 598 pages
...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... | |
 | 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 pages
...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... | |
 | 1821 - 602 pages
...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... | |
 | Malthe Conrad Bruun - 1823 - 544 pages
...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 of any one living.... | |
 | Sarah Atkins - 1824 - 280 pages
...in the recollection of any one living. The Nile rose this season three feet above its usual height, with uncommon rapidity, and carried off several villages and some hundreds of their inhabitants. EMILY. — And did Belzoni witness this distressing scene ? MRS. A. — Yes : he says that he never... | |
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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... 
