 | Egypt - 1798 - 776 pages
...Mameloucs. We have treated them kindly. They are an invincible people, inhabiting a burning desert, mounted on the fleetest horses in the world, and full...my dear brother, they love gold ; they pass their lives in extorting it from such Europeans as fall into their hands ; and for what purpose ! — for... | |
 | Egypt - 1798 - 774 pages
...Mameloucs. We have treated them kindlyv They are an invincible people, inhabiting a burning desert, mounted on the fleetest horses in the world, and full...pitched two nights together in the same place. They, are horrjble savages, and yet they have some notion of gold and silver ! a small quantity , of it serves... | |
 | Books and bookselling - 1799 - 510 pages
...forth hi« vr*t!i on the Mamdauu, and reader gtoríou* the iltiliny ci' the $• ptjaa nation. füge. They live with their wives and children in flying...which are never pitched two nights together in the fame place. They are horrible favages, and yet they have fome notion of gold and filver 1 a fmall quantity... | |
 | William B. Hewetson - 1815 - 586 pages
...and Lascalle, are wounded. " I send you the proclamation to the inhabitants of the country, which has produced an effect altogether astonishing. The Bedouins,...my dear. brother, they love gold; they pass their lives in extorting it from such Europeans as fall into their hands ; and for what purpose ?—for continuing... | |
 | C. H. Gifford - Europe - 1817 - 944 pages
...mamelukes. We have treated them kindly. They are an invincible people, inhabiting a burning desert, mounted on the fleetest horses in the world, and full...they live with their wives and children in flying campe, which are never pitched two nights together in the same place. They are horrible savages, and... | |
 | William Henry Ireland - France - 1828 - 528 pages
...; they are an invincible race, inhabiting a burning desart, mounted on the fleetest horses, and are full of courage : they live with their wives and children in flying camps, which they never pitch for two nights together in the same place. They are dreadful savages, and yet possess... | |
 | France - 1832 - 398 pages
...they either kill or are killed. The Bedouins are an invincible people, inhabiting a burning desert, mounted on the fleetest horses in the world, and full...horrible savages, and yet they have some notion of gold ! A small quantity of it serves to excite their admiration. Yes, my dear brother, they love gold; they... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 720 pages
...an invincible rare, inhabiting a barndtwert, mounted on the fleetest homes in thti world, and full courage. They live- with their wives and children in flying camps, which an? never pitched two nijfhtu together in the same iliice. Tht-y ire horrililo HflvageH. and j'et they... | |
 | Walter Scott - France - 1835 - 456 pages
...twenty-four praetors, who, whether 1 [" The Mamoloucs are an invincible race, inhabiting a burning desert, mounted on the fleetest horses in the world, and full...which are never pitched two nights together in the tame place. They are horrible savages, and yet they have some notion of gold and silver ! a small quantity... | |
 | Walter Scott - France - 1835 - 454 pages
...twenty-four praetors, who, whether 1 [" The Mameloucs are an invincible race, inhabiting a burning desert, mounted on the fleetest horses in the world, and full...courage. They live with their wives and children in ilying camps, which are never pitched two nights together in the same place. They are horrible savages,... | |
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They are an invincible people, inhabiting a burning desert, mounted on the fleetest horses in the world, and full of courage. They live with their wives and children in flying camps, which are never pitched two nights together in the same place. They... 
