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The Suez Canal: Letters and Documents Descriptive of Its Rise and Progress ... Ferdinand de Lesseps Vista previa limitada - 2011 |
Términos y frases comunes
affair agents Alexandria Arab ARLES DUFOUR arrived Barthélemy Saint-Hilaire Bey and Mougel Bitter Lakes Cairo capitalists civilisation commerce concession consider Constantinople Consul-General Egyptian Emperor engineers England enterprise Europe European execution favour Ferdinand de Lesseps Firman France French give Government Grand Vizier Highness Mohammed honour important India interests international commission Isthmus of Suez Lake Timsah land of Goshen letter Linant Bey London Lord Clarendon Lord Palmerston Lord Stratford MADAME DELAMALLE Majesty maritime canal matter Mediterranean Mehemet Mehemet Ali ment mètres Minister Mohammed Said Pacha morning Mougel Bey nations navigation necessary Negrelli Nile o'clock objections opinion opposition Ottoman Empire Paris Pelusium Pharaoh political Porte present prince profits proposed question railway received Red Sea replied Reschid Pacha result route RUYSSENAERS sand scheme sent Suez Canal Sultan Surveying Society tent tion told Turkey Turkish undertaking vessels Viceroy of Egypt Viceroy's Walewski wish
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Página 55 - Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter : therefore the name of it was called Marah.
Página 53 - That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers : that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen ; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Página 53 - And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
Página 53 - And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
Página 53 - And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee : the land of Egypt is before thee ; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell ; in the land of Goshen let them dwell : and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
Página 53 - Behold the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we : Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
Página 53 - And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him ; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. 30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.
Página 165 - ... Ferdinand de Lesseps shall form a company, the direction of which we confide to him, under the name of the UNIVERSAL SUEZ MARITIME CANAL COMPANY, for cutting through the Isthmus of Suez, the construction of a passage suitable for extensive navigation, the foundation...
Página 91 - Thus, from the position given to her by nature, Egypt might still become the subject of a conflict between France and Great Britain; so that this chance of rupture would disappear if, by a providential event, the geographical conditions of the ancient world were changed, and, that the commercial route to India, instead of passing through the heart of Egypt, were removed to its confines, and, being opened to all the world, could never be exposed to the chance of its becoming the exclusive privilege...
Página 90 - ... enlightened and moderate Governments to be influenced by popular prejudices and passions, might revive old enmities, thus compromising the alliance and its good fruit. There is a spot in the world the free passage through which is directly connected with the political and commercial power of Great Britain, a spot which France, on the other hand, had, in days gone by, been ambitious to possess. This spot is Egypt, the direct route from Europe to India - Egypt, where Frenchmen have fought and bled....