Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860, Leighton, John, 1822-1912, Martin, William, 1801-1867 · London : Darton and Co · leaf 166
boundbehind their backs, or lashed over their heads, or thrust intoeye-shaped manacles. Some of their heads are twistedcompletely round; and some of them are turned back to back,and their arms lashed together round the elbows, and thusthey are marched up to punishment. In ancient times, the… … birth to the Pyramids. What masses were employed, andhow human life was wasted, is evinced by the manner inwhich Necho made his canal, connecting the Nile with theRed Sea. Things are now much the same in that country.Mehemet Ali, the Pacha of Egypt, obliged 150,000 men—chiefly Arabs from Upper…
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