Syria, the Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c. Illustrated: In a Series of Views Drawn from Nature, Volume 1Fisher, Son, & Company, 1836 - 256 pages |
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... East was to our ancestors , as " Sadak's waters of life , " enchanting to the hope , precious to the soul , but guarded by a thousand dangers , terrors , and hardships . The songs of the wander- ing minstrels , full of tales of ...
... East was to our ancestors , as " Sadak's waters of life , " enchanting to the hope , precious to the soul , but guarded by a thousand dangers , terrors , and hardships . The songs of the wander- ing minstrels , full of tales of ...
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... East ; the other , who appears more like a lady of the land , is come to look at the wares , and perhaps to purchase . There is no gracefulness in the figure , no attraction in the countenance of the Eastern ladies , thus cloaked , and ...
... East ; the other , who appears more like a lady of the land , is come to look at the wares , and perhaps to purchase . There is no gracefulness in the figure , no attraction in the countenance of the Eastern ladies , thus cloaked , and ...
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... Eastern groves and hills , especially when they terminate in a kind and comfortable home . What a talisman in the East , is there in that word home : the wanderer hardly dreams it can ever be realized : often he thinks of the lost ...
... Eastern groves and hills , especially when they terminate in a kind and comfortable home . What a talisman in the East , is there in that word home : the wanderer hardly dreams it can ever be realized : often he thinks of the lost ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Sidon on the approach from Beirout | 6 |
Walls on the west side of Antioch | 11 |
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Adana Alaya Aleppo Amanus Anamour ancient Antioch Arab Asia Minor Barouk beautiful Bedouin Beilan Beirout beneath Beteddein Captain Beaufort caravan caravanserai Casius castle cedars Christians Cilicia cliffs coast comfort convent covered Cydnus Damascus dark declivities desert distance divan Djouni Druses dwellings East Egypt Emir Euphrates exquisite fancy feet gardens glory Greek groves heights hill Ibrahim Pasha JAFFA khan ladies land Lebanon light lonely look luxury Maronite merchants miles mosque Mount Mount Taurus mountain Nahr-el-Kelb night noble Orontes Pacha palace passed Pharpar picturesque pillars pipe plain precipices ravine residence rich river rock roof ruins scene seated Seleucia shade shadow Sheich shore side snow solitary splendid spot stone stranger stream Suadeah summit sweet Syria Tarsus Taurus temple tents tombs tower town traveller trees Turkish Turks valley village voice W. H. Bartlett walls wandering wild wind women