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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Page 11
... Italy and Scotland in the heart of Syria . The town and neighbourhood are of late greatly improved , and are rapidly improving ; many new dwellings and villas have been built , some of them with much taste . The rent of a good house ...
... Italy and Scotland in the heart of Syria . The town and neighbourhood are of late greatly improved , and are rapidly improving ; many new dwellings and villas have been built , some of them with much taste . The rent of a good house ...
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... Italian doctor to one of the regiments . He insisted on our going to his home , which was wretched enough , and relinquishing ... Italy , and who were forced to fly . He complained bitterly of the misery of his position among a horde of ...
... Italian doctor to one of the regiments . He insisted on our going to his home , which was wretched enough , and relinquishing ... Italy , and who were forced to fly . He complained bitterly of the misery of his position among a horde of ...
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... Italy , who would die with enthusiasm to - morrow , to effect they know not what . There is a great deal of cultivation round Adana ; the vast plains would almost sup- port millions , if well cultivated : they were burning brushwood ...
... Italy , who would die with enthusiasm to - morrow , to effect they know not what . There is a great deal of cultivation round Adana ; the vast plains would almost sup- port millions , if well cultivated : they were burning brushwood ...
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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