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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... Orontes : the sun , sinking behind the heights , is on its golden wave , and on the gardens which stretch beyond : to the east is the great plain of Antioch , with its lake , bounded by distant mountains ; the sea is on the south - west ...
... Orontes : the sun , sinking behind the heights , is on its golden wave , and on the gardens which stretch beyond : to the east is the great plain of Antioch , with its lake , bounded by distant mountains ; the sea is on the south - west ...
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... ORONTES , NEAR SUADEAH . The scenery on this river resembles , in many parts , that of the Wye in South Wales : it is a fine slow - flowing stream , although its waters are not clear : in this vicinity there are two or three small ...
... ORONTES , NEAR SUADEAH . The scenery on this river resembles , in many parts , that of the Wye in South Wales : it is a fine slow - flowing stream , although its waters are not clear : in this vicinity there are two or three small ...
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... Orontes possesses a grandeur rarely equalled even in this beautiful country . Mount Casius , above five thousand feet in height , rises abruptly from the sea , its sides broken into deep ravines , and lower down into wooded slopes ; its ...
... Orontes possesses a grandeur rarely equalled even in this beautiful country . Mount Casius , above five thousand feet in height , rises abruptly from the sea , its sides broken into deep ravines , and lower down into wooded slopes ; its ...
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