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
... beautiful and well cultivated ; a few villages , charmingly situated ; and the refreshing voice and sight of rapid streams the whole way . In seeking Palmyra , the traveller hastens through a hot and thirsty land , where no oasis in the ...
... beautiful and well cultivated ; a few villages , charmingly situated ; and the refreshing voice and sight of rapid streams the whole way . In seeking Palmyra , the traveller hastens through a hot and thirsty land , where no oasis in the ...
Page 19
... beautiful and exulting is the face of nature : she sitteth not solitary , with the tears on her cheek , but dwells , as of old , in her loved valley of the Orontes . The soil is rank with the violet , the anemone , the rose , the myrtle ...
... beautiful and exulting is the face of nature : she sitteth not solitary , with the tears on her cheek , but dwells , as of old , in her loved valley of the Orontes . The soil is rank with the violet , the anemone , the rose , the myrtle ...
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... beautiful on our native soil to say , " these are the favourite trees , and shrubs , and fruits of my own planting ; " it is far more so on a foreign soil , where , but for this watchfulness and care , each stalk , each leaf , each ...
... beautiful on our native soil to say , " these are the favourite trees , and shrubs , and fruits of my own planting ; " it is far more so on a foreign soil , where , but for this watchfulness and care , each stalk , each leaf , each ...
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