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 12
... building are often exemplified in the same colossal stone . " The twilight is sunk into the night , but a night without darkness ; the stars are faint on the mountain's breast , and fainter on the temple , whose depths and recesses they ...
... building are often exemplified in the same colossal stone . " The twilight is sunk into the night , but a night without darkness ; the stars are faint on the mountain's breast , and fainter on the temple , whose depths and recesses they ...
Page 67
... buildings and two theatres ; the most perfect of these is a hundred feet long by seventy wide , inclosed by plain walls , and containing six semicircular rows of seats ; it appears to have been roofed , and was probably an Odeum , or ...
... buildings and two theatres ; the most perfect of these is a hundred feet long by seventy wide , inclosed by plain walls , and containing six semicircular rows of seats ; it appears to have been roofed , and was probably an Odeum , or ...
Page 68
... buildings , detached from each other , and mostly of the same size , though varying in their proportions the roofs ... build his hut , nor the fisherman spread his nets , among these sepulchral memorials of a great population . The coast ...
... buildings , detached from each other , and mostly of the same size , though varying in their proportions the roofs ... build his hut , nor the fisherman spread his nets , among these sepulchral memorials of a great population . The coast ...
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