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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... hill , and on the bank of the stream . About a century since , this wall on the hill , which was built by Seleucus , one of Alexander's successors , had not the least breach in it , nor a sign of any ; and from this , one may judge how ...
... hill , and on the bank of the stream . About a century since , this wall on the hill , which was built by Seleucus , one of Alexander's successors , had not the least breach in it , nor a sign of any ; and from this , one may judge how ...
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... hill , the shape of which is like a woman's breast , and the above hill has mani- festly this peculiar form . Diogenes Laertius was a native of this town . In approaching Alaya along the coast , several villages and SYRIA , THE HOLY ...
... hill , the shape of which is like a woman's breast , and the above hill has mani- festly this peculiar form . Diogenes Laertius was a native of this town . In approaching Alaya along the coast , several villages and SYRIA , THE HOLY ...
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... hill Difficulty , " endure hard- ness " ere he reaches her bower of delights . A more capricious choice of a home ... hills , screened by loftier hills , with many waters . Lebanon has a hundred sites of exquisite attraction and scenery ...
... hill Difficulty , " endure hard- ness " ere he reaches her bower of delights . A more capricious choice of a home ... hills , screened by loftier hills , with many waters . Lebanon has a hundred sites of exquisite attraction and scenery ...
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