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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... ladies , seated in a circle on a rich carpet on the lower part of the room ; each held an elegant pipe of about five feet in length , and each delicate mouth sent forth at intervals whiffs of fragrant tobacco , that rose slowly in thin ...
... ladies , seated in a circle on a rich carpet on the lower part of the room ; each held an elegant pipe of about five feet in length , and each delicate mouth sent forth at intervals whiffs of fragrant tobacco , that rose slowly in thin ...
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... ladies and their slaves , told a tale of pride and pleasure - at which the vulture on the tomb seemed cruelly to gaze ; the dogs crunched the bones of the dead , and the mourners , beating their breasts and lifting their hands to heaven ...
... ladies and their slaves , told a tale of pride and pleasure - at which the vulture on the tomb seemed cruelly to gaze ; the dogs crunched the bones of the dead , and the mourners , beating their breasts and lifting their hands to heaven ...
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... lady to Jerusalem , passed a week or two there very pleasantly : on their return to Damascus , Mrs. F. who was intimate with the Turkish ladies , had spoken so warmly of the pleasure of the journey , that from that moment the husband ...
... lady to Jerusalem , passed a week or two there very pleasantly : on their return to Damascus , Mrs. F. who was intimate with the Turkish ladies , had spoken so warmly of the pleasure of the journey , that from that moment the husband ...
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