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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... pipe , with its end of rich cornelian or scented amber . The writer was one day invited to visit an affluent merchant , and found him seated on the raised divan , reclining on an ottoman on sumptuous cushions : coffee and pipes were ...
... pipe , with its end of rich cornelian or scented amber . The writer was one day invited to visit an affluent merchant , and found him seated on the raised divan , reclining on an ottoman on sumptuous cushions : coffee and pipes were ...
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... pipe in their hand - noble specimens of humanity , if intellect breathed within : some reclining against the rails , others seated in groups , or solitary as if buried in " lonely thoughts sublime ; " while the rush of the falling ...
... pipe in their hand - noble specimens of humanity , if intellect breathed within : some reclining against the rails , others seated in groups , or solitary as if buried in " lonely thoughts sublime ; " while the rush of the falling ...
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... pipe from his hand , which he shall smoke no more for ever - it matters not ; he is perfectly submissive and resigned : not a single sigh shall accompany a single whiff of his pipe , though the sunset of life is close at hand . The ...
... pipe from his hand , which he shall smoke no more for ever - it matters not ; he is perfectly submissive and resigned : not a single sigh shall accompany a single whiff of his pipe , though the sunset of life is close at hand . The ...
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