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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... seated indolently , —some of the mothers swinging their children by a cord hung to one of the sacred branches , as if some virtue were thence derivable , or healing quality to some bodily disease . Perhaps the men , from a super ...
... seated indolently , —some of the mothers swinging their children by a cord hung to one of the sacred branches , as if some virtue were thence derivable , or healing quality to some bodily disease . Perhaps the men , from a super ...
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... seated at the edge of the rushing tide , while the narrator moves from side to side , and each accent of his distinct and musical voice is heard throughout the Café . The building directly opposite is another house , of a similar kind ...
... seated at the edge of the rushing tide , while the narrator moves from side to side , and each accent of his distinct and musical voice is heard throughout the Café . The building directly opposite is another house , of a similar kind ...
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... seated under the trees , in all the fulness of dignified idleness ; musing , not thinking , wire - drawing their few ideas . The long and solemn silence of a Turk has nothing impressive in it ; if you look in his face , you see no ...
... seated under the trees , in all the fulness of dignified idleness ; musing , not thinking , wire - drawing their few ideas . The long and solemn silence of a Turk has nothing impressive in it ; if you look in his face , you see no ...
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