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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... seemed cruelly to gaze ; the dogs crunched the bones of the dead , and the mourners , beating their breasts and lifting their hands to heaven , seemed to say , " yet a little while , and you also , who trust in beauty and in power ...
... seemed cruelly to gaze ; the dogs crunched the bones of the dead , and the mourners , beating their breasts and lifting their hands to heaven , seemed to say , " yet a little while , and you also , who trust in beauty and in power ...
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... seemed that the hard oak , the grieving yew , The chaste sad laurel , and the whole green grove , It seemed each fruit that blushed , each bud that blew , All spoke of ladies ' hope , of ladies ' love , WIFFEN . And bade the pilgrim ...
... seemed that the hard oak , the grieving yew , The chaste sad laurel , and the whole green grove , It seemed each fruit that blushed , each bud that blew , All spoke of ladies ' hope , of ladies ' love , WIFFEN . And bade the pilgrim ...
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... seemed to feel it to be their primeval heritage . After the pleasures and excitements of Damascus , where many days had been passed , the contrast of this wild pass was strong yet are not our richest feelings , our exquisite enjoyments ...
... seemed to feel it to be their primeval heritage . After the pleasures and excitements of Damascus , where many days had been passed , the contrast of this wild pass was strong yet are not our richest feelings , our exquisite enjoyments ...
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