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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... stone tower , where a few soldiers kept their lonely look - out against the Arabs . Too impatient to drink in the ... stones , had covered it over with a large block . The dryness of the air had preserved the corpse in the most perfect ...
... stone tower , where a few soldiers kept their lonely look - out against the Arabs . Too impatient to drink in the ... stones , had covered it over with a large block . The dryness of the air had preserved the corpse in the most perfect ...
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... stone steps , which , although they hang almost perpendicularly over the flood , must yet be traversed on horseback . " We trusted , " observes a late traveller , " to the instinct of our sure - footed steeds ; but the steepness of the ...
... stone steps , which , although they hang almost perpendicularly over the flood , must yet be traversed on horseback . " We trusted , " observes a late traveller , " to the instinct of our sure - footed steeds ; but the steepness of the ...
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... stone ; and the numberless parasitic plants , which hang in profuse and tufted festoons , give this fine monument of the middle ages the appearance of a castle framed of moss and ivy . A beautiful spring flows at the foot of the rock ...
... stone ; and the numberless parasitic plants , which hang in profuse and tufted festoons , give this fine monument of the middle ages the appearance of a castle framed of moss and ivy . A beautiful spring flows at the foot of the rock ...
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