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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... towers , and in the sea , as on the shore to the right of Beirout , lie a great number of grey granite pillars . The tower of the lions , one of the six , is said to derive its name from a shield carved over the gateway , on which two ...
... towers , and in the sea , as on the shore to the right of Beirout , lie a great number of grey granite pillars . The tower of the lions , one of the six , is said to derive its name from a shield carved over the gateway , on which two ...
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... tower , with peopled halls and cheerful lights , once more opened to the stranger - how welcome , from the casement window of the turret chamber , to look forth on such a night ; to hear the sentinel on the wall , singing his Cilician ...
... tower , with peopled halls and cheerful lights , once more opened to the stranger - how welcome , from the casement window of the turret chamber , to look forth on such a night ; to hear the sentinel on the wall , singing his Cilician ...
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... towers : there is a tower without There are considerable the town about fifty feet square , and about the same height , turreted on the top ; a flight of steps leads up to it : these remains , however , have no claim to the era of old ...
... towers : there is a tower without There are considerable the town about fifty feet square , and about the same height , turreted on the top ; a flight of steps leads up to it : these remains , however , have no claim to the era of old ...
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