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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Page 43
... wild and imperishable glory : solitary , her multitudes passed away , there is no voice in the air , save that of the eagle What a pro- digal luxury of nature is here ! Forest , valley , precipice , cataract , almost unseen , untrodden ...
... wild and imperishable glory : solitary , her multitudes passed away , there is no voice in the air , save that of the eagle What a pro- digal luxury of nature is here ! Forest , valley , precipice , cataract , almost unseen , untrodden ...
Page 56
... wild sorrows ! needless fears ! Such is the scene around me now : A little church - yard , on the brow Of the wild Alpine hill : And loudly , here , is heard the flow Of the lone mountain - rill . What lulling sound , and shadow cool ...
... wild sorrows ! needless fears ! Such is the scene around me now : A little church - yard , on the brow Of the wild Alpine hill : And loudly , here , is heard the flow Of the lone mountain - rill . What lulling sound , and shadow cool ...
Page 75
... wild pass was strong yet are not our richest feelings , our exquisite enjoyments , often the result of this vivid contrast ? From the garden to the desert , from the burning sand to the fountain , from the busy hum of the world , even ...
... wild pass was strong yet are not our richest feelings , our exquisite enjoyments , often the result of this vivid contrast ? From the garden to the desert , from the burning sand to the fountain , from the busy hum of the world , even ...
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