Syria, the Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c. Illustrated: In a Series of Views Drawn from NatureFisher, 1836 - 256 páginas |
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... Euphrates: in the night wind the blast of the desert again passes by : and on the bleak moor that " Rock of ages," that has been his shadow from the heat, again stands before him, desolate yet precious. These feelings may by some be ...
... Euphrates: in the night wind the blast of the desert again passes by : and on the bleak moor that " Rock of ages," that has been his shadow from the heat, again stands before him, desolate yet precious. These feelings may by some be ...
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... Euphrates, and down its waters to the Persian Gulf, — will no longer be the painful and interminable journey, that most undertake from necessity, — few for pleasure : in a few years, the traveller, instead of creeping on a camel at ...
... Euphrates, and down its waters to the Persian Gulf, — will no longer be the painful and interminable journey, that most undertake from necessity, — few for pleasure : in a few years, the traveller, instead of creeping on a camel at ...
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... Euphrates, which is opposite Bir. The Orontes is sometimes a deep and rapid river, but never a " broad expanse," as it is frequently, but erroneously, represented : its navigation would be fraught with substantial benefits to the rich ...
... Euphrates, which is opposite Bir. The Orontes is sometimes a deep and rapid river, but never a " broad expanse," as it is frequently, but erroneously, represented : its navigation would be fraught with substantial benefits to the rich ...
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... Euphrates : it was launched, broadside on, from a height of twenty-three feet, in an angle of twenty-seven degrees, along three slips, and went off in good style, with the Turkish, Arab, and □ English flags flying, amidst the firing of ...
... Euphrates : it was launched, broadside on, from a height of twenty-three feet, in an angle of twenty-seven degrees, along three slips, and went off in good style, with the Turkish, Arab, and □ English flags flying, amidst the firing of ...
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... Euphrates, as in Egypt from the Nile, to the high banks, by bullocks traversing up and down an inclined plane : these usages appear to have prevailed in Mesopotamia in the earliest times, and the river's bank is quite covered with them ...
... Euphrates, as in Egypt from the Nile, to the high banks, by bullocks traversing up and down an inclined plane : these usages appear to have prevailed in Mesopotamia in the earliest times, and the river's bank is quite covered with them ...
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Adana Alaya Aleppo Amanus amidst Anamour ancient Antioch Arab Asia Minor banks Barouk beautiful Bedouin Beilan beneath Beshir Beteddein camel Captain Beaufort caravan castle cedars Christians Cilicia cliffs coast Colonel Chesney covered Cydnus Damascus Daphne dark declivities desert distance divan Druses dwellings East Egypt Emir Euphrates fall feet forest gardens gates Girgius glory groves heights hill hour houses Ibrahim Pasha khan ladies land Lebanon light lonely look luxury magnificent Maronite merchants miles mosque Mount Taurus mountain murmur Nahr-el-Kelb night noble numerous Orontes Pacha palace pass Pharpar picturesque pilgrim pillars pipe plain precipices ravines rest rich river rock roof ruins scene seated sepulchres shadow Sheich shore side Sir Sydney Smith solitary sound stone stranger stream Suadeah summit Syria Tarsus Taurus temple tents tombs torrent towers town traveller trees Tripoli Turkish Turks valley village voice walls wandering waters wave wild wind