Syria, the Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c. Illustrated: In a Series of Views Drawn from Nature, Volumen1Fisher, Son, & Company, 1836 - 256 páginas |
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... BANKS OF THE ORONTES . : THE Pilgrimage to Mecca is , perhaps , the highest excitement that life offers to the Mussulman the lowliest condition , the most advanced age , or immeasurable distance- are no bar to its performance . From the ...
... BANKS OF THE ORONTES . : THE Pilgrimage to Mecca is , perhaps , the highest excitement that life offers to the Mussulman the lowliest condition , the most advanced age , or immeasurable distance- are no bar to its performance . From the ...
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... bank was a stone tower , where a few soldiers kept their lonely look - out against the Arabs . Tco impatient to drink ... banks the pilgrims are seated , glides deliciously and coldly by , -how different from the fountains , scanty and ...
... bank was a stone tower , where a few soldiers kept their lonely look - out against the Arabs . Tco impatient to drink ... banks the pilgrims are seated , glides deliciously and coldly by , -how different from the fountains , scanty and ...
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... banks of the Bosphorus , or heard more awful sounds than the murmur of its waves , or their own fountains . The Mahometans , from the tomb of their prophet - halting on the ruins of Antioch , presented a mournful comment on the decline ...
... banks of the Bosphorus , or heard more awful sounds than the murmur of its waves , or their own fountains . The Mahometans , from the tomb of their prophet - halting on the ruins of Antioch , presented a mournful comment on the decline ...
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... bank beneath the fall was a pleasant resting - place , where the time fled unheeded away : and in the silence of the Eastern night there was something solemn in the rushing sound , as if the voice of the past was there , the glorious ...
... bank beneath the fall was a pleasant resting - place , where the time fled unheeded away : and in the silence of the Eastern night there was something solemn in the rushing sound , as if the voice of the past was there , the glorious ...
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... banks , still remain . The celebrated pass leading from Cilicia into Syria , through which Alexander marched , when he left Tarsus to fight the battle of Issus , is about twenty miles to the north of that town : it is a remarkable ...
... banks , still remain . The celebrated pass leading from Cilicia into Syria , through which Alexander marched , when he left Tarsus to fight the battle of Issus , is about twenty miles to the north of that town : it is a remarkable ...
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Syria, the Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c. Illustrated: In a Series of ..., Volumen1 John Carne,William Purser Vista de fragmentos - 1836 |
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Adana Aleppo amidst Anamour ancient Antioch Arab Asia Minor Assad banks Barouk battle of Issus beautiful Bedouin Beilan beneath Beshir Beteddein Canobin caravan castle cedars Christians Cilicia Colonel Chesney convent Corinthian order covered Cydnus Damascus Daphné dark death declivities desert distance divan Druses dwellings Egypt Emir Euphrates fall feet forest gardens gates Girgius glory groves heights hill houses Ibrahim Pasha khan ladies land Lebanon lonely look luxury magnificent marble Maronite merchants miles mosque Mount Taurus mountain mulberry murmur Nahr-el-Kelb night noble numerous Orontes Pacha palace pass picturesque pillars pipe plain precipice ravine rest rich rise river rock roof ruins scene seated shadow Sheich shore side solitary sound stone stranger stream Suadeah summit Syria Tarsus Taurus rise temple tents tombs torrent towers town traveller trees Tripoli Turkish Turks valley village voice W. H. Bartlett walls wandering waters waves wild wind