Syria, the Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c. Illustrated: In a Series of Views Drawn from Nature, Volumen3Fisher, Son, & Company, 1836 |
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... marble stairs , comfortable rooms , and tried companionship - to this dull hold in Sidon . We had no letter of introduction , as was sometimes the case , to the wealthy or the powerful : it was somewhat melancholy to look around ; even ...
... marble stairs , comfortable rooms , and tried companionship - to this dull hold in Sidon . We had no letter of introduction , as was sometimes the case , to the wealthy or the powerful : it was somewhat melancholy to look around ; even ...
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... marble ; the pavement is also of marble . Around are the tombs of princes , of knights templars , and Venetian nobles . The great mosque in Damascus , held so peculiarly sacred by the Turks that it is death for any Christian to enter it ...
... marble ; the pavement is also of marble . Around are the tombs of princes , of knights templars , and Venetian nobles . The great mosque in Damascus , held so peculiarly sacred by the Turks that it is death for any Christian to enter it ...
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... marble ; that the stones were of an immense size ; he mentions the pillars , and the Corinthian work , the inimitable flower - work , all of which precisely agree with Mr. Wood's description and fine plates , and with the pre- sent ...
... marble ; that the stones were of an immense size ; he mentions the pillars , and the Corinthian work , the inimitable flower - work , all of which precisely agree with Mr. Wood's description and fine plates , and with the pre- sent ...
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... marble basin , or in the divan just beyond it , the host at evening receives his friends ; and they sit and smoke , and calmly converse the hours away : this is the time when the wealthier families sometimes send for a celebrated story ...
... marble basin , or in the divan just beyond it , the host at evening receives his friends ; and they sit and smoke , and calmly converse the hours away : this is the time when the wealthier families sometimes send for a celebrated story ...
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... marble basin , or in the divan just beyond it , the host at evening receives his friends ; and they sit and smoke , and calmly converse the hours away : this is the time when the wealthier families sometimes send for a celebrated story ...
... marble basin , or in the divan just beyond it , the host at evening receives his friends ; and they sit and smoke , and calmly converse the hours away : this is the time when the wealthier families sometimes send for a celebrated story ...
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Adana Aleppo Amanus amidst ancient Antioch Arabs Asia Minor Balbec Barrada bazaar beautiful Bedouins Beirout beneath bosom built Carmel Christians church columns comfort convent Damascus Dead sea declivities desert desolate distance dwelling entered exquisite feelings feet gardens gate gloomy glory Greek hewn hill Ibrahim Pasha inhabitants interior Jerusalem Jews journey Kedron khan lake land Lebanon light lodged lofty lonely look luxury marble Maronite miles minaret monastery monks mosque Mount Mount Taurus mountain neighbourhood night Olivet Palestine Palmyra passed Payass pilgrims pillars plain plate precipices prophet retreat rich river rock roof ruins Scanderoon scene scheich Sea of Galilee seen sepulchre shore side Sidon situation soul splendid spot stone stood stranger stream streets summit Syria temple Tiberias tomb towers town traveller trees Turk Turkish vale valley village walk walls wandered wild wilderness wind wine Ziph
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Página 85 - And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot : and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
Página 30 - And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: and after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
Página 30 - ... if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul ; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday : and the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones : and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Página 74 - Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called Absalom's monument unto this day.
Página 31 - For he hath given me certain knowledge of the things that are, namely, to know how the world was made, and the operation of the elements: the beginning, ending, and midst of the times: the alterations of the turning of the sun, and the change of seasons...
Página 30 - All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.
Página 68 - Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,) that the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan : and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
Página 74 - Bethany, in order to accord with the account given us in Scripture ; but it answers the purpose of drawing crowds of pilgrims to the spot. Descending Olivet to the narrow valley of Jehoshaphat, you soon come to the pillar of Absalom : it has a very antique appearance, and is a pleasing object in the valley : it is of a yellow stone, adorned with half columns, formed into three stages, and terminates in a cupola. The tomb of Zacharias, adjoining, is square, with four or five pillars, and is cut out...
Página 68 - And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan ; and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation : and he made a mourning for his father seven days.