Damascus and Palmyra: A Journey to the East. With a Sketch of the State and Prospects of Syria, Under Ibrahim Pasha, Volumul 2R. Bentley, 1838 - 484 pagini |
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Pagina 19
... Leaving Deir el Kammar , we perceived the whole country covered with tents and troops bivouacking . The situation of the Saracenic Castle of the Emir , on a bold eminence at the end of the valley , about half an hour's walk from Deir el ...
... Leaving Deir el Kammar , we perceived the whole country covered with tents and troops bivouacking . The situation of the Saracenic Castle of the Emir , on a bold eminence at the end of the valley , about half an hour's walk from Deir el ...
Pagina 76
... leaving Deir el Akhmar , we arrived at the small miserable village of Ainnete , and from hence to the summit the ascent took about an hour over a barren tract of sand and stones , into which we sank nearly knee deep ; and the ascent was ...
... leaving Deir el Akhmar , we arrived at the small miserable village of Ainnete , and from hence to the summit the ascent took about an hour over a barren tract of sand and stones , into which we sank nearly knee deep ; and the ascent was ...
Pagina 82
... leaving Baalbec we commenced the ascent of the range of Anti - Libanus , and from the eminences , we had a fine view of the opposite bolder and more lofty chain of Libanus , at the northern end of which a few showers flying about , the ...
... leaving Baalbec we commenced the ascent of the range of Anti - Libanus , and from the eminences , we had a fine view of the opposite bolder and more lofty chain of Libanus , at the northern end of which a few showers flying about , the ...
Pagina 87
... leaving the village , we as usual took leave of trees and cultivation , and traversed a bare un- interesting valley , bounded on the left by a bold range of dark perpendicular cliffs . We passed some wild , half - naked people on ...
... leaving the village , we as usual took leave of trees and cultivation , and traversed a bare un- interesting valley , bounded on the left by a bold range of dark perpendicular cliffs . We passed some wild , half - naked people on ...
Pagina 91
... or a trace of vege- tation . After ascending the hills for some time , we descended to a narrow , winding , rocky path , daz- zled with the glare of the sun , and oppressed by heat ; and by direction of our Dragoman , leaving.
... or a trace of vege- tation . After ascending the hills for some time , we descended to a narrow , winding , rocky path , daz- zled with the glare of the sun , and oppressed by heat ; and by direction of our Dragoman , leaving.
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Termeni și expresii frecvente
antient appearance arrived Aurelian Baalbec Barrada bath bazaars beautiful Bedouin Arabs Beirout blue buildings Caled called camels cedars Christian citadel colonnade columns Corinthian Corinthian order court covered Damascenes Damascus dark Deir el Kammar delightful desert dragoman dress dromedaries Druse Emir Beshir emperor entablature Euphrates extended Farren feet foliage Gallienus gardens gateway grand avenue Greek hands head horses hour Ibrahim Pasha inhabitants inscription journey Lebanon lofty looking magnificent marble Maronites minarets morning mosque mountains mounted night Odenatus ornamented Palmyra Palmyreneans Palmyrenes party passed pipes plain portico possess prayer present rest rich river Roman round ruins Salahieh sand Saracens scene sculptured seen shafts Sheikh shouted side solitary stone stream Suleiman Pasha surrounded Syria taieeb temple tent tombs towers town Trebellius Pollio trees tribe valley vast village of Tadmor walked walls whole wild women Zenobia Zosimus καὶ
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Pagina 96 - Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them, and be clean?
Pagina 243 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness ; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, Or my mouth hath kissed my hand : This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge : For I should have denied the God that is above.
Pagina 213 - And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man ; and he hasted to dress it. And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Pagina 133 - And, as he journeyed, he came near Damascus, and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven. And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Pagina 53 - And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el.
Pagina 130 - Fond wretch! as if her step disturb'd the dead! Away! we know that tears are vain, That death nor heeds nor hears distress: Will this unteach us to complain? Or make one mourner weep the less? And thou — who tell'st me to forget, Thy looks are wan, thine eyes are wet.
Pagina 180 - Praise be to God, the Lord of all creatures, the most merciful ; the King of the day of judgment. Thee do we worship, and of Thee do we beg assistance.
Pagina 243 - So cloudless, clear, and purely beautiful, That God alone was to be seen in heaven.
Pagina 79 - Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed ? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high ? even against the Holy One of Israel.
Pagina 226 - hand should be against every man, and every man's hand against them...