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 ix
... Walls of Damascus - The Wed- ding - Procession to the Bath - Arabian Nights - Mosques of Da- mascus - Damascene Fever - Ophthalmia - The Population of Da- mascus Grottoes in the Mountains CHAPTER XIV . The History of Damascus - Its ...
... Walls of Damascus - The Wed- ding - Procession to the Bath - Arabian Nights - Mosques of Da- mascus - Damascene Fever - Ophthalmia - The Population of Da- mascus Grottoes in the Mountains CHAPTER XIV . The History of Damascus - Its ...
Pagina 3
... walls . Just after sunset a rich crimson glow gradually spread over the whole western horizon , against which , in strong relief , about two miles distant , appeared the som- bre towers of the castle and the masts and rigging of the ...
... walls . Just after sunset a rich crimson glow gradually spread over the whole western horizon , against which , in strong relief , about two miles distant , appeared the som- bre towers of the castle and the masts and rigging of the ...
Pagina 6
... wall made by the soap - suds wherewith the saint washed his hands after the victory ! The Christians make St. George contem- porary with Mahomet , and a dispute once occurring on the subject , the affirmative parties asked their ...
... wall made by the soap - suds wherewith the saint washed his hands after the victory ! The Christians make St. George contem- porary with Mahomet , and a dispute once occurring on the subject , the affirmative parties asked their ...
Pagina 9
... wall , supposed to be of the time of Herod the Great , and some small frag- ments of shattered columns may be seen scattered about on the hill , —remnants of the antient Bery- tus . Very few women are to be seen in the streets , which ...
... wall , supposed to be of the time of Herod the Great , and some small frag- ments of shattered columns may be seen scattered about on the hill , —remnants of the antient Bery- tus . Very few women are to be seen in the streets , which ...
Pagina 12
... walls , filled with picturesque groups . There were men in white turbans and gay scarlet dresses smoking under the trees ; women wrapped up in embroidered muslin veils , and some with their features con- cealed in a sort of long bag ...
... walls , filled with picturesque groups . There were men in white turbans and gay scarlet dresses smoking under the trees ; women wrapped up in embroidered muslin veils , and some with their features con- cealed in a sort of long bag ...
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Damascus and Palmyra: A Journey to the East ; with a Sketch of ..., Volumul 2 Charles Greenstreet Addison Vizualizare completă - 1838 |
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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
Pasaje populare
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...