Damascus and Palmyra: A Journey to the East, Nide 1E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1838 - 484 sivua |
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Sivu viii
... celebrated ruins of that once flourishing city still excite the wonder of the traveller , and transfix his admiration by the peculiarity of their position , their extent , and their magnificence . Little has of late been written on ...
... celebrated ruins of that once flourishing city still excite the wonder of the traveller , and transfix his admiration by the peculiarity of their position , their extent , and their magnificence . Little has of late been written on ...
Sivu 29
... celebrated battle of Actium . The modern town of Patras is one of the most populous in Greece , and appears in a rising condition . It is the resi- dence of the European consuls , and its principal commerce and all its prosperity is ...
... celebrated battle of Actium . The modern town of Patras is one of the most populous in Greece , and appears in a rising condition . It is the resi- dence of the European consuls , and its principal commerce and all its prosperity is ...
Sivu 35
... celebrated lion slain by Hercules ! Below are vestiges of a stadium , and further on , amid masses of shattered marble , are three Doric columns of the temple of the Nemean Jupiter described by Pausanias . Two hours from Nemea we came ...
... celebrated lion slain by Hercules ! Below are vestiges of a stadium , and further on , amid masses of shattered marble , are three Doric columns of the temple of the Nemean Jupiter described by Pausanias . Two hours from Nemea we came ...
Sivu 36
... celebrated Gate of Lions , approached by a pas- sage fifty feet long and thirty feet wide , formed by two massive Cyclopean walls on either hand , and these , together with the front of the gate , have been built of blocks rudely ...
... celebrated Gate of Lions , approached by a pas- sage fifty feet long and thirty feet wide , formed by two massive Cyclopean walls on either hand , and these , together with the front of the gate , have been built of blocks rudely ...
Sivu 37
... celebrated sacred edifices of Greece , built in the ninth year of the Peloponnesian war , B. c . 423. We then tra- versed a deserted country , crossed the Inachus , and , in about two hours and a half , arrived at Argos , now a ...
... celebrated sacred edifices of Greece , built in the ninth year of the Peloponnesian war , B. c . 423. We then tra- versed a deserted country , crossed the Inachus , and , in about two hours and a half , arrived at Argos , now a ...
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Acropolis ancient appearance Armenian arrived Asia Athens bastinado Bavarian bazaars beautiful blue boat bold Bosphorus Boujah building built called capital castle celebrated church columns Constantinople covered crowds cultivation cypresses distant dragoman dress emperors erected Europe European feet Frank Galata gardens girls grand Greece Greek green ground gulf gulf of Smyrna hands harbor hills horses houses immense industry inscription Ionic order island Janissaries labor ladies land lofty lovely luxury magnificent ment merchants minarets miserable mosque Mount Mount Olympus Mount Sipylus mountains Mussulmen numerous palace Pasha passed Pausanias Pera picturesque plain population port possessed present rich rocks rocky rowed ruins scene scenery Scutari sea of Marmora seen ships shores shrubs side slaves Smyrna spot stones Strabo streets Sultan summit surrounded temple towers town trees tumulus turbans Turkish Turks village walked walls wealth white marble whole wind women
Suositut otteet
Sivu iii - ... and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar ? fear not ; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand ; for I will make him a great nation.
Sivu 181 - Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
Sivu 66 - Slow sinks, more lovely ere his race be run, Along Morea's hills the setting sun: Not, as in northern climes, obscurely bright, But one unclouded blaze of living light!
Sivu 161 - I know thy works : behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it...
Sivu 55 - Thither no more the peasant shall repair To sweet oblivion of his daily care ; No more the farmer's news, the barber's tale, No more the woodman's ballad shall prevail ; No more the smith his dusky brow shall clear, Relax his ponderous strength, and lean to hear...
Sivu 41 - But now the sounds of population fail, No cheerful murmurs fluctuate in the gale, No busy steps the grass-grown footway tread, But all the blooming flush of life is fled...
Sivu 158 - Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die. For I have not found thy works perfect before God.
Sivu 67 - And the. lull'd winds seem dreaming : And the midnight moon is weaving Her bright chain o'er the deep ; Whose breast is gently heaving, As an infant's asleep : So the spirit bows before thee, To listen and adore thee ; With a full but soft emotion, Like the swell of Summer's ocean.
Sivu 79 - Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green: One only master grasps the whole domain, And half a tillage...
Sivu 126 - I will retire," said the trembling Genoese, "by the same road " which God has opened to the Turks;" and at these words he hastily passed through one of the breaches of the inner wall. By this pusillanimous act, he stained the...