Narrative of a Voyage to Madeira, Teneriffe and Along the Shores of the Mediterranean: Including a Visit to Algiers, Egypt, Palestine, Tyre, Rhodes, Telmessus, Cyprus and Greece : with Observations on the Present State and Prospects of Egypt and Palestine and on the Climate, Natural History, Antiquities, Etc. of the Countries Visited ; in Two Volumes, כרך 1Curry, 1840 - 464 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 53
עמוד 23
... face of the country are poor and barren , mostly of granite rock , with scarcely any soil , what little exists is clothed with that beautiful heath the erica ciliaris , and small scattered clumps of pine , like fox - covers , crown the ...
... face of the country are poor and barren , mostly of granite rock , with scarcely any soil , what little exists is clothed with that beautiful heath the erica ciliaris , and small scattered clumps of pine , like fox - covers , crown the ...
עמוד 33
... face of the earth use tobacco in one shape or other . on Not meaning any slander on the above respecta- ble institution , I may observe , that there is a very extensive foundling hospital in Corunna , the recep- tion - cradle of which ...
... face of the earth use tobacco in one shape or other . on Not meaning any slander on the above respecta- ble institution , I may observe , that there is a very extensive foundling hospital in Corunna , the recep- tion - cradle of which ...
עמוד 48
... , is an image . of the Virgin and child , white , and highly decorated with artificial flowers , & c . ; while on that to the left is one similar in every respect , save that the faces THEATRICALS . 49 and hands of both mother and child.
... , is an image . of the Virgin and child , white , and highly decorated with artificial flowers , & c . ; while on that to the left is one similar in every respect , save that the faces THEATRICALS . 49 and hands of both mother and child.
עמוד 53
... faces of innumerable angels and seraphs . The clustering of figures on the walls is , if any thing , too thick ; the eye becomes wearied , not find- ing a single unoccupied spot whereon to rest . The architecture , preserved in the ...
... faces of innumerable angels and seraphs . The clustering of figures on the walls is , if any thing , too thick ; the eye becomes wearied , not find- ing a single unoccupied spot whereon to rest . The architecture , preserved in the ...
עמוד 61
... face of smiling nature . As we turned through one of the arches , to exa- mine some plants at a little distance , we suddenly came upon the corpse of a man , who had , but a few hours before , thrown himself from the battle- ment above ...
... face of smiling nature . As we turned through one of the arches , to exa- mine some plants at a little distance , we suddenly came upon the corpse of a man , who had , but a few hours before , thrown himself from the battle- ment above ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
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Alexandria Algiers amongst animals appearance Arab basalt Basha beautiful Bedawees beneath boats Cairo camel Canaries carried centre Cleopatra's needle climate clothed coast colour consul Corunna costume Coural covered dress dromedary Egypt Egyptian elevation English erected European feet finest fish French Funchal garden Grand Canary greater number groves Guanches guarda-costas hand handsome harbour hareem head height HERCULES TOWER hills horses houses immense invalids island Kabyles ladies land light Lisbon look Madeira Mafra marble miles Mohammadan Moorish Moors morning mosque mountains natives night o'clock officers orange Oratava ornament passed pillar plain plants Pompey's pillar Portugal present principal quantity red-legged partridge residence rise rock roof round sails scene seen shore side Spanish spot streets surrounded temperature Teneriffe tomb town trees tufa Turkish Turks valley vegetation vessels walls wind wine