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 2Curry, 1840 - 495 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 52
עמוד 2
... Upper Egypt . The impres- sion there received of the former grandeur of this ancient people is brought into the strongest contrast with the present unutterable poverty and wretched- ness of the natives , who are now , however , allowed ...
... Upper Egypt . The impres- sion there received of the former grandeur of this ancient people is brought into the strongest contrast with the present unutterable poverty and wretched- ness of the natives , who are now , however , allowed ...
עמוד 22
... , to the confines of Persia and the Indian Sea , with Candia , and the whole upper border of the Mediterranean , are now included in his dominions ; and the great EXTENT OF THE BASHA'S TERRITORIES . 23 333 nomad tribes.
... , to the confines of Persia and the Indian Sea , with Candia , and the whole upper border of the Mediterranean , are now included in his dominions ; and the great EXTENT OF THE BASHA'S TERRITORIES . 23 333 nomad tribes.
עמוד 36
... upper end of the street , as if to heighten the effect , and by carrying the eye through a vista , to concentrate it upon this building . The pavement of this street is very pecu- liar ; it is similar to that at Pompeii , and is the ...
... upper end of the street , as if to heighten the effect , and by carrying the eye through a vista , to concentrate it upon this building . The pavement of this street is very pecu- liar ; it is similar to that at Pompeii , and is the ...
עמוד 37
... upper stories of many of these buildings are now no more , and the window spaces are filled by close lattices , which are frequently re- placed by bundles of rags ; while the squalidness and misery that appear within , contrast but ill ...
... upper stories of many of these buildings are now no more , and the window spaces are filled by close lattices , which are frequently re- placed by bundles of rags ; while the squalidness and misery that appear within , contrast but ill ...
עמוד 39
... upper part of the town , and at once eliciting the inquiry - whence came such an enor- mous necropolis to so small a city ? but answered by the fact , that history records 60,000 men having perished before its walls , during the ...
... upper part of the town , and at once eliciting the inquiry - whence came such an enor- mous necropolis to so small a city ? but answered by the fact , that history records 60,000 men having perished before its walls , during the ...
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Acra ancient city antiquity appearance aqueduct Arabs arches architecture Asia Minor Basha beautiful beneath Bezetha building built called Calvary castle chamber Christian church cisterns Clarke coast colour constructed Copts David described distance door east eastern Egypt Egyptian enclosure entrance erected existed feet gate Gihon Greek ground Hananeel harbour Hebrew hill Holy City Holy Sepulchre inhabitants island Jaffa Jebusites Jehosaphat Jerusalem Jews Josephus Judea Kastelorizo king land Lord marble mentioned miles modern Mohammad Alee Mohammadans Mooslim Moriah mosque Mount of Olives Mount Sion mountains Nehemiah object Olives Ophel opinion outer Palestine passed pilgrims pillars plain pool present priests probably prophecy prophet purple remains remarkable rock ruins sacred Salmanazar sarcophagi says scene Scripture shore side Sidon Siloam similar situated skull Solomon spot square stones supposed Syria Telmessus temple tion tomb tower town traveller Tyre Tyrians Tyrus unto upper valley wall