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 and Antiquities of the Countries VisitedW. Curry, jun., 1844 - 648 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 51
עמוד 7
... close white granite , and has an electric conducting wire extending from a small pillar elevated above the lantern to a house about twenty yards off . An inscrip- tion over the doorway states that it was built by the merchants or board ...
... close white granite , and has an electric conducting wire extending from a small pillar elevated above the lantern to a house about twenty yards off . An inscrip- tion over the doorway states that it was built by the merchants or board ...
עמוד 32
... close grating , behind which the nuns and monks of the adjacent convent were placed , and poured forth a full tide of harmony . How striking is a first visit to a Roman Catholic house of worship abroad ; where the pomp of ceremony , the ...
... close grating , behind which the nuns and monks of the adjacent convent were placed , and poured forth a full tide of harmony . How striking is a first visit to a Roman Catholic house of worship abroad ; where the pomp of ceremony , the ...
עמוד 47
... close the view . In our ride over the mountains we passed the Cork convent , a most romantic spot , and so hidden among the rocks , that you see nothing of it till you get between two large blocks of stone that form the entrance ...
... close the view . In our ride over the mountains we passed the Cork convent , a most romantic spot , and so hidden among the rocks , that you see nothing of it till you get between two large blocks of stone that form the entrance ...
עמוד 99
... close plantations near the town , it has lately been transplanted to the plants growing on the hills , by enclosing one or two of the little animals in a bag of thin muslin , and sticking them on the thorns of the leaves . They were ...
... close plantations near the town , it has lately been transplanted to the plants growing on the hills , by enclosing one or two of the little animals in a bag of thin muslin , and sticking them on the thorns of the leaves . They were ...
עמוד 104
... close as in a Turkish hareem ; and , as many of the inhabitants once ranked amongst the nobles of the mother country , their politics or their misfortunes have driven them hither , where they live in gloom and religious se- clusion ...
... close as in a Turkish hareem ; and , as many of the inhabitants once ranked amongst the nobles of the mother country , their politics or their misfortunes have driven them hither , where they live in gloom and religious se- clusion ...
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afforded Alexandria Algiers ancient animals appearance Arabs arches basalt Básha beautiful Bedawees beneath boat Cairo called camels centre chambers Cleopatra's needles climate coast colour Corunna Coural covered dress dromedary Egypt Egyptian English entrance erected European feet French Funchal gate Gibraltar Greek Guanches harbour head height Herodotus hills Holy horses houses inhabitants invalids island Jerusalem Jews Josephus Kabyles Kastelorizo land light Lisbon look Madeira marble miles Mohammad Alee Mohammadan Mooslims morning mosque Mount Mount Sion mountains natives night Nile ornamented passed persons pillar plain Pompey's pillar port present principal pyramids rain remains remarkable residence rise rock roof round ruins scene seen sepulchres shore side Sion Sooltan spot stones streets surrounded Syria Telmessus temple Teneriffe tombs tower town traveller trees Turkish Turks Tyre valley vegetation vessels wall whole wind