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 |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 88
עמוד 20
... face of the country is poor and barren , composed mostly of granite rock , with scarcely any soil , but what little exists is clothed with that beautiful heath the erica ciliaris ; and small scattered clumps of pine , like fox - covers ...
... face of the country is poor and barren , composed mostly of granite rock , with scarcely any soil , but what little exists is clothed with that beautiful heath the erica ciliaris ; and small scattered clumps of pine , like fox - covers ...
עמוד 26
... face of the earth use tobacco in one shape or other . Not meaning any slander on this respectable institution , I may observe , that there is a very extensive foundling hospital in Corunna , the reception - cradle of which is not ...
... face of the earth use tobacco in one shape or other . Not meaning any slander on this respectable institution , I may observe , that there is a very extensive foundling hospital in Corunna , the reception - cradle of which is not ...
עמוד 35
... faces and hands of both mother and child are black : -this is negro conci- liation ! Behind this central altar , the Holy Crows of Saint Vincent are quartered ; the priests are rather chary of exhibiting them at present , and the day I ...
... faces and hands of both mother and child are black : -this is negro conci- liation ! Behind this central altar , the Holy Crows of Saint Vincent are quartered ; the priests are rather chary of exhibiting them at present , and the day I ...
עמוד 38
... faces of innumerable angels and seraphs . The clustering of figures on the walls is , if any thing , too thick ; the eye becomes wearied , not finding a single unoccupied spot whereon to rest . The architecture pre- served in the doors ...
... faces of innumerable angels and seraphs . The clustering of figures on the walls is , if any thing , too thick ; the eye becomes wearied , not finding a single unoccupied spot whereon to rest . The architecture pre- served in the doors ...
עמוד 43
... face of smiling nature . As we turned through one of the arches , to examine 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 battlement above ; and ...
... face of smiling nature . As we turned through one of the arches , to examine 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 battlement above ; and ...
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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