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 |
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עמוד 69
... tree ; the simple friars had decorated the altar , opposite the entrance , with pieces of china , broken plates , shells , and corals from the coast , not inaptly resembling a baby - house ; but it too is abandoned to neglect and to the ...
... tree ; the simple friars had decorated the altar , opposite the entrance , with pieces of china , broken plates , shells , and corals from the coast , not inaptly resembling a baby - house ; but it too is abandoned to neglect and to the ...
עמוד 72
... trees , the stone pine , grow upon the heights , and their seed is much used as food by the poorer classes . The children collect the cones and beat them with mallets , till the seed drops out ; these are boiled soft or pounded in ...
... trees , the stone pine , grow upon the heights , and their seed is much used as food by the poorer classes . The children collect the cones and beat them with mallets , till the seed drops out ; these are boiled soft or pounded in ...
עמוד 74
... It is a most romantic spot , com- manding in its prospect every beauty that Cintra and the surrounding country affords . The lofty tree - clad mountains behind , the undulating cultivated STATE OF SOCIETY . 75 plain before ; in the.
... It is a most romantic spot , com- manding in its prospect every beauty that Cintra and the surrounding country affords . The lofty tree - clad mountains behind , the undulating cultivated STATE OF SOCIETY . 75 plain before ; in the.
עמוד 75
... trees , force an exclamation of rapture , sadly qualified by re- gret at the utter destruction to which this most lovely of retreats is fast hastening . On the western turret still stands the flag - staff from which the silken ban- ner ...
... trees , force an exclamation of rapture , sadly qualified by re- gret at the utter destruction to which this most lovely of retreats is fast hastening . On the western turret still stands the flag - staff from which the silken ban- ner ...
עמוד 77
... tree , pierced with arrows : both are noble specimens of statuary . We entered the church , and how shall I attempt to describe the grand imposing spectacle that riveted us to the spot ? -the great height and vast extent ; the elaborate ...
... tree , pierced with arrows : both are noble specimens of statuary . We entered the church , and how shall I attempt to describe the grand imposing spectacle that riveted us to the spot ? -the great height and vast extent ; the elaborate ...
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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