Five Years in Damascus: Including an Account of the History, Topography and Antiquities of that City : with Travels and Researches in Palmyra, Lebanon and the Hauran, Volume 2Murray, 1855 - 372 pages |
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... base and cowardly deeds ; and thus , when it was the interest of the Govern- ment to conciliate the rebels , whom they were unable to subdue , and while they were compelled to supplicate foreign interference and mediation to aid them in ...
... base and cowardly deeds ; and thus , when it was the interest of the Govern- ment to conciliate the rebels , whom they were unable to subdue , and while they were compelled to supplicate foreign interference and mediation to aid them in ...
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... base of the bleak and barren slopes of Jebel el - Aswad . The little village of Baweidah , farther to the east , sur- rounded with its gardens , appeared like an island at the foot of the hills . In twenty - five minutes we passed Yelda ...
... base of the bleak and barren slopes of Jebel el - Aswad . The little village of Baweidah , farther to the east , sur- rounded with its gardens , appeared like an island at the foot of the hills . In twenty - five minutes we passed Yelda ...
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... the subterranean canals described in the last chapter . A beautiful mirage now relieved the bare monotony of the plain before us . The whole expanse seemed a vast lake , and along the base of CHAP . X. 11 TO THE JEBEL HAURAN .
... the subterranean canals described in the last chapter . A beautiful mirage now relieved the bare monotony of the plain before us . The whole expanse seemed a vast lake , and along the base of CHAP . X. 11 TO THE JEBEL HAURAN .
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... base of the low range of Jebel el - Aswad was a clearly defined shore - line ; while the lofty Tell Abu Yazîd on our left appeared as an island . The camels a short distance in front seemed to be wading through the shallow water along ...
... base of the low range of Jebel el - Aswad was a clearly defined shore - line ; while the lofty Tell Abu Yazîd on our left appeared as an island . The camels a short distance in front seemed to be wading through the shallow water along ...
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... base of the low spur that runs out eastward from Mânia . At 2.45 we began the ascent of a rocky slope , and the path was in some places almost blocked up by huge fragments of basalt . About two miles farther eastward low spurs shoot out ...
... base of the low spur that runs out eastward from Mânia . At 2.45 we began the ascent of a rocky slope , and the path was in some places almost blocked up by huge fragments of basalt . About two miles farther eastward low spurs shoot out ...
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Abulfeda afterwards ancient Antilibanus appears Arab Argob Baalbek bank Barnett basalt Bashan Batanæa Bathanyeh beautiful Bedawîn beside border Bostra Bozrah building Burâk Burckhardt Busrah called Canatha castle Christian columns crossed Damascus declivity Deir Der'a deserted distance door Druzes east eastern eastward Edhr'a Edom Edrei erected extends Fcap feet Gaulanitis Gilead glen Greek inscription half an hour heaps Hebrân hills Hît horses inhabitants Jabbok Jebel Haurân Kenath Kerioth Kunawât Kureiyeh Lejah Libanus lofty Mahmûd Manasseh miles minutes Moab monument mosk mountains Mûsa nearly northern observed passed plain Post 8vo province ravine reached Reland Riblah ridge Ritter road rocks rocky rode Roman round rugged ruins Salcah Second Edition seen sheikh sheikh's house Shuhba side slope soil southern spot stones Sulkhad summit Suweideh Syria tell temple town Trachonitis Travels in Syria tribe village visited Vols wady walls whole wild Woodcuts