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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Page 17
... evidence of the presence of man on this dreary desert , even during bygone ages , was a ridge of loose stones , the remains of an ancient wall , which ran in a straight line westward across the plateau , up the side of the valley , and ...
... evidence of the presence of man on this dreary desert , even during bygone ages , was a ridge of loose stones , the remains of an ancient wall , which ran in a straight line westward across the plateau , up the side of the valley , and ...
Page 20
... evidence we had of it was an increased darkness of the surface . A thick drizzling rain was falling , which , joined to the heavy black clouds that hovered over us , and the dark plain beneath , altogether obscured every object around ...
... evidence we had of it was an increased darkness of the surface . A thick drizzling rain was falling , which , joined to the heavy black clouds that hovered over us , and the dark plain beneath , altogether obscured every object around ...
Page 37
... evidence of remote antiquity . The present inhabitants have selected the most convenient and comfortable chambers , and in these have settled down without alterations or additions . The roofs are all of stone , like those of Burāk , and ...
... evidence of remote antiquity . The present inhabitants have selected the most convenient and comfortable chambers , and in these have settled down without alterations or additions . The roofs are all of stone , like those of Burāk , and ...
Page 45
... evidence be given of the truth and faithfulness of a nar- rative some three thousand years old , than the witnessing of every little circumstance attending it realized in the ordinary customs of the people now residing on the spot where ...
... evidence be given of the truth and faithfulness of a nar- rative some three thousand years old , than the witnessing of every little circumstance attending it realized in the ordinary customs of the people now residing on the spot where ...
Page 55
... evidence of comfort and wealth in almost all the private dwellings . Dura- bility and simplicity appear to have been the only objects aimed at by these utilitarian architects ; and they have succeeded so well that , though their land ...
... evidence of comfort and wealth in almost all the private dwellings . Dura- bility and simplicity appear to have been the only objects aimed at by these utilitarian architects ; and they have succeeded so well that , though their land ...
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Abulfeda afterwards ancient Antilibanus appears Arab Argob Baalbek bank Barnett basalt Bashan Batanęa Bathanyeh beautiful Bedawīn beside border Bostra Bozrah building Burāk 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 Hebrān hills Hīt horses inhabitants Jabbok Jebel Haurān Kenath Kerioth Kunawāt Kureiyeh Lejah Libanus lofty Mahmūd Manasseh miles minutes Moab monument mosk mountains Mūsa 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