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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... feet . There are few Kurds but will risk an admonition for twenty piastres . This blood feud prevented the Druzes from approaching the city ; and hence our difficulty in obtaining an escort to the borders of their territory . The ...
... feet . There are few Kurds but will risk an admonition for twenty piastres . This blood feud prevented the Druzes from approaching the city ; and hence our difficulty in obtaining an escort to the borders of their territory . The ...
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... feet of the Arabs , growled savagely , with open mouths , as their loads were shifted or more firmly bound . The men too , with shouts as loud and scarcely less deeply guttural , ran here and there to secure their animals and assist ...
... feet of the Arabs , growled savagely , with open mouths , as their loads were shifted or more firmly bound . The men too , with shouts as loud and scarcely less deeply guttural , ran here and there to secure their animals and assist ...
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... feet thick , built of large blocks of squared stones , put together without cement . The roof is formed of flags about six inches thick , eighteen inches broad , and twelve feet long . They are carefully hewn , and closely jointed ...
... feet thick , built of large blocks of squared stones , put together without cement . The roof is formed of flags about six inches thick , eighteen inches broad , and twelve feet long . They are carefully hewn , and closely jointed ...
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... feet long , 12 wide , by about 10 high . From it Stone Door . a low door opened into another behind it of the same dimensions and character , and from this a larger door ad- mitted to a third , to which there was a descent by a flight ...
... feet long , 12 wide , by about 10 high . From it Stone Door . a low door opened into another behind it of the same dimensions and character , and from this a larger door ad- mitted to a third , to which there was a descent by a flight ...
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... feet , and still led his men to action . Shot after shot was deliberately sent among them by the Druzes and Christians as the Bedawîn vainly attempted to reach them with their long spears . On every side were efforts made to penetrate ...
... feet , and still led his men to action . Shot after shot was deliberately sent among them by the Druzes and Christians as the Bedawîn vainly attempted to reach them with their long spears . On every side were efforts made to penetrate ...
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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