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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... minute study of those sketches of its history and geography contained in ancient writers . The breaking out of the Druze war , in the autumn of 1852 , took away all hope of visiting it for a lengthened period ; but the defeat of the ...
... minute study of those sketches of its history and geography contained in ancient writers . The breaking out of the Druze war , in the autumn of 1852 , took away all hope of visiting it for a lengthened period ; but the defeat of the ...
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... minutes we passed Yelda , close upon the left , containing a few ruins , consisting of foundations of hewn stone and Corinthian columns of black porous basalt ; but like many ruins in this land , there is no record of its history . In ...
... minutes we passed Yelda , close upon the left , containing a few ruins , consisting of foundations of hewn stone and Corinthian columns of black porous basalt ; but like many ruins in this land , there is no record of its history . In ...
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... minutes more brought us to the village , situated on the summit of a rocky mound . It bears no resemblance to the villages in the plain , being constructed wholly of black stones instead of sun - dried bricks . The situation is fine ...
... minutes more brought us to the village , situated on the summit of a rocky mound . It bears no resemblance to the villages in the plain , being constructed wholly of black stones instead of sun - dried bricks . The situation is fine ...
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... minutes , and ascertaining from a horseman who had galloped back some distance that the Druze had not yet passed Nejha , we again moved onward . The rain had now ceased , and , though it still continued cold , we entertained less gloomy ...
... minutes , and ascertaining from a horseman who had galloped back some distance that the Druze had not yet passed Nejha , we again moved onward . The rain had now ceased , and , though it still continued cold , we entertained less gloomy ...
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... had joined us on his donkey , re- quested me to ride on with him and he would point it out . In twenty minutes more , after passing a low mound on the it right , we came in sight of that village , 18 СНАР . Х. JOURNEY OVER THE DESERT.
... had joined us on his donkey , re- quested me to ride on with him and he would point it out . In twenty minutes more , after passing a low mound on the it right , we came in sight of that village , 18 СНАР . Х. JOURNEY OVER THE DESERT.
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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