New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals and Translations, Volume 4Sir R. Phillips and Company, 1820 - Voyages and travels |
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Page iv
... eye continues its range over this amphitheatre , the bright colouring of woods , copses , & c . enriched with delicate foliage , and partially oversha- dowed with the roofs of buildings , affords the fullest gratification to the sight ...
... eye continues its range over this amphitheatre , the bright colouring of woods , copses , & c . enriched with delicate foliage , and partially oversha- dowed with the roofs of buildings , affords the fullest gratification to the sight ...
Page v
... eye penetrates , through profound solitude , the vast ceme- teries that conceal it , on the side where it joins to Europe . No verbal descriptions can sufficiently illustrate many of the views , however obviously and fully they may be ...
... eye penetrates , through profound solitude , the vast ceme- teries that conceal it , on the side where it joins to Europe . No verbal descriptions can sufficiently illustrate many of the views , however obviously and fully they may be ...
Page x
... eye distinguishes with pleasure the thousands of airy minarets which mingle with the massy gilded domes , and give to the whole the appearance of a fairy land . In other countries , pagan temples have been converted to the use of ...
... eye distinguishes with pleasure the thousands of airy minarets which mingle with the massy gilded domes , and give to the whole the appearance of a fairy land . In other countries , pagan temples have been converted to the use of ...
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... eyes are those of the ancient king- dom of Bithynia , confounded by the Mussulmen into one province under the name of Anatolia . Numerous flocks , a country fertile in grain , and mountains covered with timber fit for every purpose ...
... eyes are those of the ancient king- dom of Bithynia , confounded by the Mussulmen into one province under the name of Anatolia . Numerous flocks , a country fertile in grain , and mountains covered with timber fit for every purpose ...
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... eyes , you see mountains covered with forests , while round about you is an open country , studded with clumps of plan- tains and nut - trees . A rivulet bathes the foot of the heights , and , after losing itself , re - appears in the ...
... eyes , you see mountains covered with forests , while round about you is an open country , studded with clumps of plan- tains and nut - trees . A rivulet bathes the foot of the heights , and , after losing itself , re - appears in the ...
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