Travels Among the Arab Tribes Inhabiting the Countries East of Syria and Palestine: Including a Journey from Nazareth to the Mountains Beyond the Dead Sea, and from Thence Through the Plains of the Hauran to Bozra, Damascus, Tripoly, Lebanon, Baalbeck and by the Valley of the Orontes to Seleucia, Antioch and AleppoLongman, 1825 - 679 páginas |
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... hewn and others sculptured ; but no tradition had been preserved respecting the building to which these be- longed . We halted here at the house of the Sheikh , and were served with coffee by his youngest daughter . During our con ...
... hewn and others sculptured ; but no tradition had been preserved respecting the building to which these be- longed . We halted here at the house of the Sheikh , and were served with coffee by his youngest daughter . During our con ...
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... hewn stone . Soon after leaving this spot , we passed two ruined and deserted villages in the hills on our left , called Hejeja and Soolikhat , both of which , like the former , were thought to be ancient stations ; and , indeed , from ...
... hewn stone . Soon after leaving this spot , we passed two ruined and deserted villages in the hills on our left , called Hejeja and Soolikhat , both of which , like the former , were thought to be ancient stations ; and , indeed , from ...
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... hewn stone , and other fragments , evidently marking the position of some considerable town . This place still bears the name of Amatha , and from its name , as well as situation near the banks of the Jordan , may with great reason be ...
... hewn stone , and other fragments , evidently marking the position of some considerable town . This place still bears the name of Amatha , and from its name , as well as situation near the banks of the Jordan , may with great reason be ...
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... hewn grottos in the rocky cliffs on our left ; these were originally per- haps excavated tombs , and may have been subsequently used as retreats for anchorites , of whom these solitudes are known to have been once the favourite region ...
... hewn grottos in the rocky cliffs on our left ; these were originally per- haps excavated tombs , and may have been subsequently used as retreats for anchorites , of whom these solitudes are known to have been once the favourite region ...
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... hewn and neatly joined at the edges , but rough in the centre of the outer front , or what is called the rustic masonry of the Romans , like the work in the lower part of the castle of the Pisans , or palace of David at Jerusalem ...
... hewn and neatly joined at the edges , but rough in the centre of the outer front , or what is called the rustic masonry of the Romans , like the work in the lower part of the castle of the Pisans , or palace of David at Jerusalem ...
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