The Ansayrii, (or Assassins,): With Travels in the Further East, in 1850-51. Including a Visit to Ninevah, Volume 1R. Bentley, 1851 |
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... head - quarters at Latakia . In this journey , or rather in its first stage , others far abler than myself have trodden before me ; but the reader will allow that I have not sought to copy or relate what they also saw . I came like a ...
... head - quarters at Latakia . In this journey , or rather in its first stage , others far abler than myself have trodden before me ; but the reader will allow that I have not sought to copy or relate what they also saw . I came like a ...
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... head . As we entered the channel between this island and the main , the breeze freshened fast , and the vessel urged by her steam against it , jumped and kicked like a frightened steed . Our passengers soon succumbed ; and save groans ...
... head . As we entered the channel between this island and the main , the breeze freshened fast , and the vessel urged by her steam against it , jumped and kicked like a frightened steed . Our passengers soon succumbed ; and save groans ...
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... head ; but it adds to rather than lessens the effect . Above the walls , a mosque with its domed roof or minaret appears , and the fragile building speaks , how truly , in its contrast to the massive walls and ponderous works of former ...
... head ; but it adds to rather than lessens the effect . Above the walls , a mosque with its domed roof or minaret appears , and the fragile building speaks , how truly , in its contrast to the massive walls and ponderous works of former ...
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... head of a valley that runs off at right angles with it , and clothed with thick wood , offers ready concealment . The government of Ibrahim Pasha in the country was fair and good his justice was prompt and stern , and affording such a ...
... head of a valley that runs off at right angles with it , and clothed with thick wood , offers ready concealment . The government of Ibrahim Pasha in the country was fair and good his justice was prompt and stern , and affording such a ...
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... head . * My welcome , however , was most warm ; and we passed the evening delightfully . For the edification of quiet people at home , and those who dread Eastern travel for their sons , from its debaucheries and the pleasures presented ...
... head . * My welcome , however , was most warm ; and we passed the evening delightfully . For the edification of quiet people at home , and those who dread Eastern travel for their sons , from its debaucheries and the pleasures presented ...
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Aintab Aleppo amidst ancient Ansayrii appears Arabs arches Armenian arrived baggage banks bazaars beauty Bedawee beneath Beyrout built called castle Christians church companion Constantinople curious Dahhal Damascus Desert Diarbekr Djebel dress East Eastern encampment Euphrates feet fellow friends gate half Hamath hand handsome Haran hill Homs horses houses huge Ibrahim Pasha inhabitants inscription khan Koords Kubbes land Latakia Mahomet mare Maronite Marra minaret Montselim Moslem mosque Mosul mountains muleteer Mussulman nargilleh native Nestorian night Orfa ornamented passed perhaps piastres pipe pitched plain poor prayer pretty probably Prophet remains repose rest river road rock rode round ruins Saphi Saracens seemed sent servants sheik side Sidon smoke spot stone Sultan Syria tents Terah tobacco tombs tower town traveller tribe Turkish Turkomans Turks village visited walk walls whole wild women
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