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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... side amidst the places which , in after hours , your magic pen transferred to poetic prose . The good , you see , sped not on me . You preserved your imagery , and left , me but regrets at the impossibility of imitation . Your name , as ...
... side amidst the places which , in after hours , your magic pen transferred to poetic prose . The good , you see , sped not on me . You preserved your imagery , and left , me but regrets at the impossibility of imitation . Your name , as ...
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... side of the River - Difficulties of Landing - Appearances from the River ere doing so --- Iniquity of the Passport System at Mosul - Reception by Mr. Layard— Hospitality of the Consul - Researches of Mr. Layard - Domes- tic View from ...
... side of the River - Difficulties of Landing - Appearances from the River ere doing so --- Iniquity of the Passport System at Mosul - Reception by Mr. Layard— Hospitality of the Consul - Researches of Mr. Layard - Domes- tic View from ...
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... side , is a quaint place , the buildings of wood , in a truly Turkish state of repair . The crowds of Turks ; the noise of the boatmen ; the immobility of the Mussulmans ; the cypress , minaret , and tomb lands , all reminded me of ...
... side , is a quaint place , the buildings of wood , in a truly Turkish state of repair . The crowds of Turks ; the noise of the boatmen ; the immobility of the Mussulmans ; the cypress , minaret , and tomb lands , all reminded me of ...
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... side , up the hill of Galata , steep always , and now , from ice , rain , and mud , nearly impracticable . However , we plunged down the hole his house is in with joy , and forgot our cares , in the comforts of his hotel . For three ...
... side , up the hill of Galata , steep always , and now , from ice , rain , and mud , nearly impracticable . However , we plunged down the hole his house is in with joy , and forgot our cares , in the comforts of his hotel . For three ...
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... side of the steamer the crew were shovelling the deep drift off the deck , so we rushed below , where fifty Greek friends were bidding adieu to a dozen or more Greek pas- sengers . Wine , -light in summer , vinegar now , - was drunk to ...
... side of the steamer the crew were shovelling the deep drift off the deck , so we rushed below , where fifty Greek friends were bidding adieu to a dozen or more Greek pas- sengers . Wine , -light in summer , vinegar now , - was drunk to ...
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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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Page 167 - The bride kissed the goblet : the knight took it up, He quaffed off the wine, and he threw down the cup. She looked down to blush, and she looked up to sigh, With a smile on her lips and a tear in her eye. He took her soft hand, ere her mother could bar, 'Now tread we a measure !
Page 192 - Some felt the silent stroke of mouldering age, Some hostile fury, some religious rage. Barbarian blindness, Christian zeal conspire, And Papal piety, and Gothic fire.
Page 229 - Set you down this ; And say besides, that in Aleppo once, Where a malignant and a turban'd Turk Beat a Venetian and traduced the state, I took by the throat the circumcised dog, And smote him, thus.
Page 54 - The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Rachel for her children crying Will not be comforted ! Let us be patient!
Page 175 - Methinks I see the black-eyed girls looking upon me; one of whom, should she appear in this world, all mankind would die for love of her. And I see in the hand of one of them a handkerchief of green silk, and a cap of precious stones, and she beckons me, and calls out, Come hither quickly, for I love thee.
Page 172 - Zenobia is, perhaps, the only female whose superior genius broke through the servile indolence imposed on her sex by the climate and manners of Asia. She claimed her descent from the Macedonian kings of Egypt, equalled in beauty her ancestor Cleopatra, and far surpassed that princess in chastity and valor.
Page 4 - Is thy face like thy mother's, my fair child ! Ada! sole daughter of my house and heart? When last I saw thy young blue eyes, they smiled, And then we parted, — not as now we part, But with a hope. — Awaking with a start, The waters heave around me; and on high The winds lift up their voices: I depart, Whither I know not; but the hour's gone by, When Albion's lessening shores could grieve or glad mine eye.
Page 54 - THERE is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted...
Page 192 - See the wild waste of all-devouring years! How Rome her own sad sepulchre appears, With nodding arches, broken temples spread! The very tombs now vanished like their dead!
Page 390 - And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing mill be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.