The Crescent and the Cross: Or, Romance and Realities of Eastern Travel, Части 1-2Wiley and Putnam, 1845 |
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... dark green hills , backed by the mountains of Granada , the Sierra Nevada , whose snowy peaks are tinged with a faint purple . Further to the right there is a low sandy tract , the neutral ground ; and then , suddenly starting up to the ...
... dark green hills , backed by the mountains of Granada , the Sierra Nevada , whose snowy peaks are tinged with a faint purple . Further to the right there is a low sandy tract , the neutral ground ; and then , suddenly starting up to the ...
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... dark ravines , are here brightened with little emerald lawns , and there gloomed over by the dark foliage of the palm and fig - tree . Villas , white as mar- ble , speck the well - wooded parks along the shore ; the snowy summits of ...
... dark ravines , are here brightened with little emerald lawns , and there gloomed over by the dark foliage of the palm and fig - tree . Villas , white as mar- ble , speck the well - wooded parks along the shore ; the snowy summits of ...
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... dark woods , trim gar- dens and tangled vineyards , silvery sands and craggy shores , all within a circuit of five or six miles . In our eyes it was still the enchanted island , and in our ears the faint sounds that came to us over the ...
... dark woods , trim gar- dens and tangled vineyards , silvery sands and craggy shores , all within a circuit of five or six miles . In our eyes it was still the enchanted island , and in our ears the faint sounds that came to us over the ...
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... dark , melancholy faces . eyes glitter strangely upon solemn - looking and bearded coun- High above the variegated crowds peer the long necks of hopeless - looking camels . Wriggling and struggling amidst all this mass were ...
... dark , melancholy faces . eyes glitter strangely upon solemn - looking and bearded coun- High above the variegated crowds peer the long necks of hopeless - looking camels . Wriggling and struggling amidst all this mass were ...
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... dark bosoms . This picture is of rare occurrence , however the inundation seldom rising to a height greater than what is necessary for pur- poses of irrigation , and presenting , alas ! rather the appearance of a swamp than of an ...
... dark bosoms . This picture is of rare occurrence , however the inundation seldom rising to a height greater than what is necessary for pur- poses of irrigation , and presenting , alas ! rather the appearance of a swamp than of an ...
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Alexandria ancient appearance Arab arrived banks beautiful Bedouin beneath Beyrout boat bright Cairo camels carpet cataract CHAPTER Christian church cliffs coffee Constantinople convent crew dark desert distance dragoman Egypt Egyptian Emir English eyes faith feet gardens Greek groves hand hareem hills hippopotamus horse hour hyæna Ibrahim Pasha inhabitants island Jaffa Jerusalem Jews land Lebanon light lonely looked luxury Mahmoud Mamelukes Maronite Mehemet Mehemet Ali Meroë miles morning Moslem Mount mountain never night Nile Nubia once palace Palestine palm-trees palms Pasha passed picturesque pilgrims pipe plain pyramids river rocks rode round ruins sails sands Saracen scarcely scene scenery seemed servants shade shadow Sheikh shore Sidon silent soon spirit steep stood strange Syrian temple tent Thebes tion tombs towers town traveller tribes turban Turkish Turks valley village Wady Halfa walls wandered waves wild wind women
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Стр. 198 - Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm from an anointed king ; The breath of worldly men cannot depose The deputy elected by the Lord.
Стр. 182 - Branches they bore of that enchanted stem, Laden with flower and fruit, whereof they gave To each, but whoso did receive of them And taste, to him the gushing of the wave Far far away did seem to mourn and rave On alien shores...
Стр. 74 - BRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the morning ! Dawn on our darkness, and lend us Thine aid ! Star of the east, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid...
Стр. 219 - They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; that made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
Стр. 26 - The spirits of your fathers Shall start from every wave ! — For the deck it was their field of fame, And Ocean was their grave...
Стр. 96 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Стр. 113 - Then comes a mightier silence, stern and strong, As of a world left empty of its throng, And the void weighs on us; and then we wake, And hear the fruitful stream lapsing along Twixt villages, and think how we shall take Our own calm journey on for human sake.
Стр. 22 - They have but fallen before us: for, one day, we must fall. Why dost thou build the hall, son of the winged days? Thou lookest from thy towers to-day; yet a few years, and the blast of the desert comes; it howls in thy empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield.
Стр. 79 - Spare your remonstrances, replied the intrepid fanatic to his uncle and benefactor : " if they should place the sun on my right hand, and the moon on my left, they should not divert me from my course.