Greece, Egypt and the Holy LandD. Huntington, 1814 |
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... Turks , we are car- ried back to the circumstances of their conquest , as though we had been actually witnesses of ... Turkish army , af . B But , although time has had such inconsiderable influence in CLARKE'S TRAVELS .
... Turks , we are car- ried back to the circumstances of their conquest , as though we had been actually witnesses of ... Turkish army , af . B But , although time has had such inconsiderable influence in CLARKE'S TRAVELS .
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... Turks themselves , at the conquest of Constantinople , adopted many of the cus- toms , and embraced the refinements of a people they had sub- dued . Their former habits had been those of Nomade tribes ; their dwellings were principally ...
... Turks themselves , at the conquest of Constantinople , adopted many of the cus- toms , and embraced the refinements of a people they had sub- dued . Their former habits had been those of Nomade tribes ; their dwellings were principally ...
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... Turks : but when it is urged , that Mahomet and his followers , upon taking possession of Constantinople , were busied only in works of destruction , we may derive evidence to the contrary , even from the writings of those by whom they ...
... Turks : but when it is urged , that Mahomet and his followers , upon taking possession of Constantinople , were busied only in works of destruction , we may derive evidence to the contrary , even from the writings of those by whom they ...
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... Turks , have been the principal agents in destroying the statues and public build- ings with which Constantinople , in different ages , was adorned . The havoc was begun by the Romans themselves , even so early as the time of ...
... Turks , have been the principal agents in destroying the statues and public build- ings with which Constantinople , in different ages , was adorned . The havoc was begun by the Romans themselves , even so early as the time of ...
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... Turks . It is true , my stay there was not of sufficient duration to enable me to bring away any other than this brief representation of what I saw . A bostanghy soon put a stop to the gratification of my cu- riosity , and I was ...
... Turks . It is true , my stay there was not of sufficient duration to enable me to bring away any other than this brief representation of what I saw . A bostanghy soon put a stop to the gratification of my cu- riosity , and I was ...
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Acre afforded afterward Alexandria Alexandria Troas ancient antiquities Antv appearance appellation Arabs army beautiful building called Captain charem Châteaubriand Christian church coast concerning Constantinople covered Cyprus Dardanelles described distance Djezzar east Egypt Eusebius evidence exhibited feet French Gargarus Greece Greek gulph Hellespont hill Hist Holy Land Ibid Illust inches inhabitants inscription island Jaffa janissary Jerusalem Jews Josephus journey lake Lond marble medals mentioned miles mosque Mount Mount of Olives Mount Sion mountain Nazareth noticed observed origin pacha Palæstine passed pillars plain present Quaresmius Rama Reland remains remarkable river rock Roman Rosetta ruins Sanct says Scamander seems sepulchres seraglio shore side situation species spot stone Strabo summit Syria Telmessus temple Terr Tiberias tion tomb town Travels Troas Troy tumulus Turkish Turks valley village walls whence writings δὲ ἐν καὶ τὴν τῆς τὸ
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355. oldal - And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot : and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
282. oldal - ... who had his dwelling among the tombs ; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
309. oldal - There is nothing in the Holy Land finer than the view of Napolose, from the heights around it. As the traveller descends towards it from the hills, it appears luxuriantly embosomed in the most delightful and fragrant bowers ; half concealed by rich gardens, and by stately trees collected into groves, all around the bold and beautiful valley in which it stands.
372. oldal - The atmosphere was remarkably clear and serene; but we saw none of those clouds of smoke which by some writers are said to exhale from the surface of Lake Asphaltites, nor from any neighbouring mountain.
353. oldal - And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the Mount of Corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
304. oldal - Arabs, warriors out of every nation which is under heaven, have pitched their tents upon the Plain of Esdraelon, and have beheld the various banners of their Nations wet with the dews of Tabor and of Hermon.
228. oldal - The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean. On those shores were the four great empires of the world ; the Assyrian, the Persian, the Grecian, and the Roman. All our religion, almost all our law, almost all our arts, almost all that sets us above savages, has come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean.
221. oldal - some were without a nose ; others without an arm, with one ear only, or one eye ; marked men, as he termed them." 5 As late as 1815, it was not uncommon to meet in the streets of 'Akka men who had been deprived by Jezzar of an eye, an ear, or part of the nose.
338. oldal - One particularly attracted our notice," he says, "from its extraordinary coincidence with all the circumstances attaching to the history of our Saviour's tomb. The large stone that once closed its mouth, had been, perhaps for ages, rolled away. Stooping down to look into it, we observed within a fair sepulchre, containing a repository, upon one side only, for a single body ; whereas, in most of the others, there were two, and in many of them more than two.
388. oldal - In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.