Travels Through Cyprus, Syria, and Palestine; with a General History of the Levant. Translated from the Italian, Volume 1P. Byrne, 1792 |
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... length lofes all fenfe of his own dig- nity a fense which , when properly revived , has been at all times , among people kept in a state of flavery , the principle of revolutions , and the fig- nal of liberty . However this may be ...
... length lofes all fenfe of his own dig- nity a fense which , when properly revived , has been at all times , among people kept in a state of flavery , the principle of revolutions , and the fig- nal of liberty . However this may be ...
Halaman 23
... length , and an inch in diame- ter ; its colour is black and yellow , and it has two fmall horns on its head . The Greeks have named it very improperly , for it is by no means deaf . It generally frequents corn - fields and the reapers ...
... length , and an inch in diame- ter ; its colour is black and yellow , and it has two fmall horns on its head . The Greeks have named it very improperly , for it is by no means deaf . It generally frequents corn - fields and the reapers ...
Halaman 27
... length than in breadth . The citadel , built by the Turks in 1625 , is furnished with a great many pieces of artillery , which have on them the arms of the re- public of Venice . This fortrefs , full of fiffures , and embrowned with age ...
... length than in breadth . The citadel , built by the Turks in 1625 , is furnished with a great many pieces of artillery , which have on them the arms of the re- public of Venice . This fortrefs , full of fiffures , and embrowned with age ...
Halaman 54
... length . In fome of them were several skulls ; and around them were placed vafes of baked earth , filled with bones , fo fmall that they appeared to be those of birds . The discovery of Mr. Zambelli foon attracted the attention of this ...
... length . In fome of them were several skulls ; and around them were placed vafes of baked earth , filled with bones , fo fmall that they appeared to be those of birds . The discovery of Mr. Zambelli foon attracted the attention of this ...
Halaman 56
... length they drop down on the pavement , half dead with fatigue ; their mouths become covered with foam ; and the ftupid Mahometans then believe that these fantons are converfing with God and their pro- phet . When they recover from this ...
... length they drop down on the pavement , half dead with fatigue ; their mouths become covered with foam ; and the ftupid Mahometans then believe that these fantons are converfing with God and their pro- phet . When they recover from this ...
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Acre Affaffins againſt alfo almoſt alſo ancient Arabs bafhaw beautiful becauſe befides beſt botrus cafe cafks called caufed cauſe CHAP Chriftians church citadel coaft colour confifts conful Cyprus Cythera deſtroyed diſtance dragomans eſtabliſhed European expences faid Famagufta fame feen fent ferved feven feveral fhall fhip fhould fide filk firft firſt fituated fmall fome fometimes foon formerly fovereign ftill ftones fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fupport furrounded governor Grand Signior greateſt Greeks himſelf houſes inhabitants iſland Jerufalem kind king king of Cyprus kingdom of Cyprus labdanum Larnic lefs Levant Lufignans Mahometans Maronites meaſure mofque moft moſt mountain muft muſt neceffary neighbourhood Nicofia obferved occafion Paphos perfon piaftres pleaſure prefent preferve purchaſe refidence refpect reft ruins Salamis ſeveral ſmall ſtill Syria thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion tranfported Turkiſh Turks ufual uſed veffels vifit village weft whofe William of Tyre wine
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Halaman 356 - Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here, and let us make three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias, not knowing what he said.
Halaman 114 - Chriltians, has produced a number of perfonages celebrated for their knowledge and the íaoátity of their lives. In the neighbourhood there are feveral copper mines, which the Turks have been forced to abandon. The following lines, in the tenth book of Ovid's Metamorphofes, prove that they •were known in the time of...
Halaman 207 - ... at four precifely. On the third day it begins as before ; but it falls an hour later. On the five...
Halaman 2 - It was anciently known by many different names, both among poets and hiftorians ; the former of whom made it the birth-place of Venus, and the abode of the Graces. This ifland contained formerly nine kingdoms, tributary to Egypt, and foon after to the Romans. From the emperors of the Weft it palled to thofe of the Eaft ; but was taken from them by the Arabs, under the reign of Heraclius.
Halaman 8 - ... sandals, which serve them for shoes. They have no stays ; a plain vest of cotton marks out their shape, and preserves the pliableness of the body. Over the whole is thrown a very fine shift or...
Halaman 61 - ... pursued, and while the former made a thousand turnings in order to escape, she every where found an opponent ; she, however, often defeated the greyhounds, and I admired in such cases the sagacity of these animals, who disdaining the assistance of those that were young and inexperienced, waited until some of the cunning old ones opened the way for them ; and then the whole plain was in motion. When the poor animal was just ready to become a prey to its enemy, the governor rushed forward, and...
Halaman 7 - European ladies have no occafion to be proud of the comparifon ; for there are few of them remarkable for their beauty. They are pretty tall, of a very amorous difpofition, have little tafte for induftry, and feem much inclined to indolence and voluptuoufnefs.
Halaman 347 - It is pretended that he came thither more than once with his difciples to eat. The inhabitants of Nazareth pay it a kind of worfhip, by burning perfumes and incenfe around it. At the diftance of a mile from the city, on the fouthern fide, is a mountain, which the Arabs call Zein, and the Nazarenes the Mountain of the Precipice, becaufe the Jews wifhed to precipitate the Meffiah from it.
Halaman 8 - Icfs delicate and tranfparent. Around their necks they have gold chains, and their arms are ornamented with jewels and pearls. Their head-drefs is an...
Halaman 67 - The moft beautiful edifice here" is, without doubt, the church of St. Sophia, where the kings of Cyprus were formerly crowned. It is built in the Gothic ftyle, and confifts of three large naves.