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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Halaman 16
... obliged , like the Europeans , to confine themfelves to one wo- man , all the reft would be ufelefs ; and this fu- perabundance would be an exception to a very true axiom , that nature has made nothing in vain . The character of these ...
... obliged , like the Europeans , to confine themfelves to one wo- man , all the reft would be ufelefs ; and this fu- perabundance would be an exception to a very true axiom , that nature has made nothing in vain . The character of these ...
Halaman 18
... obliged to have recourse to the fruit of another plant called curtunia , This plant fcarcely appears above the ground when its fruit begins to be formed ; it attains to its full growth in the spaceof a few months , and rifes to the ...
... obliged to have recourse to the fruit of another plant called curtunia , This plant fcarcely appears above the ground when its fruit begins to be formed ; it attains to its full growth in the spaceof a few months , and rifes to the ...
Halaman 44
... obliged to go thither at the hours fet apart for prayer . The imans are empowered to read the Koran , and inftruct the people . Were we to judge of their discourses from ours , we should form a very falfe idea of them . The Muffulman ...
... obliged to go thither at the hours fet apart for prayer . The imans are empowered to read the Koran , and inftruct the people . Were we to judge of their discourses from ours , we should form a very falfe idea of them . The Muffulman ...
Halaman 66
... obliged to difmount , or to give a piece of money to the guard . In the interior part of the gate there are different coats of arms on each fide , among which I faw fome that contained a cross : a circumftance rather fingular in a ...
... obliged to difmount , or to give a piece of money to the guard . In the interior part of the gate there are different coats of arms on each fide , among which I faw fome that contained a cross : a circumftance rather fingular in a ...
Halaman 73
... obliged to allow her the fettlement ftipulated in the contract , and to give her back her dowry . Should he , however , have any juft caufe for being difpleafed with her , and if he fues for a feparation in confequence of fome crime ...
... obliged to allow her the fettlement ftipulated in the contract , and to give her back her dowry . Should he , however , have any juft caufe for being difpleafed with her , and if he fues for a feparation in confequence of fome crime ...
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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.