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 xiii
... tion to go to the capital - His negociations— Detained by the people at Nicofia - Return of the conful - New hoftilities - Defcent of Craf far Bey at the harbour of Salines - Citadel of Larnic taken by the revolters - Arrival of a ba ...
... tion to go to the capital - His negociations— Detained by the people at Nicofia - Return of the conful - New hoftilities - Defcent of Craf far Bey at the harbour of Salines - Citadel of Larnic taken by the revolters - Arrival of a ba ...
Halaman xxi
... tion of Mount Carmel , and its fertility - Me- morable events - Curious materials P. 324 Х СНАР . XXXVI . Route from the city of Acre to the fortrefs of Geddin , the village of Zib , and neighbouring country - Ruins of Bohattebe , and ...
... tion of Mount Carmel , and its fertility - Me- morable events - Curious materials P. 324 Х СНАР . XXXVI . Route from the city of Acre to the fortrefs of Geddin , the village of Zib , and neighbouring country - Ruins of Bohattebe , and ...
Halaman xxiv
... tion of Sour -- Religions - Productions and commerce - Glass of Tyre - Kind of shell - fish which produce a purple dye p . 368 CHAP . XLII . Environs of Tyre - Waters of Tyre , and their pe- culiarities - Ifthmus - Wells of Ras - Elein ...
... tion of Sour -- Religions - Productions and commerce - Glass of Tyre - Kind of shell - fish which produce a purple dye p . 368 CHAP . XLII . Environs of Tyre - Waters of Tyre , and their pe- culiarities - Ifthmus - Wells of Ras - Elein ...
Halaman 3
... tion , is , as they fay , more favourable to the poorer claffes , who form the bulk of the state ? There is a caufe lefs remote , the idea of which prefents itself to the minds of these unfortunate people . The robuft flave raises , and ...
... tion , is , as they fay , more favourable to the poorer claffes , who form the bulk of the state ? There is a caufe lefs remote , the idea of which prefents itself to the minds of these unfortunate people . The robuft flave raises , and ...
Halaman 5
... dance of human blood , and would not have fo often placed between the members of the fame na- tion a greater diftance than is to be found between people people separated by immenfe feas , or inacceffible mountains . CYPRUS . *
... dance of human blood , and would not have fo often placed between the members of the fame na- tion a greater diftance than is to be found between people people separated by immenfe feas , or inacceffible mountains . CYPRUS . *
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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.