Shores of the Mediterranean: With Sketches of Travel, Volumen1J. Murray, 1846 |
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Shores of the Mediterranean: With Sketches of Travel, Volumen1 Francis Schroeder Vista completa - 1846 |
Shores of the Mediterranean: With Sketches of Travel, Volumen1 Francis Schroeder Vista completa - 1846 |
Términos y frases comunes
Abydos Acropolis admirable American ancient Arab arches Armenian arms arrived Athens bazars beautiful Beirout Bosphorus caiques camels cape Cassoni castle Ceuta chapel chibouques Christian church cliffs coast comfortable commodore Constantinople consul costume deck delightful Demetri dome dragoman dress English eyes fancy feet feluccas French frigate front gardens gate Gibraltar glittering Golden Horn grand groves guns half handsome harbour hills Holy horses hour hundred Hyères island Jaffa Jehoshaphat Jerusalem look Mahon miles minarets morning mosque Mount of Olives mountain night noble numbers o'clock officers Ollioules Parthenon pasha passed picturesque pilgrims Piræus plain pleasant present quay Ramleh rich road rock rode ruins sail saluted scene Sepulchre sheikh ship shore side Smyrna sort Spanish stone stood strait Stromboli sultan superb temple terraces thing tomb Toulon towers town troops turban Turkish Turks valley walk walls wind yesterday
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Página 133 - Never, lago. Like to the Pontic sea, Whose icy current and compulsive course Ne'er feels retiring ebb, but keeps due on To the Propontic and the Hellespont ; Even so my bloody thoughts, with violent pace, Shall ne'er look back, ne'er ebb to humble love. Till that a capable and wide revenge Swallow them up. — Now, by yond marble heaven, In the due reverence of a sacred vow {Kneels, I here engage my words.
Página 248 - Thus saith the Lord; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping ; Rachel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
Página 96 - Artaxerxes' throne. To sage Philosophy next lend thine ear, From Heaven descended to the low-roofed house Of Socrates — see there his tenement — Whom, well inspired, the oracle pronounced Wisest of men; from whose mouth issued forth Mellifluous streams, that watered all the schools Of Academics old and new, with those Surnamed Peripatetics, and the sect Epicurean and the Stoic severe.
Página 79 - Slow sinks, more lovely ere his race be run, Along Morea's hills the setting sun: Not, as in northern climes, obscurely bright, But one unclouded blaze of living light!
Página 189 - Joppa on the coast, and bounded on the east by the great chain of barren-looking hills, among which is situated the Holy City. It is an area of perhaps twenty miles square, .of beautiful rich lowlands, planted, in many places, with olive and fig orchards, and grazing plats, upon which herds of goats and cattle were browsing. In all this beautiful valley there is not a single fence or wall, and the park-like effect of the. groves and valleys is very lovely. It struck me that, in the hands of skilful...
Página 130 - Such powerful subjects were not likely to remain long contented without the crown ; but the circumstances under which it was transferred from the race of Clovis are connected with one of the most important revolutions in the history of Europe.
Página 118 - Where love who sent forgot to save The young, the beautiful, the brave, The only hope of Sestos
Página 179 - American flag : the American eagle and shield were emblazoned on the wall, and prints of General Jackson and Mr. Van Buren, and a map of the United States, decorated the salon of the Joppa gentleman.
Página 11 - ... to penetrate a little further into its mysteries, I suddenly flung my torch into it. The effect was beautiful : the torch blazed brightly as it fell, making for itself a sort of halo of glittering gems, as it lighted the walls of the gulf, momentary but beautiful.