Journey Through Asia Minor, Armenia, and Koordistan in the Years 1813 and 1814: With Remarks on the Marches of Alexander and Retreat of the Ten ThousandJohn Murray, 1818 - 603 sider |
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Journey Through Asia Minor, Armenia, and Koordistan in the Years 1813 and ... Sir John Macdonald Kinneir Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1818 |
Journey Through Asia Minor, Armenia, and Koordistan in the Years 1813 and ... Sir John Macdonald Kinneir Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1818 |
Journey Through Asia Minor, Armenia, and Koordistan in the Years 1813 and ... Sir John Macdonald Kinneir Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1818 |
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afterwards Aleppo ancient Angora appearance Arabs Armenian army arrived ascended Asia Minor Bagdad banks Betlis Bithynia breadth bridge built Cæsarea Cappadocia castle Chavasse Cilicia Constantinople crossed cultivated defile descended Diarbekr dist distance eight elapsed entered Erzeroom Euphrates feet flowing four miles Galatia gate Greeks halted hills Hissar horses hundred Iconium inhabitants journey khan Kizil Ermak Koords lake Latakia lofty marble Merdin merid miles E. S. E. miles S. E. morning mosques Mosul moun Mount Mount Taurus night Nisibis noon o'clock O's decl O's semi-diam O's single O's true parasangs pasha passed Persians piastres plain range of mountains ratio rising Log road rock Roman ruins secant seven Sext side sine situated snow stone Strabo stream summit tains Tatar thousand three miles Tigris town travelled Trebisond trees Turkish Turkmans Turks valley village called walls wood Xenophon
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Side 192 - They relieved him of the difficulty of forcing his way along a narrow belt of land, which is hemmed in on one side by the sea and on the other by the highest and most abrupt mountain range in Italy.
Side 391 - ... the days of chivalry ; and the Saracen who fought under the great Saladin was probably armed in the very same manner as he who now makes war upon the Persians. His breast is defended by a steel corslet inlaid with gold and silver...
Side 158 - A considerable portion of the water of this spring is conveyed for nearly two miles through an artificial subterraneous aqueduct, which I was told had been traced to the vicinity of Antioch.
Side 156 - The perpetual resort of pilgrims and spectators insensibly formed, in the neighbourhood of the temple, the stately and populous village of Daphne, which emulated the splendour, without acquiring the title of a provincial city. The temple and the village were deeply bosOmed in a thick grove of laurels and cypresses, which reached as far as a circumference of ten miles, and formed in the most sultry summers a cool and impenetrable shade. A thousand streams of the purest water issuing from every hill,...
Side 142 - Darius endeavoured to disengage himself, and recover his former camp; for by this time he was sensible of his error, in throwing himself into ground hemmed in by the sea on one side, and the mountains on the other, and intersected by the river Pinarus; so that it was impracticable for cavalry, and his infantry could only act in small and broken parties; while, at the same time, this situation was extremely convenient for the enemy's inferior numbers.
Side 219 - The city wall is said to have been erected by the Seljukian Sultans : it seems to have been built from the ruins of more ancient buildings, as broken columns, capitals, pedestals, bas-reliefs, and other pieces of sculpture, contribute towards its construction. It has eighty gates, of a square form, each known by a separate name, and, as well as most of the towers, embellished with Arabic inscriptions.
Side 99 - Valerian, contained a population of no less than four hundred thousand souls. Its dimensions were contracted by Justinian, who rebuilt the walls: it was raised to the dignity of an Apostolic See; and gave birth to St. Basil, who was buried near the town.
Side 406 - A few days before my arrival at Bassora, Mr. Colquhoun, the acting resident at that place, received a message from an Arabian philosopher, requesting a private interview, in order to communicate a most important secret. Mr.
Side 391 - His lance is carried by his page or squire, who is also mounted ; a carabine is slung across his back; his pistols and dagger are stuck in his girdle, and a light scimitar hangs by his side. Attached to the saddle, on the right, is a small case holding three darts, each about two feet and a half in length : and on the left, at the saddlebow, you perceive a mace, the most deadly of all his weapons. It is two feet and a half in length; sometimes embossed with gold, at others set with precious stones....
Side 407 - ... these, with the powder, he put into the crucible, and the whole was immediately in a state of fusion. After the lapse of about twenty minutes, the Arabian desired Mr.