... its shores in safety, with the intention of passing into Persia, and claiming protection from her new allies. She had escaped from Palmyra under the shadows of evening. Miraculously eluding the vigilance of the Roman outposts, she arrived, (probably... Brief Essays and Studies of Character - Side 92av Ethel Irving - 1874 - 176 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| lady Sydney Morgan - 1840 - 782 sider
...vigilance of the Roman outposts, she arrived, (probably by the wonderous fleetness of the dromedary,) * in the early morning at that point of the mighty river,...city," the "lady of kingdoms," " the beauty of the Chaldee's excellency," f what remained to raise the spirit and cheer the hopes of the fugitive descendant... | |
| Lady Morgan (Sydney) - 1840 - 224 sider
...vigilance of the Roman outposts, she arrived, (probably by the wondrous fleetness of the dromedary,)* m the early morning, at that point of the mighty river,...city," the "lady of kingdoms," " the beauty of the Chaldee's excellency,"t what remained' to raise the spirit and cheer- the hopes of the * The Arabs... | |
| Philip Henry Gosse - 1850 - 378 sider
...Ham, and the confusion of which it was the scene. We will now look at it as it was in its maturity, " the golden city," " the lady of kingdoms," " the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency." It was situated in a vast plain watered by two great rivers, the Euphrates and the Tigris, the former... | |
| Philip Henry Gosse - 1852 - 388 sider
...Ham, and the confusion of which it was the scene. We will now look at it as it was in its maturity, " the golden city," " the lady of kingdoms," "the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency." It was situated in a vast plain watered by two great rivers, the Euphrates and the Tigris, the former... | |
| Edwin Paxton Hood - 1853 - 332 sider
...by the wonderous fleetness of the dromedary,)* in the early morning at the point of the mighty , i river, beneath and above which, a tunnel and a bridge...city," the "lady of kingdoms," " the beauty of the Chaldee's excellency,"^ what remained to raise the spirit and cheer the hopes of the fugitive descendant... | |
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