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Page 43
The unparalleled storm at the close of 1840 overturned this wall of columns , and
spread them out again where they had been before . Probably this was only the
repetition of a former attempt to protect the quay of Beirút , when these columns ...
The unparalleled storm at the close of 1840 overturned this wall of columns , and
spread them out again where they had been before . Probably this was only the
repetition of a former attempt to protect the quay of Beirút , when these columns ...
Page 46
Thirty years ago there was scarcely a decent house outside of the walls ; now two
thirds of the population reside in the gardens , and hundreds of convenient
dwellings , and not a few large and noble mansions , adorn the charming
suburbs .
Thirty years ago there was scarcely a decent house outside of the walls ; now two
thirds of the population reside in the gardens , and hundreds of convenient
dwellings , and not a few large and noble mansions , adorn the charming
suburbs .
Page 47
The wall is twenty feet broad , and is built of well - cut stone ; altogether a very
imposing structure . Though carried over the river at so great an elevation , the
canal meets , on the Beirût or west side , with perpendicular cliffs , and passes ...
The wall is twenty feet broad , and is built of well - cut stone ; altogether a very
imposing structure . Though carried over the river at so great an elevation , the
canal meets , on the Beirût or west side , with perpendicular cliffs , and passes ...
Page 49
This is particularly true within the city walls ; but even in villages the roof is very
useful . There the farmer suns his wheat for the mill , and the flour when brought
home , and dries his figs , raisins , etc . , etc . , in safety both from animals and
from ...
This is particularly true within the city walls ; but even in villages the roof is very
useful . There the farmer suns his wheat for the mill , and the flour when brought
home , and dries his figs , raisins , etc . , etc . , in safety both from animals and
from ...
Page 51
Nobody could sit still , but all hurried to the housetops , either to join in untimely
riots of fanaticism and drunken despair , or to watch with fear and trembling the
dreadful assault upon their walls and gates ; no wonder they had wholly gone up
to ...
Nobody could sit still , but all hurried to the housetops , either to join in untimely
riots of fanaticism and drunken despair , or to watch with fear and trembling the
dreadful assault upon their walls and gates ; no wonder they had wholly gone up
to ...
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| Title | The Land and the Book, Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy Land Volume 1 of The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy land, William McClure Thomson |
| Author | William McClure Thomson |
| Publisher | Harper, 1859 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 16 Aug 2007 |
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