The Lebanon: (Mount Souria) : a History and a Diary, Volume 2T. C. Newby, 1860 - Ethnology |
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... Parliament - An Impeachment Public Lands CHAPTER IX . An Interlude - An Arab Theatre • · 152 • 178 CHAPTER X. Restoration of Ancient Harbours and Water Works . 190 iv CHAPTER XI . Antipathy to Punishment . CHAPTER XII I II.
... Parliament - An Impeachment Public Lands CHAPTER IX . An Interlude - An Arab Theatre • · 152 • 178 CHAPTER X. Restoration of Ancient Harbours and Water Works . 190 iv CHAPTER XI . Antipathy to Punishment . CHAPTER XII I II.
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... land cast about its awk- ward , wry splitting blocks , as if in rivalry of the stately mathematical figures of the limestone . How- ever , by the aid of a stair , rather than a road , in short zigzags , we did get down , helped along by ...
... land cast about its awk- ward , wry splitting blocks , as if in rivalry of the stately mathematical figures of the limestone . How- ever , by the aid of a stair , rather than a road , in short zigzags , we did get down , helped along by ...
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... land may not entirely owe its title of " land of the morning , " to its being illuminated at an earlier hour . Finding I could go by the monastery I had visited yesterday to Bekfaya , and that the distance was only four or five hours ...
... land may not entirely owe its title of " land of the morning , " to its being illuminated at an earlier hour . Finding I could go by the monastery I had visited yesterday to Bekfaya , and that the distance was only four or five hours ...
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... land of Fakra . " Fol- lowing down the waste of soilless rock , there were scattered along a precipitous bank , overlooking the chasm and reaching to nearly opposite the point on which I stood , a succession of clustered hamlets , under ...
... land of Fakra . " Fol- lowing down the waste of soilless rock , there were scattered along a precipitous bank , overlooking the chasm and reaching to nearly opposite the point on which I stood , a succession of clustered hamlets , under ...
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... land by the accumulation of sand . The name of " Marina " is a perversion of foreign sailors ; it is El Mina . This occurred to me at once , but I heard the very word in use . That word was given as a name both to district and city in ...
... land by the accumulation of sand . The name of " Marina " is a perversion of foreign sailors ; it is El Mina . This occurred to me at once , but I heard the very word in use . That word was given as a name both to district and city in ...
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