The Howadji in SyriaA travel memoir of an author dazzled by the sights and people of Syria. He describes the beauty of the scenery and the good, noble qualities of the people. |
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... church , and flapped bar- baric defiance at civilization , was rusty and worm- eaten . Its crimson drapery fluttering , rent , upon an idle wind , would be inevitably shivered by the first rough blow of modern steel . And the great ...
... church , and flapped bar- baric defiance at civilization , was rusty and worm- eaten . Its crimson drapery fluttering , rent , upon an idle wind , would be inevitably shivered by the first rough blow of modern steel . And the great ...
Page 165
... churches , dating probably from the Crusades . They were massive and picturesque . Hanging plants waved over them funereally in the bright air , and the gnarled old olives clustered about them CHAPTER PAGE V -THE JOY OF THE WHOLE EARTH.
... churches , dating probably from the Crusades . They were massive and picturesque . Hanging plants waved over them funereally in the bright air , and the gnarled old olives clustered about them CHAPTER PAGE V -THE JOY OF THE WHOLE EARTH.
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... churches and knew all the chances of their fate - they whispered nothing in my ear : only , as the morning breeze rustled in their foliage , I seemed to hear the wild music of six centuries ago pealing faintly through the valley — at ...
... churches and knew all the chances of their fate - they whispered nothing in my ear : only , as the morning breeze rustled in their foliage , I seemed to hear the wild music of six centuries ago pealing faintly through the valley — at ...
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... Church aimed at gratifying this instinctive requirement in religious associations , of an atmosphere of beauty , by ... churches have the aspect of eternal summer and twilight ; and thus flowers , the symbol of the per- fection of ...
... Church aimed at gratifying this instinctive requirement in religious associations , of an atmosphere of beauty , by ... churches have the aspect of eternal summer and twilight ; and thus flowers , the symbol of the per- fection of ...
Page 188
... church is its chief feature , and as you stand in its cold vastness , you would be in Italy , except for the swarthy faces , whose mysterious eyes follow your movements with grave curiosity . It is nothing 188 THE HOWADJI IN SYRIA .
... church is its chief feature , and as you stand in its cold vastness , you would be in Italy , except for the swarthy faces , whose mysterious eyes follow your movements with grave curiosity . It is nothing 188 THE HOWADJI IN SYRIA .
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