 Holy" Damascus, this "earthly paradise" of the Prophet, so fair to the eyes, that he dared not trust himself to tarry in her blissful shades — she is a city of hidden palaces, of copses, and gardens, and fountains, and bubbling streams. The juice of...  Leaves from a Viceroy's Note-book and Other Papers - Page 361by Marquess George Nathaniel Curzon Curzon of Kedleston - 1926 - 414 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander William Kinglake - Middle East - 1849 - 280 pages
...Christ as I did to their Mahometan foes. This "Holy" Damascus, this "eathly paradise" of the Pro. phet, .so fair to the eyes, that he dared not trust himself...fountains, and bubbling streams. The juice of her life is the gushing and ice-cold torrent that tumbles from the snowy sides of Anti-Lebanon. Cluse along... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1851 - 606 pages
...accurate of recent tour-sketchers, that these scenes remain unchanged sinco the day of the Wise King — " This Holy Damascus, this Earthly Paradise of the prophet, so fair to his eyes that he dared not trust hunself to tarry in her blissful shades — she is a city of hidden... | |
 | Alexander William Kinglake - Middle East - 1864 - 348 pages
...is, by making me speak almost as civilly to the followers of Christ as I did to their Mahometan foes. This " Holy" Damascus, this "earthly paradise" of...fountains, and bubbling streams. The juice of her life is the gushing and ice-cold torrent that tumbles from the snowy sides of Anti-Lebanon. Close along... | |
 | 1869 - 844 pages
...of the East." The following description is from the pen of the eloquent author of " Eothcn " :— " This ' holy ' Damascus, this earthly paradise of the...trust himself to tarry in her blissful shades. She isa city of hidden palaces, of copses, and gardens, and fountains, and bubbling streams. The juice... | |
 | Annie Besant - Free thought - 1884 - 396 pages
...Eothen," one of those with which Mr. Kinglake now and then lights up his easy narrative : — fair to his eyes that he dared not trust himself to tarry in her...fountains, and bubbling streams. The juice of her life is the gushing and ice-cold torrent that tumbles from the snowy sides of Anti-Lebanon. Close along... | |
 | Charlotte Maria S. Mason - 1884 - 348 pages
...and traders. DAMASCUS. "This 'holy' Damascus,- this 'earthly paradise ' of the Prophet (Mohammed), so fair to the eyes, that he dared not trust himself to tarry in her blissful shade — she is a city of hidden palaces, of copses, and gardens, and fountains, and bubbling streams.... | |
 | 1885 - 686 pages
...now, such as Kinglake's magic pen has drawn it, spreading out its length along the rivers edge — "a city of hidden palaces, of copses, and gardens, and fountains, and bubbling streams." For were they not of quite the same race, the same creed ; and almost the same climate, and the same... | |
 | Alexander William Kinglake - Middle East - 1906 - 342 pages
...is, by making me speak almost as civilly to the followers of Christ as I did to their Mahometan foes. This ' Holy ' Damascus, this ' earthly paradise '...fountains, and bubbling streams. The juice of her life is the gushing and ice-cold torrent that tumbles from the snowy sides of Anti-Lebanon. Close along... | |
 | 1885 - 834 pages
...now, such as Kinglake's magic pen has drawn it, spreading out its length along the rivers edge — "a city of hidden palaces, of copses, and gardens, and fountains, and bubbling streams." For were they not of quite the same race, the same creed ; and almost the same climate, and the same... | |
 | Alexander William Kinglake - Travel - 1997 - 273 pages
...by making me speak almost as civilly to the followers of Christ as I did to their Mohammedan foes. This "holy" Damascus, this "earthly Paradise" of the...fountains, and bubbling streams. The juice of her life is the gushing and ice-cold torrent that tumbles from the snowy sides of Anti-Lebanon. Close along... | |
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