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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1840 Excerpt: ...of in. troduction, volunteered by an English friend whom we met in Egypt, yet such is the unbounded hospitality of the consul and his lady, that we are not permitted to take a single meal or to sleep in our own house. Their beautiful Arabians are always at our service whenever we desire to take a ride in the environs. This courtesy to strangers would be appreciated as it merits in any country; but it is impossible to estimate the value of the obligation in these regions of privation and discomfort. ft There is very little to be said in favour of Damascus as a city; in general effect, extent, and populousness, it exceeds any other capital in the East after Constantinople (containing 150,000 inhabitants); yet in its details it is remarkably deficient in objects of interest for the traveller. Its mosques are far from being elegant and imposing, and there THE PLAGUE AGAIN. 171 are no palaces worthy the name. The private residences of the wealthy are agreeable specimens of Oriental luxury and taste within, while without they attract no notice. This arises from the oppression and cupidity of those who have so long ruled this favoured land with an iron rod. No person is safe in making an outward show of wealth. The principal attraction of Damascus is the beauty of its situation, in the midst of the most delicious gardens in the world. And what most interests travellers is the consciousness of walking in the streets of a city older than Nineveh, and contemporary with Babylon and Thebes; a city which, from its peculiar local situation and extraordinary physical advantages, must continue a place of importance to the end of time. $ $ The gentlemen have just communicated to me a very un. pleasant piece of intelligence. We are informed that the plague has broken out alo...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781155117621
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 106
  • Spine Width: 6 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 115511762X
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 204 gr


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