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Excerpt from Recollections of Travels in the East: Forming a Continuation of the Letter From the EastA production of the very highest order of composition, and amusing and instructive in the highest degree. - Spirit and Manner: of the Age.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books us...

Excerpt from Stratton Hill, Vol. 2 of 3: A Tale of the Civil WarsShe sat down beside the remain of the small hermitage, that had once sheltered some monas tic recluse, whose abode had been now along time desolate, the rivulet ran at the foot of the broken Walls.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical w...

Excerpt from Syria, the Holy Land, Asia Minor, EtcMost of the places illustrated in this Work had been visited by the writer, previous to the Egyptian invasion, when the land was in a state of comparative quiet, very favourable to a successful progress. To the Oriental traveller, the pleasures of memory are greater than those of hope: on his devious way, clouds and darkness often gather: the feuds of the chiefs may suddenly forbid all approach...

Excerpt from Letters From the East, Vol. 1 of 2: Written During a Recent Tour Through Turkey, Egypt, Arabia, the Holy Land, Syria, and GreeceAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format w...

Excerpt from Letters From the East, Vol. 1 of 2: Written During a Recent Tour Through Turkey, Egypt, Arabia, the Holy Land, Syria, and GreeceAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format w...

Excerpt from Syria, the Holy Land, Asia Minor, &C, : Illustrated, in a Series of Views Drawn From NatureMad people continue even at the present time to be sent from the surrounding country, to be cured at St. Antonio: it is much more likely to drive sane people mad than to cure lunatics. The descent into this gloomy vale, as you pass hence, is so sad, the cliffs on each side so grim, that you think you are taking leave of the gay and blessed t...

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Excerpt from Stratton Hill, a Tale of the Civil Wars, Vol. 1 of 2 They looked with surprise on the visiter as he entered, for it was an event of rare occurrence in that solitary place, and the times too were troubled and suspicious. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books us...

Excerpt from Lives of Eminent Missionaries, Vol. 2The two youths had a safe passage to Savannah, where meeting, by chance, with some Moravians, they proceeded straight to the settlement. Here the appear ance of the wanderers was very unexpected: but the parents of Zeisberger rejoiced to see him again, though they and the other colonists were at a loss what to do with him. The family property had all been forsaken in Moravia, and there was no r...

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bTitle:/b Recollections of Travels in the East, forming a continuation of the Letters from the East.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. I...

Excerpt from Tales of the West, Vol. 2 of 2 Neither the father nor his chapel was however utterly deserted, many families were still warmly attached to him for his blameless life and amiable character, and did not desert him in the hour of need, but continued to attend his public service, as well as to welcome with pleasure his private visits. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Fin...

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Excerpt from Recollections of Travels in the East: Forming a Continuation of the Letter From the East Hour ¿ed after hour, and as often as we look ed forth into the weather, the sky was covered with clouds and the rain fell in torrents, We heard its ceaseless and dull fall with little emo tion, for though it was absolutely necessary we should push on in the course of the day, we saw no reason for peevish and fretful impatience a feeling that ...