Travels in Greece, Palestine, Egypt, and Barbary, During the Years 1806 and 1807, Volume 2Henry Colburn, 1812 - Africa, North |
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Page 35
... army of Titus , and refused its waters to the guilty Jews . The pool , or rather the two pools of the same name are quite close to the spring . They are still used for washing linen as formerly ; and we there saw some women , who ran ...
... army of Titus , and refused its waters to the guilty Jews . The pool , or rather the two pools of the same name are quite close to the spring . They are still used for washing linen as formerly ; and we there saw some women , who ran ...
Page 65
... army of the sultan of Egypt was defeated at Ascalon . Robert , the monk , in his description of this defeat , makes use of the very same comparison which has been employed by J. B. Rousseau , and which , by the bye , is borrowed from ...
... army of the sultan of Egypt was defeated at Ascalon . Robert , the monk , in his description of this defeat , makes use of the very same comparison which has been employed by J. B. Rousseau , and which , by the bye , is borrowed from ...
Page 69
... army , and that he and Messire Geffroy de Sergine had joined Messire Gualtier de Cha- tillon , who commanded the rear - guard . And the king was mounted on a low horse , covered with a silk horse - cloth ; and , as I have since heard ...
... army , and that he and Messire Geffroy de Sergine had joined Messire Gualtier de Cha- tillon , who commanded the rear - guard . And the king was mounted on a low horse , covered with a silk horse - cloth ; and , as I have since heard ...
Page 77
... army amounting to ten or twelve thousand men ; the number was afterwards increased to fifteen thousand ; and when Lusignan was defeated by Saladin , his army comprehended near twenty - two thousand men , all troops of the kingdom ...
... army amounting to ten or twelve thousand men ; the number was afterwards increased to fifteen thousand ; and when Lusignan was defeated by Saladin , his army comprehended near twenty - two thousand men , all troops of the kingdom ...
Page 85
... the Turks defend themselves extremely well behind a wall by means of epaulements . Jeru- salem is commanded from all sides ; to render it * In 1534 . tenable against a regular army , it would be necessary EGYPT , AND BARBARY . 85.
... the Turks defend themselves extremely well behind a wall by means of epaulements . Jeru- salem is commanded from all sides ; to render it * In 1534 . tenable against a regular army , it would be necessary EGYPT , AND BARBARY . 85.
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