 | 1813 - 1102 pages
...summits of Libanus ; but the Arabs belonging to our caravan called the principal eminence Jebel el Sie/t, saying it was near Damascus ; probably, therefore,...that the snow entirely covered the upper part of it j not lying in patches, as I have seen it, during summer, upon the tops of very elevated mountains,... | |
 | Augustin Calmet - 1814 - 636 pages
...summits of Libanus ; but the Arabs belonging to our caravan called the principal eminence Jebel el Sieh, saying it was near Damascus: probably, therefore,...the higher part with that perfect white and smooth velvet like appearance, which snow only exhibits when it is very deep; a striking spectacle in such... | |
 | Edward Daniel Clarke - 1814 - 428 pages
...summits of Libanus; but the Arabs belonging to our caravan called the principal eminence Jcbel cl Sieh, saying it was near Damascus; probably, therefore,...summit was so lofty, that the snow entirely covered the ijpper part of it ; not lying ID patches, as I have seen it, during summer, upon the topsof very elevated... | |
 | Edward Daniel Clarke - 1814 - 430 pages
...summits of Libanus; but the Arabs belonging to our caravan called the principal eminence Jcbel el Sick, saying it was near Damascus; probably, therefore, a part of the chain of Libamis. — This summit was so lofty, that the snow entirely covered the upper part of it ; not lying... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 768 pages
...summits of Libanus ; but the Arabs belonging to our caravan called the principal eminence Jebel el'Sieh, saying it was near Damascus ; probably, therefore, a part of the chain oi" Libanus. This summit was so lofty, that the snow entirely covered the upper part of it; not lying... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 788 pages
...Libanus ; but the Arabs belonging to OUT caravan called the principal eminence Jelu-1 el Sieh, saving it was near Damascus : probably, therefore, a part of the chain of OTHER REVERED SITES. Ml Libanus. This summit was so lofty, that the snow entirely covered the upper... | |
 | Edward Daniel Clarke - 1823 - 490 pages
...Damascus; probably, therefore, a part of the chain of Libanus4. This summit was so lofty, that the1 snow entirely covered the upper part of it : not lying in patches, as, during summer, upon the tops of some very elevated mountains, (for instance, upon that of Ben Nevis... | |
 | 1826 - 298 pages
...summits of Libanus; but the Arabs belonging to our caravan called the principal eminence Jebel d Sick *, saying it was near Damascus ; probably, therefore,...covered the upper part of it: not lying in patches, as, during summer, upon the tops of some very elevated mountains, (for instance, upon that of Ben Nevis,... | |
 | Augustin Calmet - 1832 - 1060 pages
...summits of Libanus ; but the Arubs belonging to our caravan called the principal eminence Jebel el Sieh, saying it was near Damascus; probably, therefore,...the tops of very elevated mountains, (for instance, that of Ben Nevis in Scotland,) but investing all the higher part with that perfect white and smooth... | |
 | N. W. Oliver - 1835 - 266 pages
...original name for the whole chain of Anii Libanut, identified by Jerom with the scriptural Hermon. chain of Libanus. This summit was so lofty, that the...covered the upper part of it; not lying in patches, as, during the summer, upon the tops of some elevated mountains; but investing all the higher part with... | |
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Scotland,) but investing all the higher part with that perfect white and smooth velvet-like appearance which snow only exhibits when it is very deep... 
