 | Malthe Conrad Bruun - 1822 - 686 pages
...Judea. " As we approach the centre of Judea," says a celebrated writer, " the sides of the mountains enlarge and assume an aspect at once more grand and...the centre of the mountains, there is an arid basin, inclosed on all sides with yellow pebble-covered summits, which afford a single opening to the east,... | |
 | Conrad Malte-Brun - 1826 - 674 pages
...Judca. " As we approach the centre of Judca," says a celebrated •writer, "the sides of the mountains enlarge and assume an aspect at once more grand and...the centre of the mountains, there is an arid basin, inclosed on all sides with yellow pebble-covered summits, which afford a single opening to the east,... | |
 | Library - 1827 - 712 pages
...centre of Judrca, the sides of the mountains enlarge and assume an aspect at once more magnificent and more barren ; by little and little the vegetation languishes and dies ; even masses disappear ; and a red and burning hue succeeds to the whiteness of the rocks. In the centre... | |
 | 1831 - 502 pages
...Asphaltites, presenting nothing but stones and ashes, and a few tfeoray shrubs. The sides of the mountains enlarge, and assume an aspect at once more grand and more barren. By little and little the scanty vegetation languishes and dies ; eTen mosses disappear, and a red burning hue succeeds to the... | |
 | Conrad Malte-Brun - 1829 - 552 pages
...Judea. "As we approach the centre of Judea," says a celebrated writer, " the sides of the mountain enlarge and assume an aspect at once more grand and more barren ; by little and littlu the vegetation languishes and dies; even mosses disappear; and a rod and burning hue succeeds... | |
 | Michael Russell (bp. of Glasgow and Galloway.) - 1831 - 466 pages
...Asphaltites, presenting nothing but stones and ashes, and a few thorny shrubs. The sides of the mountains enlarge, and assume an aspect at once more grand and more barren. By little and little the scanty vegetation languishes and dies; even mosses disappear, and a red burning hue succeeds to the... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1831 - 468 pages
...barren. By little and little the scanty vegetation languishes and dies; even mosses disappear, and a red burning hue succeeds to the whiteness of the rocks. In the centre of this amphitheatre there is an arid basin, enclosed on all sides with summits scattered over with a... | |
 | John Lemprière - 1833 - 822 pages
...HIEROSOI.YMA. [" As we approach the centre of Judea," says a celebrated writer, "the sides of the mountain enlarge, and assume -an aspect at once more grand...little and little the vegetation languishes and dies ; evea mosses disappear ; ana a red and burning hue succeeds to the whiteness of the rocks. In the... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1833 - 374 pages
...Asphaltites, presenting nothing but stones and ashes, and a few thorny shrubs. The sides of the mountains enlarge, and assume an aspect at once more grand and more barren. By little and little the scanty vegetation languishes and dies ; even mosses disappear, and a red burning hue succeeds to the... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1833 - 350 pages
...Asphaltites, presenting nothing but stones and ashes, and a few thorny shrubs. The sides of the mountains enlarge, and assume an aspect at once more grand and more barren. By lit lie and little the scanty vegetation languishes and dies ; even mosses disappear, and a red burning... | |
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The sides of the mountains enlarge, and assume an aspect at once more grand and more barren. By little and little the scanty vegetation languishes and dies; even mosses disappear, and a red burning hue succeeds to the whiteness of the rocks. 
