Amid the barren deserts of Arabia, a few cultivated spots rise like islands out of the sandy ocean. Even the name of Tadmor, or Palmyra, by its signification in the Syriac as well as in the Latin language, denoted the multitude of palm-trees which afforded... The Classical Museum - Page 138edited by - 1846Full view - About this book
| Edmund Burke - History - 1779 - 750 pages
...rife like" iflands out of the fandy ocean. Even the name of Tadmor, of Palmyra, by its fignification in the Syriac as well as in the Latin language, denoted the multitude of palm-trees which afforded fhadd and verdure to that temperate region. The air was pure, and the foil, watered by feme invaluable... | |
| History - 1788 - 638 pages
...rife like iilands out of the fandy ocean. Even the fíame of Tadmor, or Palmyra, by its fignification in the Syriac as well as in the Latin language, denoted the multitude of palm-trees which afforded ihade and verdure to that temperate region. The air was pure, and the foil, watered by fome invaluable... | |
| History - 1788 - 642 pages
...rife like iflands out of the fandy ocean. Even the name of Tadmor, or Palmyra, by its iignification in the Syriac as well as in the Latin language, denoted the multitude of palm-trees which afforded made and verdure to that temperate region. The air was pure, and the foil, watered by fome invaluable... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1788 - 638 pages
...rife like illands out of the fandy ocearu Even the name of Tadmor, or Palmyra, by its fignification in the Syriac as well as in the Latin language, denoted the multitude of palm-trees which afforded {hade and verdure to that temperate region. The air was pure, and the foil, watered by fome invaluable... | |
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1806 - 530 pages
...deserts of Arabia, a few cul- The state tivated spots rise like islands out of the sandy °f.Palmy" ocean. Even the name of Tadmor, or Palmyra, by its signification in the Syria, as well as in the Latin language, denoted the multitude of palm trees which afforded shade and... | |
| James Kennedy (of Glasgow.) - Poetry - 1810 - 450 pages
...nobia, that tke city of Palm Trees encreased into an opulent and independent metropolis. Its name, Tadmor, or Palmyra, by its signification in the Syriac as well as the Latin, denoted the multitude of palm trees whichafforded verdure and shade to that temperate and... | |
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1816 - 472 pages
...should be the same. The state Amid the barren deserts of Arabia, a few cultiv&fafr s^o^sr;se \\\ie islands out of the sandy ocean. Even the name of Tadmor,...as in the Latin language, denoted the multitude of palm trees which afforded shade and verdure to that temperate region. The air was pure, and the soil,... | |
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1821 - 474 pages
...battles is clear and circumstantial. name of Tadmor, or Palmyra, by its signification in the Syriacas well as in the Latin language, denoted the multitude...afforded shade and verdure to that temperate region. The air was pure, and the soil, watered by some invaluable springs, was capable of producing fruit... | |
| University of Oxford - 1824 - 180 pages
...more essential parts of their buildings." PALMYRA. PALMYRA. A.MID the barren deserts of Arabia a , a few cultivated spots rise like islands out of the...afforded shade and verdure to that temperate region. The City we know was founded by Solomon b , but the ruins which modern travellers admire are those... | |
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1826 - 468 pages
...moment of her reign and of her life should be the same. Thmuiiof Amid the barren deserts of Arabia, a few cultivated spots rise like islands out of the...or Palmyra, by its signification in the Syriac as wt- !! as in the Latin language, denoted the multitude of palm trers which afforded shade and verdure... | |
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