Canobia

Came caracoling up the winding steep of Canobia a troop of horsemen, showily attired, and riding steeds that danced in the sunny air.

Tancred Or, The New Crusade Benjamin Disraeli 1842

By-and-by, figures were seen stealing forth from the forest, men on foot, one or two, then larger parties; some reposed on the plain, some returned to the villages, some re-ascended the winding steeps of Canobia.

Tancred Or, The New Crusade Benjamin Disraeli 1842

The day before, which was the third day of the great hunting party at Canobia, Fakredeen and Tancred had found themselves alone with Hamood Abuneked, and the lord of Canobia had thought it a good occasion to sound this powerful Sheikh of the Druses.

Tancred Or, The New Crusade Benjamin Disraeli 1842

Fakredeen, of course, concealed his ulterior purpose from the Druse, who associated with the idea of union between the two nations merely the institution of a sole government under one head, and that head a Shehaab, probably dwelling at Canobia.

Tancred Or, The New Crusade Benjamin Disraeli 1842

Every divan in Canobia was open, excepting the rooms of Tancred.

Tancred Or, The New Crusade Benjamin Disraeli 1842

Came slowly, on steeds dark as night, up the winding steep of Canobia, with a company of twenty men on foot armed with muskets and handjars, the two ferocious brothers Abuneked, Nasif and Hamood.

Tancred Or, The New Crusade Benjamin Disraeli 1842

The kitchen of Canobia was on a great scale, though simple as it was vast.

Tancred Or, The New Crusade Benjamin Disraeli 1842

One thing is quite settled, that he will not at present return to Jerusalem, but, for change of air and other reasons, make a visit with me to Canobia. '

Tancred Or, The New Crusade Benjamin Disraeli 1842

They waited for the Caimacam of the Maronites, who, however, did not long detain them; and, when he appeared, their suites joined, and, cantering off at a brisk pace, they soon mounted in company the winding steeps of Canobia.

Tancred Or, The New Crusade Benjamin Disraeli 1842

The very circumstance that she was united to the Emir of Canobia by ties so dear and intimate, and was also an individual to whom he himself was indebted for such generous aid and such invaluable services, would, he of course assumed, independently of her own interesting personal qualities, enlist the kind feelings of Astarte in her favour.

Tancred Or, The New Crusade Benjamin Disraeli 1842