 | John Lloyd Stephens - 1842 - 700 sidor
...the grounds of it, and the reader will judge for himself how far these are entitled to consideration. It is proper to add, however, that, considering the...materials, and, as at Memphis and Thebes, to have daappeared altogether, the city may have covered an immense extent. The reader is perhaps disappointed,... | |
 | John L. Stephens - 1845 - 654 sidor
...the grounds of it, and the reader will judge for himself how far these are entitled to consideration. It is proper to add, however, that, considering the...disappeared altogether, the city may have covered an im mense extent. The reader is perhaps disappointed, but we were not. There was no necessity for assigning... | |
 | Archaeological Institute of America - 1880 - 204 sidor
...that it was a misnomer to call them the ruins of a city ; wherefore, the suggestions of Mr. Stephens that "considering the space now occupied by the ruins...buildings, and supposing the houses of the inhabitants ... of 1 Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, II. 355. frail and perishable... | |
 | Archaeological Institute of America - 1880 - 206 sidor
...that it was a misnomer to call them the ruins of a city; wherefore, the suggestions of Mr. Stephens that " considering the space now occupied by the ruins...site of palaces, temples, and public buildings, and stipposing the houses of the inhabitants ... of 1 Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas,... | |
 | Lewis Henry Morgan - 1881 - 372 sidor
...Stephens has given direct countenance to this preposterous suggestion.2 In his valuable works he has shown a disposition to feed the flames of fancy with respect...race of Indians, of frail and perishable materials as at Memphis and Thebes, to have disappeared altogether, the city may have covered an immense extent."1... | |
 | Lewis Henry Morgan - 1881 - 378 sidor
...that it was a misnomer to call them the ruins of a city; wherefore the suggestions of Mr. Stephens, that "considering the space now occupied by the ruins...buildings, and supposing the houses of the inhabitants * * * of frail and perishable materials to have disappeared * * * the city may have covered an immense... | |
 | John Wesley Powell - 1881 - 374 sidor
...that it was a misnomer to call them the ruins of a city; wherefore the suggestions of Mr. Stephens, that "considering the space now occupied by the ruins...buildings, and supposing the houses of the inhabitants * * * of frail and perishable materials to have disappeared * * * the city may have covered an immense... | |
 | Canadian Institute - 1899 - 742 sidor
...that it was a misnomer to call them the ruins of a city ; wherefore the suggestions of Mr. Stephens, that, considering the space now occupied by the ruins...buildings, and supposing the houses of the inhabitants ... of frail and perishable materials to have disappeared . . . the city may have covered an immense... | |
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Battery, made a poor show for a city. The most credulous reader would readily perceive that it was a misnomer to call them the ruins of a city; wherefore the suggestions of Mr. Stephens, that "considering the space now occupied by the ruins as the site... 