 | Charles Bucke - 1841 - 370 sidor
...form, proportion, and construction, that even the pencil can convey but a faint idea of the whole. It appeared to me like entering a city of giants,...after a long conflict, were all destroyed, leaving the ruins of their various temples as the only proofs of their former existence." Travellers have sometimes... | |
 | 1841 - 488 sidor
...some new object of interest." Belzoni says: — "The pencil can convey but a faint idea of the whole. It appeared to me like entering a city of giants,...after a long conflict, were all destroyed, leaving the ruins of their temples as the proofs of their former existence." LINEAL ANCESTORS. IT is, at the... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 352 sidor
...possession of the splendid remains of this ancient metropolis. " The most sublime ideas," says Belzoni, " that can be formed from the most magnificent specimens...would give a very incorrect picture of these ruins ; for such is the difference, not only in magnitude, but in form, proportion, and construction, that... | |
 | 1844 - 676 sidor
...erected temples and palaces larger than some modern cities. " The most sublime ideas," says Bclzoni, " that can be formed from the most magnificent specimens...architecture, would give a very incorrect picture of the gigantic ruins of Thebes, for such is the difference, not only in magnitude, but in form, proportion,... | |
 | Albert Henry Payne - 1844 - 286 sidor
...thirty-four columns of the hypostyle hall of Karnac;" and Belzoni declares that the most sublime ideas which can be formed from the most magnificent specimens of our present architecture, would give a very inadequate idea of these views. Four such churches as St. Martin's in the fields, in London, might... | |
 | Mary Fawler Maude - 1849 - 498 sidor
...Thebes, even from the accounts of the most skilful and accurate travellers. It is absolutely impossible to imagine the scene displayed, without seeing it....would give a very incorrect picture of these ruins ; for such is the difference, not only in magnitude, but in form, proportion, and construction, that... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1850 - 368 sidor
...admirably expressed by the energetic and talented Belzoni. " It is absolutely impossible" (says he) " to imagine the scene displayed without seeing it....ideas that can be formed from the most magnificent Egypt. specimens of our present architecture would give a very statuary incorrect picture of these... | |
 | 1850 - 364 sidor
...1 columns of the hypostyle hall of Karnac;" and Belzoni declares that the most sublime ideas, which can be formed from the most magnificent specimens of our present architecture, would give a very inadequate idea of these ruins. Immediately connected with this palace is a small temple, which is... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - 1854 - 732 sidor
...Thebes, even from the accounts of the most skilful and accurate travellers. It is absolutely impossible to imagine the scene displayed, without seeing it....would give a very incorrect picture of these ruins ; for such is the difference, not only in magnitude, but in form, proportion and construction, that... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - 1855 - 480 sidor
...monuments prove that it must have been in full glory more than three thousand years ago. Bclzoni says : " The most sublime ideas that can be formed from the...after a long conflict, were all destroyed, leaving the ruins of their various temples as the only proofs of their former existence." The most celebrated... | |
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The most sublime ideas that can be, formed from the most magnificent specimens of our present architecture, would give a very incorrect picture of these ruins; for such is the difference not only in magnitude, but in form, proportion, and construction,... 
